Suspending the national board for professional standards certification bonuses for certificated instructional staff.

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SENATE BILL 5737

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senator Robinson; by request of Office of Financial Management

AN ACT Relating to suspending the national board for professional standards certification bonuses for certificated instructional staff; and amending RCW 28A.405.415 .

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 28A.405.415 and 2023 c 379 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Certificated instructional staff who have attained certification from the national board for professional teaching standards shall receive a bonus each year in which they maintain the certification. The bonus shall be calculated as follows: The annual bonus shall be $5,000 in the 2007-08 school year. Thereafter, the annual bonus shall increase by inflation, except that the bonus shall not be increased during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 school years.

(2)(a) Certificated instructional staff who have attained certification from the national board for professional teaching standards shall be eligible for bonuses in addition to that provided by subsection (1) of this section if the individual is in an instructional assignment in a school in which at least 70 percent of the students qualify for the free and reduced-price lunch program.