(1) Pursuant to RCW 28A.415.020 and 28A.415.025, for each forty clock hours of participation in an approved internship with a business, industry, or government agency, the intern shall receive the equivalent of one credit college quarter course on the salary allocation schedule developed by the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee.

(2) An intern may not receive more than the equivalent of two college quarter credits for internships during a calendar-year period.

(3) The total number of credits for approved internships that an individual may earn to advance on the salary schedule developed by the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee or its successor agency is limited to the equivalent of fifteen college quarter credits.

(4) It is the responsibility of the intern to monitor compliance with subsections (2) and (3) of this section. A school district shall not recognize more internship clock hours than those recognized under subsections (2) and (3) of this section for purposes of application to the salary allocation schedule developed by the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee.