RCW 28A.320.330 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 320 / Section 330
RCW 28A.320.330: School district funds.
Status: in_force

School districts shall establish the following funds in addition to those provided elsewhere by law: (1)(a) A general fund for the school district to account for all financial operations of the school district except those required to be accounted for in another fund. (b) By the 2018-19 school year, a local revenue subfund of its general fund to account for the financial operations of a school district that are paid from local revenues. The local revenues that must be deposited in the local revenue subfund are enrichment levies and transportation vehicle levies collected under RCW 84.52.053 , local effort assistance funding received under chapter 28A.500 RCW, and other school district local revenues including, but not limited to, grants, donations, and state and federal payments in lieu of taxes, but do not include other federal revenues, or local revenues that operate as an offset to the district's basic education allocation under RCW 28A.150.250 . School districts must track expenditures from this subfund separately to account for the expenditure of each of these streams of revenue by source, and must provide the supplemental expenditure schedule under (c) of this subsection, and any other supplemental expenditure schedules required by the superintendent of public instruction or state auditor, for purposes of RCW 43.09.2856 . (c) Beginning in the 2019-20 school year, the superintendent of public instruction must require school districts to provide a supplemental expenditure schedule by revenue source that identifies the amount expended by object for each of the following supplementary enrichment activities beyond the state funded amount: (i) Minimum instructional offerings under RCW 28A.150.220 or 28A.150.260 not otherwise included on other lines; (ii) Staffing ratios or program components under RCW 28A.150.260 , including providing additional staff for class size reduction beyond class sizes allocated in the prototypical school model and additional staff beyond the staffing ratios allocated in the prototypical school formula; (iii) Program components under RCW 28A.150.200 , 28A.150.220 , or 28A.150.260 , not otherwise included on other lines; (iv) Program components to support students in the program of special education; (v) Program components of professional learning, as defined by RCW 28A.415.430 , beyond that allocated under RCW 28A.150.415 ; (vi) Extracurricular activities; (vii) Extended school days or an extended school year; (viii) Additional course offerings beyond the minimum instructional program established in the state's statutory program of basic education; (ix) Activities associated with early learning programs; (x) Activities associated with providing the student transportation program; (xi) Any additional salary costs attributable to the provision or administration of the enrichment activities allowed under RCW 28A.150.276 ; (xii) Additional activities or enhancements that the office of the superintendent of public instruction determines to be a documented and demonstrated enrichment of the state's statutory program of basic education under RCW 28A.150.276 ; and (xiii) All other costs not otherwise identified in other line items. (d) For any salary and related benefit costs identified in (c)(xi), (xii), and (xiii) of this subsection, the school district shall maintain a record describing how these expenditures are documented and demonstrated enrichment of the state's statutory program of basic education. School districts shall maintain these records until the state auditor has completed the audit under RCW 43.09.2856 . (e) For school districts of the second class as defined in RCW 28A.300.065 , a depreciation subfund for the school district to reserve funds for future facility and equipment needs. Up to two percent of a second class school district's general fund may be deposited each fiscal year into the depreciation subfund for the purpose of preventative maintenance or emergency facility needs. The preventative maintenance must be necessary to realize the originally anticipated useful life of a building or facility and include: Exterior painting of facilities; replacement or renovation of roofing, exterior walls, windows, heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems, floor coverings in classrooms and common areas, and electrical and plumbing systems; and renovation of playfields, athletic facilities, and other district real property. School districts of the second class, subject to applicable public works bid limits, may use school district employees to perform preventative maintenance with moneys from the depreciation subfund, but moneys from the depreciation subfund may not be used for employee compensation that is unrelated to this subsection (1)(e). (2) A capital projects fund shall be established for major capital purposes. All statutory references to a "building fund" shall mean the capital projects fund so established. Money to be deposited into the capital projects fund shall include, but not be limited to, bond proceeds, proceeds from excess levies authorized by RCW 84.52.053 , state apportionment proceeds as authorized by RCW 28A.150.270 , earnings from capital projects fund investments as authorized by RCW 28A.320.310 and 28A.320.320 , and state forest revenues transferred pursuant to subsection (3) of this section. Money derived from the sale of bonds, including interest earnings thereof, may only be used for those purposes described in RCW 28A.530.010 , except that accrued interest paid for bonds shall be deposited in the debt service fund. Money to be deposited into the capital projects fund shall include but not be limited to rental and lease proceeds as authorized by RCW 28A.335.060 , and proceeds from the sale of real property as authorized by RCW 28A.335.130 . Money legally deposited into the capital projects fund from other sources may be used for the purposes described in RCW 28A.530.010 , and for the purposes of: (a) Major renovation and replacement of facilities and systems where periodical repairs are no longer economical or extend the useful life of the facility or system beyond its original planned useful life. Such renovation and replacement shall include, but shall not be limited to, major repairs, exterior painting of facilities, replacement and refurbishment of roofing, exterior walls, windows, heating and ventilating systems, floor covering in classrooms and public or common areas, and electrical and plumbing systems. (b) Renovation and rehabilitation of playfields, athletic fields, and other district real property. (c) The conduct of preliminary energy audits and energy audits of school district buildings. For the purpose of this section: (i) "Preliminary energy audits" means a determination of the energy consumption characteristics of a building, including the size, type, rate of energy consumption, and major energy using systems of the building. (ii) "Energy audit" means a survey of a building or complex which identifies the type, size, energy use level, and major energy using systems; which determines appropriate energy conservation maintenance or operating procedures and assesses any need for the acquisition and installation of energy conservation measures, including solar energy and renewable resource measures. (iii) "Energy capital improvement" means the installation, or modification of the installation, of energy conservation measures in a building which measures are primarily intended to reduce energy consumption or allow the use of an alternative energy source. (d) Those energy capital improvements which are identified as being cost-effective in the audits authorized by this section. (e) Purchase or installation of additional major items of equipment and furniture: PROVIDED, That vehicles shall not be purchased with capital projects fund money. (f)(i) Costs associated with implementing technology systems, facilities, and projects, including acquiring hardware, licensing software, and online applications and training related to the installation of the foregoing. However, the software or applications must be an integral part of the district's technology systems, facilities, or projects. (ii) Costs associated with the application and modernization of technology systems for operations and instruction including, but not limited to, the ongoing fees for online applications, subscriptions, or software licenses, including upgrades and incidental services, and ongoing training related to the installation and integration of these products and services. However, to the extent the funds are used for the purpose under this subsection (2)(f)(ii), the school district shall transfer to the district's general fund the portion of the capital projects fund used for this purpose. The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall develop accounting guidelines for these transfers in accordance with internal revenue service regulations. (g) Major equipment repair, painting of facilities, and other major preventative maintenance purposes. However, to the extent the funds are used for the purpose under this subsection (2)(g), the school district shall transfer to the district's general fund the portion of the capital projects fund used for this purpose. The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall develop accounting guidelines for these transfers in accordance with internal revenue service regulations. Based on the district's most recent two-year history of general fund maintenance expenditures, funds used for this purpose may not replace routine annual preventive maintenance expenditures made from the district's general fund. (h) Temporary interfund loans as authorized under RCW 28A.320.340 . (i) During the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, for moneys in the capital projects fund not attributable to capital levies, moving of equipment and furniture between buildings and warehouses for storage, moving of the content of teachers' classrooms between buildings, and furniture purchases, when these costs are due to the following activities: Construction, remodeling, replacement, temporary placement, consolidation, or directed transfer. (3) A debt service fund to provide for tax proceeds, other revenues, and disbursements as authorized in chapter 39.44 RCW. State forestland revenues that are deposited in a school district's debt service fund pursuant to RCW 79.64.110 and to the extent not necessary for payment of debt service on school district bonds may be transferred by the school district into the district's capital projects fund. (4) An associated student body fund as authorized by RCW 28A.325.030 . (5) Advance refunding bond funds and refunded bond funds to provide for the proceeds and disbursements as authorized in chapter 39.53 RCW.
RCW 28A.630.198 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 630 / Section 198
RCW 28A.630.198: Teacher preparation programs—Report.
Status: in_force

By December 1, 2019, and in compliance with RCW 43.01.036 , the student achievement council, in cooperation with the Washington professional educator standards board-approved teacher preparation programs, the Washington state school directors' association, and the rural education center at Washington State University, must submit a report to the appropriate committees of the legislature. The report must include policy recommendations to encourage or require the Washington professional educator standards board-approved teacher preparation programs to develop relationships with, and provide supervisory support for field placements of student teachers in, school districts that are not in the general geographic area of an approved teacher preparation program.
RCW 28B.35.230 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 35 / Section 230
RCW 28B.35.230: Certificates, diplomas—Signing—Contents.
Status: in_force

Every diploma issued by a regional university shall be signed by the chair of the board of trustees and by the president of the regional university issuing the same, and sealed with the appropriate seal. In addition to the foregoing, teaching certificates shall be countersigned by the state superintendent of public instruction. Every certificate shall specifically state what course of study the holder has completed and for what length of time such certificate is valid in the schools of the state.
RCW 28B.99.040 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 99 / Section 040
RCW 28B.99.040: Office annual report.
Status: in_force

(1) The office shall submit an annual report regarding the program to the governor and the appropriate committees of the legislature in accordance with the reporting requirements in RCW 43.01.036 . (2) The annual report shall describe the design and implementation of the program, and must include the following: (a) The number of applicants for medical student loans; (b) The number of participants in the program; (c) The number of participants in the program who complete their medical program; (d) The number of participants in the program who are placed in employment; (e) The nature of that employment, including the type of job; whether the job is full-time, part-time, or temporary; and the income range; (f) Whether the participant is working in a rural underserved area, and what percent of the participant's patients are served by medicaid, the children's health insurance program, apple health, or other programs with similar eligibility requirements; (g) Demographic profiles of both applicants and participants; (h) The amount of the private funding collected for the program; and (i) An estimate of when the program will be self-sustaining. (3) The annual report must be submitted by December 1st of each year after July 1, 2020.
RCW 28B.14H.050 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 14H / Section 050
RCW 28B.14H.050: Proceeds.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The proceeds from the sale of the bonds authorized in RCW 28B.14H.020 shall be deposited in the Gardner-Evans higher education construction account created in RCW 28B.14H.110 . (b) If the state finance committee deems it necessary to issue the bonds authorized in RCW 28B.14H.020 as taxable bonds in order to comply with federal internal revenue service rules and regulations pertaining to the use of nontaxable bond proceeds, the proceeds of such taxable bonds shall be deposited to the state taxable building construction account in lieu of any deposit otherwise provided by this section. The state treasurer shall submit written notice to the director of financial management if it is determined that any such deposit to the state taxable building construction account is necessary. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. (2) The proceeds shall be used exclusively for the purposes in RCW 28B.14H.020 and for the payment of the expenses incurred in connection with the sale and issuance of the bonds.
RCW 28A.410.110 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 410 / Section 110
RCW 28A.410.110: Limitation on reinstatement after revocation—Reinstatement prohibited for certain felony crimes.
Status: in_force

In case any certificate or permit authorized under this chapter or chapter 28A.405 RCW is revoked, the holder shall not be eligible to receive another certificate or permit for a period of twelve months after the date of revocation. However, if the certificate or permit authorized under this chapter or chapter 28A.405 RCW was revoked because of a guilty plea or the conviction of a felony crime specified under RCW 28A.400.322 , the certificate or permit shall not be reinstated.
RCW 28A.530.020 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 530 / Section 020
RCW 28A.530.020: Bond issuance—Election—Resolution to specify purposes.
Status: in_force

