Wash. Admin. Code § 181-79A-130 - Certificate fees
(1) Under
provisions of
RCW
28A.410.060,
28A.410.062, and
28A.415.010, the fee for
certificates that are valid for more than one year, issued under the authority
of the state of Washington and authorizing the holder to serve in the common
schools of the state, shall be as follows:
(a)
For the purposes of this section only, the first issue of the residency
certificate shall be calculated as if it had seven years of validity, with a
six-dollar certificate fee for each year of validity;
(b) The continuing certificate,
$70.00;
(c) Renewal of a continuing
certificate, one dollar;
(d) The
reinstatement, additional endorsement, or substitute certificate,
$30.00;
(e) The first peoples'
language, culture, and oral tribal traditions teacher certificate, six dollars
for each year of validity;
(f) All
career and technical education certificates, one dollar;
(g) Any other certificate or credential or
any renewal or reissuance thereof, six dollars for each year of validity;
and
(h) The one-time late fee for
the renewed initial or continuing certificate issued under the provisions of
WAC 181-79A-123(7), (8), or
(9), for those whose initial certificate have
already expired, shall be $100.00.
(2) The fee for any other certificate or
credential, with a validity period of one year or less, or for any renewal or
reissuance thereof, issued under the authority of the state of Washington and
authorizing the holder to serve in the common schools of the state, shall be
six dollars.
(3) Officials
authorized to collect certificate fees are educational service district
superintendents, deans and directors of education at colleges and universities,
or their designees. Sovereign tribal governments may collect certificate fees
for first peoples' language, culture, and oral tribal traditions certificates.
The fee must accompany the application for a certificate and shall be
transmitted by the receiving district, college or university, sovereign tribal
government, or program unit designee at least quarterly to the educational
service district within which the application is filed for disposition in
accordance with provisions of
RCW
28A.410.060 or to the office of the
superintendent of public instruction.
(4) Beginning September 1, 2013, the office
of the superintendent of public instruction may collect certificate
fees.
(5) The fee shall not be
refunded unless the application is withdrawn before it is finally considered
(i.e., the issuance of a certificate or a written communication denying such
issuance) by the superintendent of public instruction or their
designee.
(6) The professional
educator standards board will review certificate fees every two years to assure
the fee is set at a sufficient level for the use of certificate fees under WAC
181-79A-131.
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