As used in this chapter, the term "continuing education credit
hour" shall mean:
(1) For each college
or university semester hour credit, fifteen hours of continuing education
credit hours shall be granted.
(2)
For each college or university quarter hour credit, ten hours of continuing
education credit hours shall be granted.
(3) For each sixty minutes of instruction in
coursework provided by a vocational-technical college, one continuing education
credit hour shall be granted.
(4)
For each sixty minutes of instructional time in continuing education units
(CEUs) or other noncredit bearing units provided by an accredited institution
of higher education, under WAC
181-79A-030, one continuing
education credit hour shall be granted.
(5) For each sixty minutes of instructional
time in continuing education approved by the Washington state department of
children, youth, and families to maintain staff standards and qualifications
for educators and practitioners under Title 110 WAC, one continuing education
credit hour shall be granted.
(6)
For each sixty minutes of approved in-service education including reasonable
time for breaks and passing time, one continuing education credit hour shall be
granted. In the application of this subsection, the in-service education
provider shall determine what is reasonable.
(7) In the application of this section,
approved in-service credit hours shall not include:
(a) Routine staff meetings-such as district,
building, or area meetings within an agency, district, or building-to discuss
or explain operational policies or administrative practices within the agency,
district, or building;
(b) Business
meetings of professional associations to discuss operational policies or
practices of the association;
(c)
Social hours or actual meal time.
(8) In-service education agencies may not
issue continuing education credit hours to individuals for serving as the
instructor for an in-service program for which that individual is the only
participant.
(9) In the application
of this section, for the purpose of official records documenting the number of
in-service credit hours, the in-service provider or the superintendent of
public instruction shall round continuing education credit hours down to the
nearest half hour of credits actually completed:.50 or.00. In no case shall an
applicant receive credit for an in-service program that was less than a total
of one continuing education credit hour.