(1) The question whether the bonds shall be issued, as provided in RCW 28A.530.010 , shall be determined at an election to be held pursuant to RCW 39.36.050 . If a majority of the votes cast at such election favor the issuance of such bonds, the board of directors must issue such bonds: PROVIDED, That if the amount of bonds to be issued, together with any outstanding indebtedness of the district that only needs a simple majority voter approval, exceeds three-eighths of one percent of the value of the taxable property in said district, as the term "value of the taxable property" is defined in RCW 39.36.015 , then three-fifths of the votes cast at such election must be in favor of the issuance of such bonds, before the board of directors is authorized to issue said bonds. (2) The resolution adopted by the board of directors calling the election in subsection (1) of this section shall specify the purposes of the debt financing measure, including the specific buildings to be constructed or remodeled and any additional specific purposes as authorized by RCW 28A.530.010 . If the debt financing measure anticipates the receipt of state financing assistance under chapter 28A.525 RCW, the board resolution also shall describe the specific anticipated purpose of the state assistance. If the school board subsequently determines that state or local circumstances should cause any alteration to the specific expenditures from the debt financing or of the state assistance, the board shall first conduct a public hearing to consider those circumstances and to receive public testimony. If the board then determines that any such alterations are in the best interests of the district, it may adopt a new resolution or amend the original resolution at a public meeting held subsequent to the meeting at which public testimony was received.
RCW 28B.120.040 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 120 / Section 040
RCW 28B.120.040: Washington career and college pathways innovation challenge program account.
Status: in_force

The Washington career and college pathways innovation challenge program account is hereby established in the custody of the state treasurer. The student achievement council shall deposit in the fund all moneys received for the Washington career and college pathways innovation challenge program. Moneys in the fund may be spent only for the purposes of awarding grants under the Washington career and college pathways innovation challenge program. Disbursements from the fund shall be on the authorization of the student achievement council. The fund is subject to the allotment procedure provided under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for disbursements.
RCW 28A.635.110 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 635 / Section 110
RCW 28A.635.110: Violations under RCW 28A.635.090 and 28A.635.100—Disciplinary authority exception.
Status: in_force

The crimes defined in RCW 28A.635.090 and 28A.635.100 shall not apply to school administrators, teachers, or classified employees who are engaged in the reasonable exercise of their disciplinary authority.
RCW 28B.50.837 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 837
RCW 28B.50.837: Exceptional faculty awards—Established—Community and technical college faculty awards trust fund.
Status: in_force

(1) The Washington community and technical college exceptional faculty awards program is established. The program shall be administered by the college board. The college faculty awards trust fund hereby created shall be administered by the state treasurer. (2) Funds appropriated by the legislature for the community and technical college exceptional faculty awards program shall be deposited in the college faculty awards trust fund. At the request of the college board, the treasurer shall release the state matching funds to the local endowment fund of the college or its foundation. No appropriation is necessary for the expenditure of moneys from the fund. Expenditures from the fund may be used solely for the exceptional faculty awards program. During the 2011-2013 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer from the college faculty awards trust fund to the state general fund such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance in the account.
RCW 28B.10.041 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 041
RCW 28B.10.041: High school directory information—Data-sharing agreements with the office of the superintendent of public instruction.
Status: in_force

(1) The Washington student achievement council and institutions of higher education must enter into data-sharing agreements with the office of the superintendent of public instruction to facilitate the transfer of high school student directory information collected under RCW 28A.150.515 for the purposes of informing Washington high school students of postsecondary financial aid and educational opportunities available in the state. (2) Data-sharing agreements entered into under this section must provide for the education research and data center to share student enrollment and outcome information from institutions of higher education, including federally designated minority serving institutions of higher education that are participating in data-sharing agreements under subsection (4) of this section, to the office of the superintendent of public instruction. Information provided in accordance with this subsection (2) must include the statewide student identifier for each student. To the extent possible, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall transmit student enrollment information to the enrolled students' host districts for the current year. (3)(a) Data-sharing agreements entered into by a community college or technical college as defined in RCW 28B.50.030 are limited to informing Washington high school students of postsecondary educational opportunities available within a college's service district as enumerated in RCW 28B.50.040 . (b) The state board for community and technical colleges may coordinate with all of the community and technical colleges to develop a single data-sharing agreement between the community and technical colleges and the office of the superintendent of public instruction. (4) Federally designated minority-serving institutions of higher education that are bachelor degree-granting institutions and not subject to subsection (1) of this section may enter into data-sharing agreements with the office of the superintendent of public instruction to facilitate the transfer of high school student directory information collected under RCW 28A.150.515 for the purpose of informing Washington high school students of postsecondary educational opportunities available in the state. (5) Agreements entered into under this section must obligate the Washington student achievement council and institutions that will receive information through an agreement to maintain the statewide student identifier for each student. (6) For the purposes of this section, "statewide student identifier" means the statewide student identifier required by RCW 28A.320.175 that is included in the longitudinal student data system established under RCW 28A.300.500 . (7) For the purposes of this section, "directory information" has the same meaning as in RCW 28A.150.515 .
RCW 28A.625.150 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 625 / Section 150
RCW 28A.625.150: Award program.
Status: in_force

The board of directors of any school district may establish a commendable employee service and recognition award program for certificated and classified school employees. The program shall be designed to recognize exemplary service, special achievements, or outstanding contributions by an individual in the performance of his or her duties as an employee of the school district. The board of directors of the school district shall determine the extent and type of any nonmonetary award. The value of any nonmonetary award shall not be deemed salary or compensation for the purposes of RCW 28A.400.200 or chapter 41.32 RCW.
RCW 28B.50.094 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 094
RCW 28B.50.094: Program for military personnel—Costs of funding.
Status: in_force

The costs of funding programs authorized by RCW 28B.50.092 through 28B.50.094 shall ultimately be borne by grants or fees derived from nonstate treasury sources.
RCW 28A.300.690 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 690
RCW 28A.300.690: Special education—Authorized entities.
Status: in_force

(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction may authorize private schools approved by the state board of education under RCW 28A.305.130 , other private in-state entities, and any out-of-state entities to contract with school districts under RCW 28A.155.060 to provide special education and related services to students with disabilities. For authorized entities with multiple locations, the office of the superintendent of public instruction must approve each location independently. (2) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall establish a process for private schools approved by the state board of education under RCW 28A.305.130 to apply for authorization or reauthorization for a period of up to five years and for other entities to apply for authorization or reauthorization for a period of up to three years. (3) To qualify for authorization or reauthorization, an applicant must, at a minimum, meet the following requirements: (a) Offer a program of basic education that will provide: (i) Opportunities for students to meet the goals of RCW 28A.150.210 , in accordance with an individual assessment of student strengths and needs as determined by the placing school districts, and any other requirements established by contract; and (ii) Opportunities for students in grades nine through 12 to either meet high school graduation requirements under RCW 28A.230.090 or to earn a high school equivalency certificate under RCW 28B.50.536 or laws of the state in which the applicant is located; (b) Maintain applicable facility licenses and applicable agency approvals of the state in which the applicant is located; (c) Employ or contract with teachers and related services staff who meet the licensing requirements of the state in which the applicant is located; (d) Meet applicable fire codes of the local fire marshal or the fire marshal of the state in which the applicant is located; (e) Meet applicable health and safety standards of the local jurisdiction and state in which the applicant is located; (f) Demonstrate through audits that the applicant is financially stable and has accounting systems that allow for separation of school district funds, including financial safeguards in place to track revenues and expenditures associated with contracted placements to ensure that funds are used to provide education and related services to students placed in the authorized entity by the school district; (g) Demonstrate that the applicant has procedures in place that address staff employment and contracting, including checking personal and professional references, conducting state and federal criminal background checks, and conducting regular staff evaluations that address staff competencies; (h) Maintain a policy of nondiscrimination and provide procedural safeguards for students and their families; and (i) Pass an on-site inspection conducted by the office of the superintendent of public instruction that confirms that the health and safety of the facilities, the staffing qualifications and levels, and the procedural safeguards are sufficient to provide a safe and appropriate learning environment for students. (4) The office of the superintendent of public instruction must prohibit authorized entities from charging tuition or fees to students placed in the authorized entity by a school district. (5) As used in this section, the term "authorized entity" means a private school approved by the state board of education under RCW 28A.305.130 , another private in-state entity, or any out-of-state entity, that has been authorized by the office of the superintendent of public instruction to contract with a school district to provide a program of special education for students with disabilities.
RCW 28A.710.183 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 710 / Section 183
RCW 28A.710.183: Technical assistance.
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning with the 2023-24 school year, the commission shall promote the effective administration and operation of charter schools through the provision of technical assistance to requesting charter schools, charter school boards, or both. (2) The principal objective of technical assistance provided in accordance with this section, which may be provided by commission staff or through a contractor, must be to support charter schools and charter school boards in achieving and maintaining compliance with the requirements of this chapter and other provisions of Title 28A RCW governing the operation of charter schools. In responding to requests for technical assistance, the commission shall prioritize the provision of assistance to charter schools that have been in operation for three or fewer school years. (3) Technical assistance provided in accordance with this section: May only be provided at the request of the applicable charter school or charter school board; and is unrelated to, and does not affect or otherwise modify, duties of the commission in its role as an authorizer. (4) For the purposes of this section, "technical assistance" means the provision of training, which may be provided by commission staff or through a contractor, to support charter schools and charter school boards in their responsibility to achieve and maintain compliance with applicable state and federal laws and with their charter school contract.
RCW 28B.85.050 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 85 / Section 050
RCW 28B.85.050: Council may require information.
Status: in_force

All degree-granting institutions subject to this chapter shall file information with the council as the council may require.
RCW 28A.505.240 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 505 / Section 240
RCW 28A.505.240: Enrichment levy spending plans—Preballot approval—Revised spending plan for voter-approved levies.
Status: in_force

(1) As required by RCW 84.52.053 (4), before a school district may submit an enrichment levy under RCW 84.52.053 to the voters, it must have received approval from the office of the superintendent of public instruction of an expenditure plan for the district's enrichment levy and other local revenues as defined in RCW 28A.150.276 . Within thirty days after receiving the plan the office of the superintendent of public instruction must notify the school district whether the spending plan is approved. If the office of the superintendent of public instruction rejects a district's proposed spending plan, then the district may submit a revised spending plan, and the superintendent must approve or reject the revised submission within thirty days. The office of the superintendent of public instruction may approve a spending plan only if it determines that the enrichment levy and other local revenues as defined in RCW 28A.150.276 (1) will be used solely for permitted enrichment activities as provided in RCW 28A.150.276 (2). (2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, after a school district has received voter approval for a levy for an enrichment levy under RCW 84.52.053 , a school district may change its spending plan for the voter-approved levy by submitting a revised spending plan to the office of the superintendent of public instruction for review and approval. To revise a previously approved spending plan, the district must provide notice and an opportunity for review and comment at an open meeting of the school board, and the board must adopt the revised spending plan by resolution. The board must then submit the plan to the office of the superintendent of public instruction. Within thirty days after receiving the revised spending plan the office must notify the school district whether the revised spending plan is approved. The office of the superintendent of public instruction may approve a revised spending plan only if it determines that the enrichment levy and other local revenues as defined in RCW 28A.150.276 (1) will be used solely for permitted enrichment activities as provided in RCW 28A.150.276 (2). (b) If the superintendent has approved expenditures for specific purposes under (a) of this subsection, a district may change the relative amounts to be spent for those respective purposes for the same levy in subsequent years without having to first receive approval for the change from the office of the superintendent of public instruction if the district adopts the change as part of its annual budget proposal after a public hearing under RCW 28A.505.060 . (3) This section applies to taxes levied for collection beginning in calendar year 2020 and thereafter.
RCW 28A.300.150 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 150
RCW 28A.300.150: Information on and curricula for the prevention of sexual abuse of students, child abuse, and neglect—Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The superintendent of public instruction shall collect and disseminate to school districts information on and curricula for the coordinated program for the prevention of sexual abuse of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, child abuse, and neglect established in RCW 28A.300.160 . The superintendent shall also adopt rules addressing the prevention of sexual abuse of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade and child abuse for purposes of curricula used in public schools. (2) Effective July 1, 2018, the superintendent of public instruction and the department of children, youth, and families shall share relevant information in furtherance of this section. (3) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, on or before June 30, 2019, the superintendent of public instruction must review any existing curricula related to the prevention of sexual abuse of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. The review required by this subsection must evaluate the curricula for alignment with the provisions of RCW 28A.300.160 (2).
RCW 28A.320.126 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 320 / Section 126
RCW 28A.320.126: Emergency response system.
Status: in_force

