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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1651 Chapter 309, Laws of 2025 69TH LEGISLATURE 2025 REGULAR SESSION TEACHER RESIDENCY AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025 Passed by the House April 21, 2025 Yeas 58 Nays 39 LAURIE JINKINS Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 11, 2025 Yeas 30 Nays 18 DENNY HECK President of the Senate CERTIFICATE I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1651 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BERNARD DEAN Chief Clerk Chief Clerk Approved May 17, 2025 11:40 AM FILED May 19, 2025 BOB FERGUSON Governor of the State of Washington Secretary of State State of Washington ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1651 AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By House Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Ortiz-Self, Reed, and Eslick) READ FIRST TIME 02/21/25. AN ACT Relating to teacher residency and apprenticeship programs; adding new sections to chapter 28A.410 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 49.04 RCW. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 28A.410 RCW to read as follows: (1) A teacher residency is a teacher preparation model that integrates a full year of collaborative hands-on classroom teaching with an experienced preservice mentor with concurrent, targeted academic coursework, designed to develop effective, community-focused teachers. This collaborative model is offered by a public elementary or secondary school and a board-approved teacher preparation program. (2) At a minimum, a teacher residency model must meet the following requirements: (a) It must be operated as a formal partnership between a school district, charter school, or state-tribal education compact school and a board-approved teacher preparation program; (b) The partners must collaboratively design the coursework to align with the unique context of each resident's classroom and to the context and priorities of the elementary or secondary school, and school district if applicable; (c) Each resident must be assigned to at least one preservice mentor, who must co-teach with the resident, throughout the resident's preservice clinical practice; (d) Each resident must receive at least 900 hours of preservice clinical practice over the course of one school year; (e) Each resident must be grouped into a cohort based on geography, specialty, or other relevant criteria determined by the board; (f) Funding must be provided to each resident; (g) A stipend must be provided to each preservice mentor; and (h) Any state funds provided for the support of teacher residencies must be used in conformance with RCW 42.17A.550 and 29B.40.250 and be provided solely for the exclusive support and operations of the teacher residency model. (3) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (a) "Board" means the Washington professional educator standards board. (b) "Cohort" means a group of residents enrolled in the same board-approved teacher preparation program who begin their residencies at the same time and have the same anticipated completion date. (c) "Preservice mentor" means a teacher qualified to be a mentor for the beginning educator support team program under RCW 28A.415.265. (d) "Resident" means a person enrolled in a board-approved teacher preparation program who is participating in a teacher residency model. NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 28A.410 RCW to read as follows: (1) A teacher apprenticeship model is a teacher preparation program approved by both the Washington state apprenticeship and training council under chapter 49.04 RCW and the Washington professional educator standards board under RCW 28A.410.210. In addition to meeting other requirements, the program must provide the apprentice with 2,000 hours of on-the-job mentored teaching experience under a gradual release method. Up to 540 hours working as a paraeducator may count towards the minimum on-the-job requirement. Any state funds provided for the support of teacher apprenticeships must be used in conformance with RCW 42.17A.550 and 29B.40.250 and be provided solely for the exclusive support and operations of the registered apprenticeship program. (2) Beginning September 1, 2025, before applying to the Washington state apprenticeship and training council to operate a teacher apprenticeship model, an entity must be approved by the Washington professional educator standards board as a teacher preparation program. (3) Beginning September 1, 2025, before an entity approved under subsection (1) of this section may add or change a school district, charter school, or state-tribal education compact school partner, the entity must receive approval for the change or addition from the Washington professional educator standards board. NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter 49.04 RCW to read as follows: A teacher apprenticeship program must meet the requirements in section 2 of this act. Passed by the House April 21, 2025. Passed by the Senate April 11, 2025. Approved by the Governor May 17, 2025. Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 19, 2025.
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