Regardless of the experience factors used by a school district, charter school, or tribal compact school for the purposes of its salary schedule(s), as used in this chapter, the term "certificated years of experience" means the number of years of accumulated full-time and part-time certificated employment prior to the current reporting school year in the state of Washington, out-of-state, and a foreign country. School districts, charter schools, and tribal compact schools shall report all certificated years of experience including those beyond the experience limit of their salary schedule(s).

1. (1) Certificated employment shall be limited to employment in public or private preschools or elementary and secondary schools in positions which require certification where certification means the concurrent public professional education licensing requirements established in the state, province, country, or other governmental unit in which employment occurred and which, for the state of Washington, refers to the certificates authorized by WAC 181-79A-140 and 181-79A-142, and temporary permits authorized by WAC 181-79A-128.

2. (2) Years of full-time and part-time certificated employment prior to the current reporting school year are accumulated as follows:

   1. (a) For each certificated employment which is not employment as a casual substitute pursuant to subsection (1) of this section;

      1. (i) Determine the total number of hours, or other unit of measure, per year for an employee working full-time with each employer;
      2. (ii) Determine the number of hours, or other unit of measure, per year with each employer, including paid leave and excluding unpaid leave;
      3. (iii) Calculate the quotient of the hours, or other unit of measure, determined in (a)(ii) of this subsection divided by the hours, or other unit of measure, in (a)(i) of this subsection rounded to one decimal place for each year.

   2. (b) For certificated employment as a casual substitute pursuant to subsection (1) of this section:

      1. (i) Determine the total number of full-time equivalent substitute days per year;
      2. (ii) Calculate the quotient of full-time equivalent days determined in (b)(i) of this subsection divided by 180 rounded to one decimal place for each year.

   3. (c) No more than 1.0 year may be accumulated in any traditional nine-month academic year or any 12 month period.

      1. (i) Accumulate, for each year, certificated employment calculated in (a)(iii) and (b)(ii) of this subsection.
      2. (ii) Determine the smaller of the result in (c)(i) of this subsection or 1.0 for each year.
   4. (d) Determine certificated years of experience as the accumulation of all years of certificated employment calculated in (c)(ii) of this subsection and report such years rounded to one decimal place.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.290(1). WSR 21-24-061, § 392-121-264, filed 11/29/21, effective 12/30/21. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.290 and 28A.710.220. WSR 15-18-078, § 392-121-264, filed 8/28/15, effective 9/28/15. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.290(1). WSR 10-07-141, § 392-121-264, filed 3/23/10, effective 4/23/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.290. WSR 09-06-038, § 392-121-264, filed 2/25/09, effective 3/28/09. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.290(1). WSR 08-03-086, § 392-121-264, filed 1/16/08, effective 2/16/08; WSR 07-23-041, § 392-121-264, filed 11/14/07, effective 12/15/07; WSR 06-19-045, § 392-121-264, filed 9/15/06, effective 10/16/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.290(1) and section 503 (1)(b) of the 2002 supplemental budget. WSR 02-22-065, amended and recodified as § 392-121-264, filed 11/1/02, effective 12/2/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.290 and chapter 28A.415 RCW. WSR 97-22-106 (Order 97-07), § 392-121-245, filed 11/5/97, effective 12/6/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.290. WSR 95-21-096 (Order 95-09), § 392-121-245, filed 10/18/95, effective 11/18/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.150.290, 28A.150.400 and the Biennial Operating Appropriations Act. WSR 94-01-190, § 392-121-245, filed 12/22/93, effective 1/22/94. Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.41.055 and 28A.41.170. WSR 88-03-013 (Order 88-8), § 392-121-245, filed 1/11/88.]