(1) School districts must work collaboratively with local law enforcement agencies, public safety answering points, and safety and security staff as defined in RCW 28A.320.124 to develop an emergency response system using evolving technology to expedite the response and arrival of law enforcement in the event of a threat or emergency at a school. "Emergency response system" includes at least one of the following: (a) Panic or alert buttons that are tied to school administration, school district staff, and emergency response providers; (b) Live video feed with law enforcement, school district, and school access; (c) Live audio feed with law enforcement, school district, and school access; (d) Remote control access to doors; (e) Live interactive two-way communications; or (f) A system that complies with applicable state building code requirements for group E occupancies for emergency response systems developed under this section or systems developed as part of a safe school plan under RCW 28A.320.125 . (2) Each school district must submit a progress report on its implementation of an emergency response system as required under this section to the office of the superintendent of public instruction by October 1, 2025. By December 1, 2025, the office of the superintendent of public instruction must compile the information submitted by school districts and report to the legislature on the types of emergency response systems used by school districts. (3) This section governs school operation and management under RCW 28A.710.040 and 28A.715.020 and applies to charter schools established under chapter 28A.710 RCW and state-tribal education compact schools subject to chapter 28A.715 RCW.
RCW 28B.10.550 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 550
RCW 28B.10.550: Police forces for universities and The Evergreen State College—Authorized.
Status: in_force

The boards of regents of the state universities, and the boards of trustees of the regional universities or of The Evergreen State College, acting independently and each on behalf of its own institution: (1) May each establish a police force for its own institution, which force shall function under such conditions and regulations as the board prescribes; and (2) May supply appropriate badges and uniforms indicating the positions and authority of the members of such police force.
RCW 28A.250.040 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 250 / Section 040
RCW 28A.250.040: Duties of the superintendent of public instruction.
Status: in_force

The superintendent of public instruction shall: (1) Develop model policies and procedures, in consultation with the Washington state school directors' association, that may be used by school district boards of directors in the development of the school district policies and procedures required in RCW 28A.250.050 . The model policies and procedures shall be disseminated to school districts by February 1, 2010; (2) By December 1, 2009, modify the standards for school districts to report course information to the office of the superintendent of public instruction under RCW 28A.300.500 to designate if the course was an online course. The reporting standards shall be required beginning with the 2010-11 school year; and (3) Beginning January 15, 2011, and annually thereafter, submit a report regarding online learning to the state board of education, the governor, and the legislature. The report shall cover the previous school year and include but not be limited to student demographics, course enrollment data, aggregated student course completion and passing rates, and activities and outcomes of course and provider approval reviews.
RCW 28B.20.520 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 20 / Section 520
RCW 28B.20.520: Behavioral health and suicide prevention—Data.
Status: in_force

(1) By December 31, 2018, for the purposes of collecting data on suicide prevention and behavioral health in higher education, the entity within the University of Washington school of social work specified under RCW 28B.20.510 shall identify data, methods for data collection, and data definitions to be used by postsecondary institutions required to submit annual reports under *RCW 28B.20.515 . The entity shall collaborate with the postsecondary institutions, as defined in RCW 28B.77.120 , in establishing data collection requirements and criteria. (2) The entity shall aggregate the information it receives by sector and, by December 1st of each year, the entity must submit an aggregated summary report to the relevant committees of the legislature. The entity shall serve as the depository for annual reports submitted by institutions of higher education under *RCW 28B.20.515 .
RCW 28A.340.080 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 340 / Section 080
RCW 28A.340.080: Innovation academy cooperatives—Formation—Student enrollment.
Status: in_force

(1) Two or more nonhigh school districts may form an interdistrict cooperative to offer an innovation academy cooperative, as defined in RCW 28A.340.085 and subject to the approval of the office of the superintendent of public instruction under RCW 28A.340.090 , for high school students residing in the participating nonhigh school districts or for high school students residing in other school districts who enroll in the cooperative's reporting district under RCW 28A.225.220 through 28A.225.230 . However, a high school student residing in a school district that is not a participating member of the cooperative may not enroll exclusively in alternative learning experience courses or programs as defined by *RCW 28A.150.325 . Nothing in this section is intended to affect or otherwise modify the superintendent of public instruction's duty to approve and monitor online providers pursuant to RCW 28A.250.020 . (2) Enrollment in an innovation academy cooperative is optional for students. For students residing in a participating nonhigh school district who enroll in a high school district rather than the innovation academy cooperative, the provisions of RCW 28A.540.110 and chapter 28A.545 RCW apply to the nonhigh school district. (3) Each innovation academy cooperative shall designate one of the participating nonhigh school districts to report enrolled students for funding purposes. The reporting district shall claim the monthly full-time equivalent students enrolled in the innovation academy cooperative and receive state funding allocations, including basic education allocations that are based on the small high school allocation under the appropriations act to the extent the number of students enrolled in the innovation academy cooperative meets the criteria for a small high school.
RCW 28A.300.040 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 040
RCW 28A.300.040: Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other powers and duties as provided by law, the powers and duties of the superintendent of public instruction shall be: (1) To have supervision over all matters pertaining to the public schools of the state; (2) To report to the governor and the legislature such information and data as may be required for the management and improvement of the schools; (3) To prepare and have printed such forms, registers, courses of study, rules for the government of the common schools, and such other material and books as may be necessary for the discharge of the duties of teachers and officials charged with the administration of the laws relating to the common schools, and to distribute the same to educational service district superintendents; (4) To travel, without neglecting his or her other official duties as superintendent of public instruction, for the purpose of attending educational meetings or conventions, of visiting schools, and of consulting educational service district superintendents or other school officials; (5) To prepare and from time to time to revise a manual of the Washington state common school code, copies of which shall be made available online and which shall be sold at approximate actual cost of publication and distribution per volume to public and nonpublic agencies or individuals, said manual to contain Titles 28A and 28C RCW, rules related to the common schools, and such other matter as the state superintendent or the state board of education shall determine; (6) To file all papers, reports and public documents transmitted to the superintendent by the school officials of the several counties or districts of the state, each year separately. Copies of all papers filed in the superintendent's office, and the superintendent's official acts, may, or upon request, shall be certified by the superintendent and attested by the superintendent's official seal, and when so certified shall be evidence of the papers or acts so certified to; (7) To require annually, on or before the 15th day of August, of the president, manager, or principal of every educational institution in this state, a report as required by the superintendent of public instruction; and it is the duty of every president, manager, or principal, to complete and return such forms within such time as the superintendent of public instruction shall direct; (8) To keep in the superintendent's office a record of all teachers receiving certificates to teach in the common schools of this state; (9) To issue certificates as provided by law; (10) To keep in the superintendent's office at the capital of the state, all books and papers pertaining to the business of the superintendent's office, and to keep and preserve in the superintendent's office a complete record of statistics, as well as a record of the meetings of the state board of education; (11) With the assistance of the office of the attorney general, to decide all points of law which may be submitted to the superintendent in writing by any educational service district superintendent, or that may be submitted to the superintendent by any other person, upon appeal from the decision of any educational service district superintendent; and the superintendent shall publish his or her rulings and decisions from time to time for the information of school officials and teachers; and the superintendent's decision shall be final unless set aside by a court of competent jurisdiction; (12) To administer oaths and affirmations in the discharge of the superintendent's official duties; (13) To deliver to his or her successor, at the expiration of the superintendent's term of office, all records, books, maps, documents and papers of whatever kind belonging to the superintendent's office or which may have been received by the superintendent's for the use of the superintendent's office; (14) To administer family services and programs to promote the state's policy as provided in RCW 74.14A.025 ; (15) To promote the adoption of school-based curricula and policies that provide quality, daily physical education for all students, and to encourage policies that provide all students with opportunities for physical activity outside of formal physical education classes; (16) To ensure the effective delivery and administration of basic education services to justice-involved students and to improve their educational outcomes, both as required by RCW 28A.190.150 ; and (17) To perform such other duties as may be required by law.
RCW 28B.20.334 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 20 / Section 334
RCW 28B.20.334: Rights-of-way to railroads and streetcar railways—Form of deed—Certified copy filed.
Status: in_force

If such agreement is entered into, said board of regents shall transmit a certified copy thereof to the commissioner of public lands, who shall, after the full amount of money provided in such agreement shall be paid by said railroad company or streetcar company to the state treasurer, issue to such railroad company or streetcar company, in the name of the state of Washington, a deed for the right-of-way described in such agreement, which said deed shall recite and be subject to all the terms and conditions of such agreement, and certified copies of said deed shall be filed, one in the office of the commissioner of public lands, and the other with the secretary of said board of regents.
RCW 28A.300.1361 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 1361
RCW 28A.300.1361: Closing the achievement gap—Enhancing data collection and data system capacity—Securing federal funds.
Status: in_force

The superintendent of public instruction shall take all actions necessary to secure federal funds to support enhancing data collection and data system capacity in order to monitor progress in closing the achievement gap and to support other innovations and model programs that align education reform and address disproportionality in the public school system.
RCW 28A.535.040 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 535 / Section 040
RCW 28A.535.040: Manner and result of election.
Status: in_force

Elections hereunder shall be by ballot, and conducted in the manner provided for conducting annual school elections. The ballot must contain the words, "Validating and ratifying indebtedness, yes," or the words, "Validating and ratifying indebtedness, no." Ballots containing the words, "Validating and ratifying indebtedness, yes," shall be counted in favor of validating and ratifying such indebtedness, and ballots containing the words, "Validating and ratifying indebtedness, no," shall be counted against validating and ratifying such indebtedness. At their next meeting following ascertainment of the result of the election from the county auditor, the board of directors of any such district holding such an election shall cause to be entered a minute thereof on the records of such district. The qualifications of voters at such election shall be the same as prescribed for the election of school officials.
RCW 28B.40.120 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 40 / Section 120
RCW 28B.40.120: Trustees—General powers and duties of board.
Status: in_force

