The agency responsible for educator certification shall adopt rules for professional certification that: (1) Grant professional certification to any teacher who attains certification from the national board for professional teaching standards; [and] (2) Identify an expedited professional certification process for out-of-state teachers who have five years or more of successful teaching experience, including a method to determine the comparability of rigor between the Washington professional certification process and the advanced level teacher certification process of other states. A professional certificate must be issued to these experienced out-of-state teachers if the teacher holds: (a) A valid teaching certificate issued by the national board for professional teaching standards; or (b) an advanced level teacher certificate from another state that has been determined to be comparable to the Washington professional certificate. [ 2017 3rd sp.s. c 26 s 3; 2016 c 233 s 4; 2005 c 498 s 2.]
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