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28A.413.040 Minimum employment requirements.

WA Rev Code § 28A.413.040 (2019) (N/A)
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RCW 28A.413.040 Minimum employment requirements.

(1)(a) A person working as a paraeducator for a school district before or during the 2017-18 school year must meet the requirements of subsection (2) of this section by the date of hire for the 2019-20 school year or any subsequent school year.

(b) A person who has not previously worked as a paraeducator for a school district must meet the requirements of subsection (2) of this section by the date of hire for the 2018-19 school year or any subsequent school year.

(2) The minimum employment requirements for paraeducators are as provided in this subsection. A paraeducator must:

(a) Be at least eighteen years of age and hold a high school diploma or its equivalent; and

(b)(i) Have received a passing grade on the education testing service paraeducator assessment; or

(ii) Hold an associate of arts degree; or

(iii) Have earned seventy-two quarter credits or forty-eight semester credits at an institution of higher education; or

(iv) Have completed a registered apprenticeship program.

[ 2018 c 153 § 1; 2017 c 237 § 5.]

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