In addition to any other powers and duties prescribed by law, the board of trustees of The Evergreen State College: (1) Shall have full control of the state college and its property of various kinds, except as otherwise provided by law. (2) Shall employ the president of the state college, his or her assistants, members of the faculty, and other employees of the institution, who, except as otherwise provided by law, shall hold their positions, until discharged therefrom by the board for good and lawful reason. (3) With the assistance of the faculty of the state college, shall prescribe the course of study in the various schools and departments thereof and publish such catalogues thereof as the board deems necessary: PROVIDED, That the Washington professional educator standards board shall determine the requisites for and give program approval of all courses leading to teacher certification by such board. (4) May establish such divisions, schools, or departments necessary to carry out the purposes of the college and not otherwise proscribed by law. (5) Except as otherwise provided by law, may establish and erect such new facilities as determined by the board to be necessary for the college. (6) May acquire real and other property as provided in RCW 28B.10.020 , as now or hereafter amended. (7) Except as otherwise provided by law, may purchase all supplies and purchase or lease equipment and other personal property needed for the operation or maintenance of the college. (8) May establish, lease, operate, equip, and maintain self-supporting facilities in the manner provided in RCW 28B.10.300 through 28B.10.330 , as now or hereafter amended. (9) Except as otherwise provided by law, shall enter into such contracts as the trustees deem essential to college purposes. (10) May receive such gifts, grants, conveyances, devises, and bequests of real or personal property from whatsoever source, as may be made from time to time, in trust or otherwise, whenever the terms and conditions thereof will aid in carrying out the college programs; sell, lease, or exchange, invest or expend the same or the proceeds, rents, profits, and income thereof except as limited by the terms and conditions thereof; and adopt regulations to govern the receipt and expenditure of the proceeds, rents, profits, and income thereof. (11) In accordance with RCW 28B.77.080 , may offer new degree programs, offer off-campus programs, participate in consortia or centers, contract for off-campus educational programs, and purchase or lease major off-campus facilities. (12) May promulgate such rules and regulations, and perform all other acts not forbidden by law, as the board of trustees may in its discretion deem necessary or appropriate to the administration of the college.Any appropriation for the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth or the school for the blind shall be made directly to the center or the school for the blind.
RCW 28A.525.095 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 525 / Section 095
RCW 28A.525.095: Condensed compliance reports—Second-class districts.
Status: in_force

Any compliance reporting requirements as a result of laws in this chapter that apply to second-class districts may be submitted in accordance with RCW 28A.330.250 .
RCW 28A.400.306 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 400 / Section 306
RCW 28A.400.306: Fingerprints accepted by the state patrol—Fingerprints forwarded to the federal bureau of investigation—Conditions.
Status: in_force

The state patrol shall accept fingerprints obtained under this chapter only if it can ensure that the patrol will not retain a record of the fingerprints after the check is complete. It shall not forward fingerprints obtained under this chapter to the federal bureau of investigation unless it can ensure that the federal bureau of investigation will not retain a record of the fingerprints after the check is complete.
RCW 28B.118.090 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 118 / Section 090
RCW 28B.118.090: Transmitting data to the education data center—Annual report.
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning January 1, 2015, and at a minimum every year thereafter, the student achievement council and all institutions of higher education eligible to participate in the college bound scholarship program shall ensure data needed to analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the college bound scholarship program is promptly transmitted to the education data center created in RCW 43.41.400 so that it is available and easily accessible. The data to be reported should include but not be limited to: (a) The number of enrolled students for the college bound scholarship program in seventh, eighth, or ninth grade; (b) The number of college bound scholarship students who graduate from high school; (c) The number of college bound scholarship students who enroll in postsecondary education, including how many enroll who graduated high school with less than a "C" average; (d) Persistence and completion rates of college bound scholarship recipients disaggregated by institutions of higher education and by high school grade point average; (e) College bound scholarship recipient grade point averages; (f) The number of college bound scholarship recipients who did not remain eligible and reasons for ineligibility; (g) College bound scholarship program costs; and (h) Impacts to the Washington college grant program. (2) Beginning May 12, 2015, and at a minimum every December 1st thereafter, the student achievement council shall submit student unit record data for the college bound scholarship program applicants and recipients to the education data center. (3) Beginning July 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the education data center shall submit to the student achievement council the data listed in this section that is submitted by institutions of higher education for the purposes of completing the annual legislative report required by this section. (4) Beginning November 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the student achievement council shall submit a report to the higher education committees of the legislature in accordance with RCW 43.01.036 on the data listed in this section.
RCW 28C.10.010 — Washington Code / Title 28C / Chapter 10 / Section 010
RCW 28C.10.010: Intent.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of this chapter to protect against practices by private vocational schools which are false, deceptive, misleading, or unfair, and to help ensure adequate educational quality at private vocational schools.
RCW 28A.155.170 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 155 / Section 170
RCW 28A.155.170: Graduation ceremony.
Status: in_force

(1) Each school district that operates a high school shall establish a policy and procedures that permit any student who is receiving special education or related services under an individualized education program pursuant to state and federal law to participate in the graduation ceremony and activities after four years of high school attendance with his or her age-appropriate peers and receive a certificate of attendance. (2) Participation in a graduation ceremony and receipt of a certificate of attendance under this section does not preclude a student from continuing to receive special education and related services under an individualized education program beyond the graduation ceremony. (3) A student's participation in a graduation ceremony and receipt of a certificate of attendance under this section shall not be construed as the student's receipt of a high school diploma pursuant to RCW 28A.230.120 .
RCW 28A.335.220 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 335 / Section 220
RCW 28A.335.220: Eminent domain.
Status: in_force

The board of directors of any school district may proceed to condemn and appropriate not more than fifteen acres of land for any elementary school purpose; not more than twenty-five acres for any junior high school purpose; not more than forty acres for any senior high school purpose; except as otherwise provided by law, not more than seventy-five acres for any vocational technical school purpose; and not more than fifteen acres for any other school district purpose. Such condemnation proceedings shall be in accordance with chapters 8.16 and 8.25 RCW and such other laws of this state providing for appropriating private property for public use by school districts.
RCW 28B.15.526 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 15 / Section 526
RCW 28B.15.526: Community college international student exchange program—Resident tuition for participants authorized.
Status: in_force

The legislature intends to permit the governing boards of the community colleges to charge resident tuition and fees for students of foreign nations who are participants in the international student exchange program.
RCW 28A.225.330 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 225 / Section 330
RCW 28A.225.330: Enrolling students from other districts—Requests for information and permanent records—Immunity from liability—Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) When enrolling a student who has attended school in another school district, the school enrolling the student may request the parent and the student to briefly indicate in writing whether or not the student has: (a) Any history of placement in special educational programs; (b) Any past, current, or pending disciplinary action; (c) Any history of violent behavior, or behavior listed in RCW 13.04.155 ; (d) Any unpaid fines or fees imposed by other schools; and (e) Any health conditions affecting the student's educational needs. (2) The school enrolling the student shall request the student's permanent record including records of disciplinary action, history of violent behavior or behavior listed in RCW 13.04.155 , attendance, immunization records, and academic performance from the school the student previously attended. (3) Upon request, school districts shall furnish a set of unofficial educational records to a parent or guardian of a student who is transferring out of state and who meets the definition of a child of a military family in transition under Article II of RCW 28A.705.010 . School districts may charge the parent or guardian the actual cost of providing the copies of the records. (4) If information is requested under subsection (2) of this section, the information shall be transmitted within two school days after receiving the request and the records shall be sent as soon as possible. The records of a student who meets the definition of a child of a military family in transition under Article II of RCW 28A.705.010 shall be sent within 10 days after receiving the request. Any school district or district employee who releases the information in compliance with this section is immune from civil liability for damages unless it is shown that the school district employee acted with gross negligence or in bad faith. The professional educator standards board shall provide by rule for the discipline under chapter 28A.410 RCW of a school principal or other chief administrator of a public school building who fails to make a good faith effort to assure compliance with this subsection. (5) Any school district or district employee who releases the information in compliance with federal and state law is immune from civil liability for damages unless it is shown that the school district or district employee acted with gross negligence or in bad faith. (6)(a) A school may not prevent students who are the subject of a dependency proceeding pursuant to chapter 13.34 RCW from enrolling if there is incomplete information as enumerated in subsection (1) of this section during the 10 business days that the department of children, youth, and families has to obtain that information under RCW 74.13.631 . (b) If the student who is the subject of a dependency proceeding is subject to an order in a federally recognized tribal court that is the equivalent of a shelter care or dependency order pursuant to chapter 13.34 RCW, or the student is eligible for benefits under the federal foster care system as defined in RCW 28B.117.020 , the school may not prevent the student from enrolling if there is incomplete information as enumerated in subsection (1) of this section during the 10 business days from the date the equivalent order is entered or from a date determined by the state agency responsible for implementing the unaccompanied refugee minors program. (c) Upon enrollment of a student who is the subject of a dependency proceeding, the school district must make reasonable efforts to obtain and assess that child's educational history in order to meet the child's unique needs within two business days. (7) For the purposes of this section, "students who are the subject of a dependency proceeding" has the same meaning as in RCW 28A.150.510 .
RCW 28A.410.032 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 410 / Section 032
RCW 28A.410.032: Qualifications—Teachers of visually impaired—Rules.
Status: in_force

Teachers of visually impaired students shall be qualified according to rules adopted by the professional educator standards board.
RCW 28A.185.030 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 185 / Section 030
RCW 28A.185.030: Programs—Authority of school districts—Selection of students—Equitable enrollment practices.
Status: in_force

(1) School districts may establish and operate, either separately or jointly, programs for highly capable students. Such authority shall include the right to employ and pay special instructors and to operate such programs jointly with a public institution of higher education. (2) School districts that establish and operate programs for highly capable students shall adopt identification procedures and provide educational opportunities as follows: (a) In accordance with rules adopted by the superintendent of public instruction, school districts shall implement procedures for referral, screening, assessment, identification, and placement of highly capable students. (i) Referrals must be available for all grade levels not being universally screened, and may be submitted by teachers, other staff, parents, students, and members of the community. (ii) Each school district must select a grade level to implement universal screening procedures for each student. Universal screening must occur once in or before second grade, and again in or before sixth grade. The purpose of universal screening is to include students who traditionally are not referred for highly capable programs and services. Students discovered during universal screening may need further assessment to determine whether the student is eligible for placement in a program for highly capable students. Districts must consider at least two student data points during universal screening, which may include previously administered standardized, classroom-based, performance, cognitive, or achievement assessments, or research-based behavior ratings scales. There is no requirement to administer a new assessment for the purpose of universal screening, however districts may do so if they desire. (iii) Assessments for highly capable program services must be based upon a review of each student's capability as shown by multiple criteria intended to reveal, from a wide variety of sources and data, each student's unique needs and capabilities. Any screenings or additional assessments must be conducted within the school day and at the school the student attends, except that school districts, on a case-by-case basis and with the consent of the parent or guardian, may offer a student screenings or additional assessment opportunities during the summer, outside of school hours, or at an alternative site. (iv) Identification and placement decisions shall be made by a multidisciplinary selection committee after consideration of the results of the universal screening, any further assessment, and any available district data. Students identified pursuant to procedures outlined in this section must be provided, to the extent feasible, an educational opportunity that takes into account each student's unique needs and capabilities, and the limits of the resources and program options available to the district, including those options that can be developed or provided using funds allocated by the superintendent of public instruction for this specific purpose. (b) In addition to the criteria listed in (a) of this subsection, district practices for identifying highly capable students must seek to expand access to accelerated learning and enhanced instruction at elementary and secondary schools and advance equitable enrollment practices so that all students, especially students from historically underrepresented and low-income groups, who are ready to engage in more rigorous coursework can benefit from accelerated learning and enhanced instruction. (3) When a student, who is a child of a military family in transition, has been assessed or enrolled as highly capable by a sending school, the receiving school shall initially honor placement of the student into a like program. (a) The receiving school shall determine whether the district's program is a like program when compared to the sending school's program; and (b) The receiving school may conduct subsequent assessments to determine appropriate placement and continued enrollment in the program. (4) For a student who is a child of a military family in transition, the definitions in Article II of RCW 28A.705.010 apply to subsection (3) of this section.
RCW 28A.150.414 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 150 / Section 414
RCW 28A.150.414: Locally determined compensation plans for certificated instructional staff—Model salary grid—Stakeholder technical working group.
Status: in_force

(1) The superintendent of public instruction must convene and facilitate a stakeholder technical working group to develop a model salary grid for school district use in developing locally determined compensation plans for certificated instructional staff. (2) The grid is intended to be used as a resource by school districts in determining local salaries in the collective bargaining process, and it is intended to provide guidance to districts in hiring staff based on the allocation methodology, regionalization adjustments, and compensation restrictions in chapter 13, Laws of 2017 3rd sp. sess. However, districts are not required to use this grid in bargaining or determining actual salaries. (3) Membership of the technical working group convened by the superintendent of public instruction may include, but is not limited to, one school district administrator each from an urban and a rural district east of the crest of the Cascade mountains and from an urban and a rural district west of the crest of the Cascade mountains, a representative of an organization representing school district certificated instructional staff, and a representative of an educational service district. (4) The superintendent of public instruction must provide the initial model grid to the governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature for their review by December 1, 2017. The superintendent of public instruction must post the model grid on the website for the office of the superintendent of public instruction. (5) The superintendent of public instruction may reconvene the technical working group to update the model grid based on future legislative changes to methodologies for allocating and regionalizing salaries for certificated instructional staff.
RCW 28A.155.090 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 155 / Section 090
RCW 28A.155.090: Superintendent of public instruction's duty and authority.
Status: in_force

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The superintendent of public instruction shall have the duty and authority, through the administrative section or unit for the education of children with disabilities, to: (1) Assist school districts in the formation of programs to meet the needs of children with disabilities; (2) Develop interdistrict cooperation programs for children with disabilities as authorized in RCW 28A.225.250 ; (3) Provide, upon request, to parents or guardians of children with disabilities, information as to the special education programs for students with disabilities offered within the state; (4) Assist, upon request, the parent or guardian of any child with disabilities in the placement of any child with disabilities who is eligible for but not receiving special educational services for children with disabilities; (5) Approve school district and agency programs as being eligible for special excess cost financial aid to students with disabilities; (6) Establish standards for authorizing, monitoring, and investigating private schools approved by the state board of education under RCW 28A.305.130 , other private in-state entities, and any out-of-state entities, that contract with school districts under RCW 28A.155.060 to provide special education and related services to children with disabilities. The standards must ensure that any children with disabilities placed in authorized entities by school districts have the same rights, protections, and access to special education and related services that they would have if served by a school district; (7) Consistent with the provisions of RCW 28A.150.390 , 28A.160.030 , and 28A.155.010 through 28A.155.160 , and part B of the federal individuals with disabilities education improvement act, administer administrative hearings and other procedures to ensure procedural safeguards of children with disabilities; and (8) Promulgate such rules as are necessary to implement part B of the federal individuals with disabilities education improvement act or other federal law providing for special education services for children with disabilities and the several provisions of RCW 28A.150.390 , 28A.160.030 , and 28A.155.010 through 28A.155.160 and to ensure appropriate access to and participation in the general education curriculum and participation in statewide assessments for all students with disabilities.
RCW 28A.225.090 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 225 / Section 090
RCW 28A.225.090: Court orders—Penalties—Parents' defense.
Status: in_force

(1) A court may order a child subject to a petition under RCW 28A.225.035 to do one or more of the following: (a) Attend the child's current school, and set forth minimum attendance requirements, which shall not consider a suspension day as an unexcused absence; (b) If there is space available and the program can provide educational services appropriate for the child, order the child to attend another public school, an alternative education program, center, a skill center, dropout prevention program, or another public educational program; (c) Attend a private nonsectarian school or program including an education center. Before ordering a child to attend an approved or certified private nonsectarian school or program, the court shall: (i) Consider the public and private programs available; (ii) find that placement is in the best interest of the child; and (iii) find that the private school or program is willing to accept the child and will not charge any fees in addition to those established by contract with the student's school district. If the court orders the child to enroll in a private school or program, the child's school district shall contract with the school or program to provide educational services for the child. The school district shall not be required to contract for a weekly rate that exceeds the state general apportionment dollars calculated on a weekly basis generated by the child and received by the district. A school district shall not be required to enter into a contract that is longer than the remainder of the school year. A school district shall not be required to enter into or continue a contract if the child is no longer enrolled in the district; (d) Submit to a substance abuse assessment if the court finds on the record that such assessment is appropriate to the circumstances and behavior of the child and will facilitate the child's compliance with the mandatory attendance law and, if any assessment, including a urinalysis test ordered under this subsection indicates the use of controlled substances or alcohol, order the minor to abstain from the unlawful consumption of controlled substances or alcohol and adhere to the recommendations of the substance abuse assessment at no expense to the school; or (e) Submit to a mental health evaluation or other diagnostic evaluation and adhere to the recommendations of the drug assessment, at no expense to the school, if the court finds on the court records that such evaluation is appropriate to the circumstances and behavior of the child, and will facilitate the child's compliance with the mandatory attendance law. (2) If the child fails to comply with the court order, the court may impose: (a) Community restitution; (b) Nonresidential programs with intensive wraparound services; (c) A requirement that the child meet with a mentor for a specified number of times; or (d) Other services and interventions that the court deems appropriate. (3) Any parent violating any of the provisions of either RCW 28A.225.010 , 28A.225.015 , or 28A.225.080 shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars for each day of unexcused absence from school. The court shall remit fifty percent of the fine collected under this section to the child's school district. It shall be a defense for a parent charged with violating RCW 28A.225.010 to show that he or she exercised reasonable diligence in attempting to cause a child in his or her custody to attend school or that the child's school did not perform its duties as required in RCW 28A.225.020 . The court may order the parent to provide community restitution instead of imposing a fine. Any fine imposed pursuant to this section may be suspended upon the condition that a parent charged with violating RCW 28A.225.010 shall participate with the school and the child in a supervised plan for the child's attendance at school or upon condition that the parent attend a conference or conferences scheduled by a school for the purpose of analyzing the causes of a child's absence. (4) If a child continues to be truant after entering into a court-approved order with the community engagement board under RCW 28A.225.035 , the juvenile court shall find the child in contempt, and the court may impose alternatives to detention consistent with best practice models for reengagement with school. (5) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the court's inherent contempt power or curtail its exercise. (6) Subsections (1), (2), and (4) of this section shall not apply to a six or seven year old child required to attend public school under RCW 28A.225.015 .
RCW 28A.320.230 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 320 / Section 230
RCW 28A.320.230: Instructional materials—Instructional materials committee—Complaint system.
Status: in_force

(1) Every board of directors, unless otherwise specifically provided by law, shall: (a) In accordance with RCW 28A.345.130 , prepare, negotiate, set forth in writing and adopt, policy relative to the selection or deletion of instructional materials. Such policy shall: (i) State the school district's goals and principles relative to instructional materials; (ii) Delegate responsibility for the preparation and recommendation of teachers' reading lists and specify the procedures to be followed in the selection of all instructional materials including text books; (iii) Establish an instructional materials committee to be appointed, with the approval of the school board, by the school district's chief administrative officer. This committee shall consist of: Representative members of the district's professional staff, including representation from the district's curriculum development committees; one or more parents of enrolled students, with the parent members equaling less than one-half of the total membership of the committee; and in the case of districts that operate elementary school(s) only, the educational service district superintendent, one of whose responsibilities shall be to assure the correlation of those elementary district adoptions with those of the high school district(s) which serve their children. School districts shall develop and implement comprehensive outreach programs to parents of enrolled students in the district for the purpose of recruiting a diverse pool of parent members for instructional materials committees that reflects the demographics and learning needs in the district to the greatest extent possible; (iv) Instructional materials committees that are unable to recruit at least one parent of an enrolled student to serve on the committee must, while they are without a parent member, report quarterly to the school district board of directors and the public on their efforts to recruit one or more parents to serve on the committee; (v) Provide for reasonable notice to parents of the opportunity to serve on the committee and for terms of office for members of the instructional materials committee; (vi) Provide a system for receiving, considering and acting upon written complaints regarding instructional materials used by the school district. The system required by this subsection (1)(a)(vi) must: (A) Require that complaints be in writing from a parent or legal guardian of a student who is enrolled in the district and submitted to a principal from a school where the materials that are the subject of the complaint are used; (B) Seek to resolve complaints through, if requested by the parent or guardian, a meeting with the parent or guardian, a certificated teacher who uses the materials that are the subject of the complaint, and the principal to whom the complaint was submitted; (C) Require, if a resolution cannot be agreed upon with the parent or guardian and the school principal, the instructional materials committee to provide a written decision on the matter within: (I) 60 days of a meeting held under (a)(vi)(B) of this subsection; or (II) 90 days after the complaint was received by the principal, whichever date is later. Decisions made in accordance with this subsection (1)(a)(vi) must be in conformity with RCW 28A.320.233 and may be limited in application to only the student or students of the parent or guardian who submitted the complaint; and (D) Provide a process for appealing decisions of the instructional materials committee, by the parent or guardian, a certificated teacher who uses the materials that are the subject of the complaint, or a principal from a school where the materials that are the subject of the complaint are used, to the superintendent of the school district or a designee of the superintendent. Appeal requests must be made in writing and decisions by the superintendent or designee under this subsection are not subject to appeal. Final decisions at any point in the process made in accordance with this subsection (1)(a)(vi) may not be reconsidered for a minimum of three years unless there is a substantive change of circumstances as determined by the superintendent; and (vii) Provide free text books, supplies and other instructional materials to be loaned to the pupils of the school, when, in its judgment, the best interests of the district will be subserved thereby and prescribe rules and regulations to preserve such books, supplies and other instructional materials from unnecessary damage; and (b) Establish a depreciation scale for determining the value of texts which students wish to purchase. (2) Recommendation of instructional materials shall be by the district's instructional materials committee in accordance with district policy. Recommendations made in accordance with this section must include recommendations for culturally and experientially representative instructional materials including materials on the study of the role and contributions of individuals or groups that are part of a protected class under RCW 28A.642.010 and 28A.640.010 , but approval or disapproval shall be by the local school district's board of directors. (3) Districts may pay the necessary travel and subsistence expenses for expert counsel from outside the district. In addition, the committee's expenses incidental to visits to observe other districts' selection procedures may be reimbursed by the school district. (4) Districts may, within limitations stated in board policy, use and experiment with instructional materials for a period of time before general adoption is formalized. (5) Within the limitations of board policy, a school district's chief administrator may purchase instructional materials to meet deviant needs or rapidly changing circumstances.
RCW 28B.92.030 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 92 / Section 030
RCW 28B.92.030: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Council" means the student achievement council. (2) "Financial aid" means either loans, grants, or both, to students who demonstrate financial need enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a student at institutions of higher education. (3) "Financial need" means a demonstrated financial inability to bear the total cost of education as directed in rule by the office. (4) "Institution" or "institutions of higher education" means: (a) Any public university, college, community college, or technical college operated by the state of Washington or any political subdivision thereof; or (b) Any other university, college, school, or institute in the state of Washington offering instruction beyond the high school level that is a member institution of an accrediting association recognized by rule of the council for the purposes of this section and that agrees to and complies with program rules adopted pursuant to RCW 28B.92.150 . However, any institution, branch, extension or facility operating within the state of Washington that is affiliated with an institution operating in another state must be: (i) A separately accredited member institution of any such accrediting association; (ii) A branch of a member institution of an accrediting association recognized by rule of the council for purposes of this section, that is eligible for federal student financial aid assistance and has operated as a nonprofit college or university delivering on-site classroom instruction for a minimum of 20 consecutive years within the state of Washington, and has an annual enrollment of at least 700 full-time equivalent students; (iii) A nonprofit institution recognized by the state of Washington as provided in RCW 28B.77.240 ; or (iv) An approved apprenticeship program under chapter 49.04 RCW. (5) "Maximum Washington college grant": (a) For students attending two or four-year institutions of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016 , is tuition and estimated fees for 15 quarter credit hours or the equivalent, as determined by the office, including operating fees, building fees, and services and activities fees. (b) For students attending private four-year not-for-profit institutions of higher education in Washington: (i) In the 2019-20 academic year, is $9,739 and may increase each year afterwards by no more than the tuition growth factor through the end of the 2025-26 academic year; and (ii) Beginning in the 2026-27 academic year, is 50 percent of the average of awards for the same academic year granted to students at the public research institutions in Washington. (c) For students attending two-year private not-for-profit institutions of higher education in Washington, in the 2019-20 academic year, is $3,694 and may increase each year afterwards by no more than the tuition growth factor. (d) For students attending four-year private for-profit institutions of higher education in Washington, in the 2019-20 academic year, is eight thousand five hundred seventeen dollars and may increase each year afterwards by no more than the tuition growth factor, until the end of the 2025-26 academic year. (e) For students attending two-year private for-profit institutions of higher education in Washington, in the 2019-20 academic year, is two thousand eight hundred twenty-three dollars and may increase each year afterwards by no more than the tuition growth factor, until the end of the 2025-26 academic year. (f) For students attending Western Governors University-Washington, as established in RCW 28B.77.240 : (i) In the 2019-20 academic year, is $5,619 and may increase each year afterwards by no more than the tuition growth factor through the 2025-26 academic year; and (ii) Beginning in the 2026-27 academic year, is $4,150 and may increase each year afterwards by no more than the tuition growth factor. (e) [(g)] For students attending approved apprenticeship programs: (i) In the 2022-23 academic year, is the same amount as the maximum Washington college grant for students attending two-year institutions of higher education as defined in (a) of this subsection to be used for tuition and fees, program supplies and equipment, and other costs that facilitate educational endeavors through the 2025-26 academic year; and (ii) Beginning in the 2026-27 academic year, is 50 percent of the maximum Washington college grant award for students attending two-year institutions of higher education as defined in (a) of this subsection to be used for tuition and fees, program supplies and equipment, and other costs that facilitate educational endeavors. (6) "Office" means the office of student financial assistance. (7) "Tuition growth factor" means an increase of no more than the average annual percentage growth rate of the median hourly wage for Washington for the previous 14 years as the wage is determined by the federal bureau of labor statistics.
RCW 28B.102.055 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 102 / Section 055
RCW 28B.102.055: Loan repayment agreements.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon documentation of federal student loan indebtedness, the office may enter into agreements with certificated teachers to repay all or part of a federal student loan in exchange for teaching service in a shortage area in an approved education program. Teachers eligible for loan repayment under this section must hold an endorsement in the content area in which they are assigned to teach during the period of repayment. (2) The agreement shall specify the period of time it is in effect and detail the obligations of the office and the participant, including the amount to be paid to the participant. The ratio of loan repayment to years of teaching service for the loan repayment program must be the same as established for the conditional scholarship programs under RCW 28B.102.150 . The agreement must also specify the shortage area of teaching service for which loan repayment will be provided. (3) At the end of each school year, a participant under this section shall provide evidence to the office that the requisite teaching service has been provided. Upon receipt of the evidence, the office shall pay the participant the agreed-upon amount for one year of full-time teaching service or a prorated amount for less than full-time teaching service. To qualify for additional loan repayments, the participant must be engaged in continuous teaching service as defined by the office. The office may approve leaves of absence from continuous service and other deferments as may be necessary. (4) The office may, at its discretion, arrange to make the loan repayment directly to the holder of the participant's federal student loan. (5) The office may not reimburse a participant for loan repayments made before the participant entered into an agreement with the office under this section. (6) The office's obligations to a participant under this section shall cease when: (a) The terms of the agreement have been fulfilled; (b) The participant is assigned to teach in a content area in which he or she is not endorsed; (c) The participant fails to maintain continuous teaching service as determined by the office; or (d) All of the participant's federal student loans have been repaid.
RCW 28B.10.901 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 901
RCW 28B.10.901: Hazing prohibited—Penalty.
Status: in_force

(1) No student, or other person in attendance at any public or private institution of higher education, or any other postsecondary educational institution, may intentionally haze another. (2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, a violation of subsection (1) of this section is a gross misdemeanor, punishable as provided under RCW 9A.20.021 . (b) A violation of subsection (1) of this section that causes substantial bodily harm, as defined in RCW 9A.04.110 , to another person is a class C felony. (3) Any student organization, association, or student living group that permits hazing is strictly liable for damages caused to persons or property resulting from hazing. If the student organization, association, or student living group is a corporation whether for profit or nonprofit, the individual directors of the corporation may be held individually liable for damages.
RCW 28A.325.040 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 325 / Section 040
RCW 28A.325.040: Condensed compliance reports—Second-class districts.
Status: in_force

Any compliance reporting requirements as a result of laws in this chapter that apply to second-class districts may be submitted in accordance with RCW 28A.330.250 .
RCW 28B.30.357 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 30 / Section 357
RCW 28B.30.357: Child and adolescent psychiatry residency—Creation, requirements.
Status: in_force

Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, Washington State University shall offer two twenty-four month residency positions that are approved by the accreditation council for graduate medical education to two residents specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry. The positions must each include a minimum of eighteen months of training in settings where children's mental health services are provided under the supervision of experienced psychiatric consultants and must be located east of the crest of the Cascade mountains.
RCW 28A.195.080 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 195 / Section 080
RCW 28A.195.080: Record checks—Findings—Authority to require.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature finds additional safeguards are necessary to ensure safety of school children attending private schools in the state of Washington. Private schools approved under this chapter are authorized to require that employees who have regularly scheduled unsupervised access to children, whether current employees on May 5, 1999, or applicants for employment on or after May 5, 1999, undergo a record check through the Washington state patrol criminal identification system under RCW 43.43.830 through 43.43.838 , 10.97.030 , and 10.97.050 and through the federal bureau of investigation. The record check shall include a fingerprint check using a complete Washington state criminal identification fingerprint card. Employees or applicants for employment who have completed a record check in accordance with RCW 28A.410.010 shall not be required to undergo a record check under this section. The superintendent of public instruction shall provide a copy of the record report to the employee or applicant. If an employee or applicant has undergone a record check as authorized under this section, additional record checks shall not be required unless required by other provisions of law. (2) The approved private school, the employee, or the applicant shall pay the costs associated with the record check authorized in this section. (3) Applicants may be employed on a conditional basis pending completion of the investigation. If the employee or applicant has had a record check within the previous two years, the approved private school or contractor may waive any record check required by the approved private school under subsection (1) of this section.
RCW 28A.310.495 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 310 / Section 495
RCW 28A.310.495: Condensed compliance reports—Second-class districts.
Status: in_force

Any compliance reporting requirements as a result of laws in this chapter that apply to second-class districts may be submitted in accordance with RCW 28A.330.250 .
RCW 28A.500.010 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 500 / Section 010
RCW 28A.500.010: Local effort assistance funding—Purpose—Not basic education.
Status: in_force

The legislature intends to continue providing local effort assistance funding to school districts. Local effort assistance provides schools in property-poor districts with funding for locally determined activities that enrich the state's program of basic education, thereby enhancing equity in students' access to extracurricular activities and similar enrichments. The purpose of these funds is to mitigate the effect that above average property tax rates might have on the ability of a school district to raise local revenues to supplement the state's basic program of education. These funds serve to equalize the property tax rates that individual taxpayers would pay for such levies and to provide tax relief to taxpayers in high tax rate school districts. Local effort assistance funding is not part of the state's statutory program of basic education, nor are allocations for it part of the district's basic education allocation. Beginning September 1, 2019, and subject to RCW 28A.150.276 , districts may use local effort assistance funding only to enrich the state's statutory program of basic education.
RCW 28B.30.270 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 30 / Section 270
RCW 28B.30.270: State treasurer receiving agent of certain federal aid—Acts enumerated.
Status: in_force

The state treasurer is designated as agent of the state of Washington to receive all federal appropriations for the land grant colleges in accordance with the following federal acts: (1) Second Morrill act, approved August 30, 1890 (26 Stat. L. 417). (2) Nelson amendment to the Morrill act making appropriations for the department of agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1908, approved March 4, 1907 (34 Stat. L. 1281). (3) Title II, section 22 of the Bankhead-Jones act, approved June 29, 1935 (49 Stat. L. 436). (4) Any subsequent federal act appropriating funds to the state of Washington or to Washington State University for a similar or related purpose.
RCW 28A.310.370 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 310 / Section 370
RCW 28A.310.370: District budget—State funds, allocation of—District general expense fund—Created, deposits, expenditures.
Status: in_force

The superintendent of public instruction shall examine and revise the biennial budget request of each educational service district and shall fix the amount to be requested in state funds for the educational service district system from the legislature. Once funds have been appropriated by the legislature, the superintendent of public instruction shall fix the annual budget of each educational service district and shall allocate quarterly the state's portion from funds appropriated for that purpose to the county treasurer of the headquarters county of the educational service district for deposit to the credit of the educational service district general expense fund. In each educational service district, there shall be an educational service district general expense fund into which there shall be deposited such moneys as are allocated by the superintendent of public instruction under provisions of this chapter and other funds of the educational service district, and such moneys shall be expended according to the method used by first or second-class school districts, whichever is deemed most feasible by the educational service district board. No vouchers for warrants other than moneys being distributed to the school districts shall be approved for expenditures not budgeted by the educational service district board.
RCW 28B.45.040 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 45 / Section 040
RCW 28B.45.040: Washington State University Vancouver.
Status: in_force

(1) Washington State University is responsible for providing baccalaureate and graduate level higher education programs to the citizens of the southwest Washington area, under rules or guidelines adopted by the student achievement council and in accordance with proportionality agreements emphasizing access for transfer students developed with the state board for community and technical colleges. Washington State University shall meet that responsibility through the operation of a campus in the southwest Washington area. (2) Washington State University Vancouver shall expand upper-division capacity for transfer students and graduate capacity and programs and continue to collaborate with local community colleges on coadmission and coenrollment programs. In addition, beginning in the fall of 2006, the campus may admit lower division students directly. By simultaneously admitting first-year students and sophomores, increasing transfer enrollment, coadmitting transfer students, and expanding graduate and professional programs, the campus shall develop into a four-year institution serving the southwest Washington region.
RCW 28A.400.380 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 400 / Section 380
RCW 28A.400.380: Leave sharing program.
Status: in_force

Every school district board of directors and educational service district superintendent may, in accordance with RCW 41.04.650 through 41.04.665 , establish and administer a leave sharing program for their certificated and classified employees. For employees of school districts and educational service districts, the superintendent of public instruction shall adopt standards: (1) Establishing appropriate parameters for the program which are consistent with the provisions of RCW 41.04.650 through 41.04.665 ; and (2) establishing procedures to ensure that the program does not significantly increase the cost of providing leave.
RCW 28B.20.530 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 20 / Section 530
RCW 28B.20.530: Behavioral health innovation and integration campus.
Status: in_force

(1) A behavioral health innovation and integration campus is created within the University of Washington school of medicine. The campus must include inpatient treatment capacity and focus on inpatient and outpatient care for individuals with behavioral health needs while training a behavioral health provider workforce. The training must include an interdisciplinary curriculum and programs that support and encourage professionals to work in teams. The training must use current best practices, including best practices in suicide prevention, must encourage innovation of future best practices in order to provide behavioral health care across the entire spectrum of health care providers, and must be culturally appropriate, including training specifically appropriate for providing care to federally recognized tribes and tribal members. (2) The siting and design for the new campus should take into account local community needs and resources, with attention to diversity and cultural competence, a focus on training and supporting the next generation of health care providers, and close coordination with existing local and regional programs, clinics, and resources.
RCW 28B.50.282 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 282
RCW 28B.50.282: Evergreen jobs training account—Grants.
Status: in_force

The evergreen jobs training account is created in the state treasury. Funds deposited to the account may include gifts, grants, or endowments from public or private sources, in trust or otherwise. Moneys from the account must be used to supplement the state opportunity grant program established under RCW 28B.50.271 . All receipts from appropriations directed to the account must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the activities identified in this section. The state board, in consultation with the department and the *leadership team, may authorize expenditures from the account but must distribute grants from the account on a competitive basis. Grant funds from the evergreen jobs training account should be used when other public or private funds are insufficient or unavailable. (1) These grant funds may be used for, but are not limited to uses for: (a) Curriculum development; (b) Transitional jobs strategies for dislocated workers in declining industries who may be retrained for high-wage occupations in green industries; (c) Workforce education to target populations; (d) Adult basic and remedial education as necessary linked to occupation skills training; and (e) Coordinated outreach efforts by institutions of higher education and workforce development councils. (2) These grant funds may not be used for student assistance and support services available through the state opportunity grant program under RCW 28B.50.271 . (3) Applicants eligible to receive these grants may be any organization or a partnership of organizations that has demonstrated expertise in: (a) Implementing effective education and training programs that meet industry demand; and (b) Recruiting and supporting, to successful completion of those training programs carried out under these grants, the target populations of workers. (4) In awarding grants from the evergreen jobs training account, the state board shall give priority to applicants that demonstrate the ability to: (a) Use labor market and industry analysis developed by the employment security department and green industry skill panels in the design and delivery of the relevant education and training program, and otherwise use strategies developed by green industry skill panels; (b) Leverage and align existing public programs and resources and private resources toward the goal of recruiting, supporting, educating, and training target populations of workers; (c) Work collaboratively with other relevant stakeholders in the regional economy; (d) Link adult basic and remedial education, where necessary, with occupation skills training; (e) Involve employers and, where applicable, labor unions in the determination of relevant skills and competencies and, where relevant, the validation of career pathways; and (f) Ensure that supportive services, where necessary, are integrated with education and training and are delivered by organizations with direct access to and experience with the targeted population of workers.
RCW 28A.175.055 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 175 / Section 055
RCW 28A.175.055: Grant awards—Eligibility.
Status: in_force

To be eligible for a grant under RCW 28A.175.025 , grant applicants shall: (1) Build or demonstrate a commitment to building a broad-based partnership of schools, families, and community members to provide an effective and efficient building bridges program. The partnership shall consider an effective model for school-community partnerships and include local membership from, but not limited to, school districts, tribal schools, secondary career and technical education programs, skill centers that serve the local community, an educational service district, the area workforce development council, accredited institutions of higher education, tribes or other cultural organizations, the parent teacher association, the juvenile court, prosecutors and defenders, the local health department, health care agencies, public transportation agencies, local division representatives of the department of social and health services, businesses, city or county government agencies, civic organizations, and appropriate youth-serving community-based organizations. Interested parents and students shall be actively included whenever possible; (2) Demonstrate how the grant will enhance any dropout prevention and intervention programs and services already in place in the district; (3) Provide a twenty-five percent match that may include in-kind resources from within the partnership; (4) Track and report data required by the grant; and (5) Describe how the dropout prevention, intervention, and retrieval system will be sustained after initial funding, including roles of each of the partners.
RCW 28B.10.027 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 027
RCW 28B.10.027: Allocation of moneys for acquisition of works of art—Expenditure by arts commission—Conditions.
Status: in_force

(1) All universities and colleges shall allocate as a nondeductible item, out of any moneys appropriated for the original construction or any major renovation or remodel work exceeding two hundred thousand dollars of any building, an amount of one-half of one percent of the appropriation to be expended by the Washington state arts commission with the approval of the board of regents or trustees for the acquisition of works of art. (2) For projects funded in the capital budget, an institution of higher education, working with the Washington state arts commission, may expend up to ten percent of the projected art allocation for a project during the design phase in order to select an artist and design art to be integrated in the building design. The one-half of one percent to be expended by the Washington state arts commission must be adjusted downward by the amount expended by a university or college during the design phase of the capital project. (3) The works of art may be placed on public lands of institutions of higher education, integral to or attached to a public building or structure of institutions of higher education, detached within or outside a public building or structure of institutions of higher education, part of a portable exhibition or collection, part of a temporary exhibition, or loaned or exhibited in other public facilities. (4) In addition to the cost of the works of art, the one-half of one percent of the appropriation shall be used to provide for the administration of the visual arts program, including conservation of the state art collection, by the Washington state arts commission and all costs for installation of the work of art. For the purpose of this section building shall not include sheds, warehouses, and other buildings of a temporary nature.
RCW 28B.15.522 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 15 / Section 522
RCW 28B.15.522: Waiver of tuition and fees for long-term unemployed or underemployed persons—Community and technical colleges.
Status: in_force

(1) The governing boards of the community and technical colleges may waive all or a portion of the tuition and services and activities fees for persons under subsection (2) of this section pursuant to the following conditions: (a) Such persons shall register for and be enrolled in courses on a space available basis and new course sections shall not be created as a result of the registration; (b) Enrollment information on persons registered pursuant to this section shall be maintained separately from other enrollment information and shall not be included in official enrollment reports, nor shall such persons be considered in any enrollment statistics which would affect budgetary determinations; and (c) Persons who enroll under this section shall have the same access to support services as do all other students and shall be subject to all course prerequisite requirements. (2) A person is eligible for the waiver under subsection (1) of this section if the person: (a) Meets the requirements for a resident student under RCW 28B.15.011 through 28B.15.015 ; (b) Is twenty-one years of age or older; (c) At the time of initial enrollment under subsection (1) of this section, has not attended an institution of higher education for the previous six months; (d) Is not receiving or is not entitled to receive unemployment compensation of any nature under Title 50 RCW; and (e) Has an income at or below the need standard established under chapter 74.04 RCW by the department of social and health services. (3) The state board for community and technical colleges shall adopt rules to carry out this section.
RCW 28A.300.507 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 507
RCW 28A.300.507: K-12 data governance group—Duties—Reports.
Status: in_force

(1) A K-12 data governance group shall be established within the office of the superintendent of public instruction to assist in the design and implementation of a K-12 education data improvement system for financial, student, and educator data. It is the intent that the data system reporting specifically serve requirements for teachers, parents, superintendents, school boards, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the legislature, and the public. (2) The K-12 data governance group shall include representatives of the education data center, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee, the professional educator standards board, the state board of education, and school district staff, including information technology staff. Additional entities with expertise in education data may be included in the K-12 data governance group. (3) The K-12 data governance group shall: (a) Identify the critical research and policy questions that need to be addressed by the K-12 education data improvement system; (b) Identify reports and other information that should be made available on the internet in addition to the reports identified in subsection (5) of this section; (c) Create a comprehensive needs requirement document detailing the specific information and technical capacity needed by school districts and the state to meet the legislature's expectations for a comprehensive K-12 education data improvement system as described under RCW 28A.655.210 ; (d) Conduct a gap analysis of current and planned information compared to the needs requirement document, including an analysis of the strengths and limitations of an education data system and programs currently used by school districts and the state, and specifically the gap analysis must look at the extent to which the existing data can be transformed into canonical form and where existing software can be used to meet the needs requirement document; (e) Focus on financial and cost data necessary to support the new K-12 financial models and funding formulas, including any necessary changes to school district budgeting and accounting, and on assuring the capacity to link data across financial, student, and educator systems; and (f) Define the operating rules and governance structure for K-12 data collections, ensuring that data systems are flexible and able to adapt to evolving needs for information, within an objective and orderly data governance process for determining when changes are needed and how to implement them. Strong consideration must be made to the current practice and cost of migration to new requirements. The operating rules should delineate the coordination, delegation, and escalation authority for data collection issues, business rules, and performance goals for each K-12 data collection system, including: (i) Defining and maintaining standards for privacy and confidentiality; (ii) Setting data collection priorities; (iii) Defining and updating a standard data dictionary; (iv) Ensuring data compliance with the data dictionary; (v) Ensuring data accuracy; and (vi) Establishing minimum standards for school, student, financial, and teacher data systems. Data elements may be specified "to the extent feasible" or "to the extent available" to collect more and better data sets from districts with more flexible software. Nothing in RCW 43.41.400 , this section, or RCW 28A.655.210 should be construed to require that a data dictionary or reporting should be hobbled to the lowest common set. The work of the K-12 data governance group must specify which data are desirable. Districts that can meet these requirements shall report the desirable data. Funding from the legislature must establish which subset data are absolutely required. (4)(a) The K-12 data governance group shall provide updates on its work as requested by the education data center and the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee. (b) The work of the K-12 data governance group shall be periodically reviewed and monitored by the educational data center and the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee. (5) To the extent data is available, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall make the following minimum reports available on the internet. The reports must either be run on demand against current data, or, if a static report, must have been run against the most recent data: (a) The per-pupil expenditures of federal, state, and local funds including actual personnel expenditures and actual nonpersonnel expenditures of federal, state, and local funds disaggregated by source of funds, for each local educational agency and each school in the state for the preceding fiscal year; (b) Number of K-12 students per classroom teacher on a per teacher basis; (c) Percentage of classroom teachers per school district and per school disaggregated as described in RCW 28A.300.042 (1) for student-level data; (d) Average length of service of classroom teachers per school district and per school disaggregated as described in RCW 28A.300.042 (1) for student-level data; (e) The cost of K-12 education per student by school district sorted by federal, state, and local dollars; and (f) Data on student growth to align with the every student succeeds act (129 Stat. 1802; 20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.). (6) The superintendent of public instruction shall submit a preliminary report to the legislature by November 15, 2009, including the analyses by the K-12 data governance group under subsection (3) of this section and preliminary options for addressing identified gaps. A final report, including a proposed phase-in plan and preliminary cost estimates for implementation of a comprehensive data improvement system for financial, student, and educator data shall be submitted to the legislature by September 1, 2010. (7) All reports and data referenced in this section and RCW 43.41.400 and 28A.655.210 shall be made available in a manner consistent with the technical requirements of the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee and the education data center so that selected data can be provided to the legislature, governor, school districts, and the public. (8) Reports shall contain data to the extent it is available. All reports must include documentation of which data are not available or are estimated. Reports must not be suppressed because of poor data accuracy or completeness. Reports may be accompanied with documentation to inform the reader of why some data are missing or inaccurate or estimated.
RCW 28B.67.903 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 67 / Section 903
RCW 28B.67.903: Effective date—2017 c 21.
Status: in_force

This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect June 30, 2017.
RCW 28A.225.0261 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 225 / Section 0261
RCW 28A.225.0261: Community engagement boards—Effect of diversion from truancy petitions—Evaluation by Washington state institute for public policy—Reports.
Status: in_force

(1) By requiring an initial stay of truancy petitions for diversion to community engagement boards, the legislature intends to achieve the following outcomes: (a) Increased access to community engagement boards and other truancy early intervention programs for parents and children throughout the state; (b) Increased quantity and quality of truancy intervention and prevention efforts in the community; (c) A reduction in the number of truancy petitions that result in further proceedings by juvenile courts, other than dismissal of the petition, after the initial stay and diversion to a community engagement board; (d) A reduction in the number of truancy petitions that result in a civil contempt proceeding or detention order; and (e) Increased school attendance. (2) No later than January 1, 2021, the Washington state institute for public policy is directed to evaluate the effectiveness of chapter 205, Laws of 2016. An initial report scoping of the methodology to be used to review chapter 205, Laws of 2016 shall be submitted to the fiscal committees of the legislature by January 1, 2018. The initial report must identify any data gaps that could hinder the ability of the institute to conduct its review.
RCW 28A.190.100 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 190 / Section 100
RCW 28A.190.100: Education of youth in institutional education facilities and postresident youth—Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature intends to ensure that institutional education facilities include efficient systems to minimize learning loss and maximize credit accrual during transitions for youth and postresident youth. The legislature intends also for the report required by this section to inform its understanding of policy and funding changes that may be necessary to accomplish the objective of improving institutional education programs and outcomes. (2) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall modify or establish requirements and supports for the provision of public education to youth and postresident youth. In meeting the requirements of this section, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall: (a) Adopt rules requiring institutional education providers at state long-term juvenile institutions and state-operated community facilities to conduct an individualized education program review for each newly admitted youth who either does not have an individualized education program or does not have an individualized education program that has been reviewed in a meeting with the youth, parent or guardian, and applicable school personnel in the previous 12 months; (b) Adopt rules requiring institutional education providers to, upon admission of a youth to an institutional education facility, conduct a review and assessment of needed services for each facility transition the youth experiences within the juvenile justice system. Rules adopted in accordance with this subsection (2)(b) do not apply to institutional education providers at facilities operated by or under the jurisdiction of the department of social and health services; and (c) Adopt, for youth in state long-term juvenile institutions and state-operated community facilities, rules to implement accountability measures for special education services delivered by institutional education providers, including the establishment of mediation and appeals options related to special education services that recognize the unique situation of youth and postresident youth. (3) A summary of any adopted or pending rules developed in accordance with this section must be submitted to the appropriate committees of the legislature in accordance with RCW 43.01.036 by November 1, 2021, in time for any needed legislative action during the 2022 regular legislative session.
RCW 28B.30.325 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 30 / Section 325
RCW 28B.30.325: Lease of lands with outdoor recreation potential—Restrictions—Unlawful to use posted lands.
Status: in_force

(1) Any lease of public lands with outdoor recreation potential authorized by the regents of Washington State University shall be open and available to the public for compatible recreational use unless the regents of Washington State University determine that the leased land should be closed in order to prevent damage to crops or other land cover, to improvements on the land, to the lessee, or to the general public or is necessary to avoid undue interference with carrying forward a university program. Any lessee may file an application with the regents of Washington State University to close the leased land to any public use. The regents shall cause written notice of the impending closure to be posted in a conspicuous place in the university's business office, and in the office of the county auditor in which the land is located thirty days prior to the public hearing. This notice shall state the parcel or parcels involved and shall indicate the time and place of the public hearing. Upon a determination by the regents that posting is not necessary, the lessee shall desist from posting. Upon a determination by the regents that posting is necessary, the lessee shall post his or her leased premises so as to prohibit recreational uses thereon. In the event any such lands are so posted, it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt or fish, or for any person other than the lessee or his or her immediate family to use such posted land for recreational purposes. (2) The regents of Washington State University may insert the provisions of subsection (1) of this section in all leases hereafter issued.
RCW 28B.10.691 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 691
RCW 28B.10.691: Graduation rate improvement—Strategic plans—Adoption of strategies.
Status: in_force

(1) By May 15, 1994, each state institution of higher education, as part of its strategic plan, shall adopt strategies designed to shorten the time required for students to complete a degree or certificate and to improve the graduation rate for all students. (2) Beginning with the fall 1995-96 academic term, each institution of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016 shall implement the strategies described in subsection (1) of this section.
RCW 28A.525.166 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 525 / Section 166
RCW 28A.525.166: Allotment of appropriations for school plant facilities—Computation of state aid for school plant project.
Status: in_force

Allocations to school districts of state funds provided by RCW 28A.525.162 through 28A.525.180 shall be made by the superintendent of public instruction and the amount of state funding assistance to a school district in financing a school plant project shall be determined in the following manner: (1) The boards of directors of the districts shall determine the total cost of the proposed project, which cost may include the cost of acquiring and preparing the site, the cost of constructing the building or of acquiring a building and preparing the same for school use, the cost of necessary equipment, taxes chargeable to the project, necessary architects' fees, and a reasonable amount for contingencies and for other necessary incidental expenses: PROVIDED, That the total cost of the project shall be subject to review and approval by the superintendent. (2) The state funding assistance percentage for a school district shall be computed by the following formula: The ratio of the school district's adjusted valuation per pupil divided by the ratio of the total state adjusted valuation per pupil shall be subtracted from three, and then the result of the foregoing shall be divided by three plus (the ratio of the school district's adjusted valuation per pupil divided by the ratio of the total state adjusted valuation per pupil). District adjusted Total state 3-valuation ÷ adjusted valuation Computed per pupil per pupil State State = ———— = - % Funding Ratio District adjusted Total state Assistance 3+valuation ÷ adjusted valuation per pupil per pupil PROVIDED, That in the event the state funding assistance percentage to any school district based on the above formula is less than twenty percent and such school district is otherwise eligible for state funding assistance under RCW 28A.525.162 through 28A.525.180 , the superintendent may establish for such district a state funding assistance percentage not in excess of twenty percent of the approved cost of the project, if the superintendent finds that such additional assistance is necessary to provide minimum facilities for housing the pupils of the district. (3) In addition to the computed state funding assistance percentage developed in subsection (2) of this section, a school district shall be entitled to additional percentage points determined by the average percentage of growth for the past three years. One percent shall be added to the computed state funding assistance percentage for each percent of growth, with a maximum of twenty percent. (4) In computing the state funding assistance percentage in subsection (2) of this section and adjusting the percentage under subsection (3) of this section, students residing outside the school district who are enrolled in alternative learning experience courses under RCW 28A.232.010 shall be excluded from the count of total pupils. In lieu of the exclusion in this subsection, a district may submit an alternative calculation for excluding students enrolled in alternative learning experience courses. The alternative calculation must show the student head count use of district classroom facilities on a regular basis for a reasonable duration by out-of-district alternative learning experience students subtracted by the head count of in-district alternative learning experience students not using district classroom facilities on a regular basis for a reasonable duration. The alternative calculation must be submitted in a form approved by the office of the superintendent of public instruction. The office of the superintendent of public instruction must develop rules to define "regular basis" and "reasonable duration." (5) The approved cost of the project determined in the manner prescribed in this section multiplied by the state funding assistance percentage derived as provided for in this section shall be the amount of state funding assistance to the district for the financing of the project: PROVIDED, That need therefor has been established to the satisfaction of the superintendent: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That additional state funding assistance may be allowed if it is found by the superintendent, considering policy recommendations from the school facilities citizen advisory panel that such assistance is necessary in order to meet (a) a school housing emergency resulting from the destruction of a school building by fire, the condemnation of a school building by properly constituted authorities, a sudden excessive and clearly foreseeable future increase in school population, or other conditions similarly emergent in nature; or (b) a special school housing burden resulting from projects of statewide significance or imposed by virtue of the admission of nonresident students into educational programs established, maintained and operated in conformity with the requirements of law; or (c) a deficiency in the capital funds of the district resulting from financing, subsequent to April 1, 1969, and without benefit of the state funding assistance provided by prior state assistance programs, the construction of a needed school building project or projects approved in conformity with the requirements of such programs, after having first applied for and been denied state funding assistance because of the inadequacy of state funds available for the purpose; or (d) a condition created by the fact that an excessive number of students live in state owned housing; or (e) a need for the construction of a school building to provide for improved school district organization or racial balance; or (f) conditions similar to those defined under (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this subsection, creating a like emergency. (6) For the 2015-2017 biennium, schools determined to have a lack of sufficient space to provide science classrooms or labs, to meet the requirements of law, have a special housing burden condition similar to those defined under subsection (5)(b) of this section, creating a like emergency. For the 2015-2017 biennium, school districts are entitled to additional percentage points for school construction projects that have a special housing burden condition only and have received private donations in the form of cash, in-kind, or equipment of more than one hundred thousand dollars. The additional percentage points are determined by (a) school district student enrollments in the free and reduced-price meals program, (b) school district class as defined by RCW 28A.300.065 , and (c) the funding assistance percentage as calculated in subsection (2) of this section. The additional percentage points under (a) of this subsection are twenty percent of the percent of student enrollments eligible and enrolled in the free and reduced-price meals program. The additional percentage points under (b) of this subsection are ten for second class school districts. The additional percentage points under (c) of this subsection are ten for school districts with funding assistance percentages of more than fifty percent.
RCW 28A.175.075 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 175 / Section 075
RCW 28A.175.075: Advisory committee—Composition—Duties—Reports.
Status: in_force

(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall establish a state-level advisory committee to be known as the graduation: a team effort partnership advisory committee. The advisory committee shall include K-12 and state agencies that work with youth who have dropped out or are at risk of dropping out of school. The following agencies shall appoint representatives to the advisory committee: The office of the superintendent of public instruction, the workforce training and education coordinating board, the department of children, youth, and families, the employment security department, the state board for community and technical colleges, the department of health, the community mobilization office, and the children's services and behavioral health and recovery divisions of the department of social and health services. The advisory committee shall also consist of one representative from each of the following agencies and organizations: A statewide organization representing career and technical education programs including skill centers; the juvenile courts or the office of juvenile justice, or both; the Washington association of prosecuting attorneys; the Washington state office of public defense; accredited institutions of higher education; the educational service districts; the area workforce development councils; parent and educator associations; educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee; office of the education ombuds; local school districts; agencies or organizations that provide services to special education students; community organizations serving youth; federally recognized tribes and urban tribal centers; each of the major political caucuses of the senate and house of representatives; and the minority commissions. (2) To assist and enhance the work of the programs established in RCW 28A.175.025 , the advisory committee shall: (a) Identify and make recommendations to the legislature for the reduction of fiscal, legal, and regulatory barriers that prevent coordination of program resources across agencies at the state and local level; (b) Develop and track performance measures and benchmarks for each partner agency or organization across the state including performance measures and benchmarks based on student characteristics and outcomes specified in RCW 28A.175.035 (1)(e); and (c) Identify research-based and emerging best practices regarding prevention, intervention, and retrieval programs. (3) The advisory committee shall report to the appropriate committees of the legislature and the governor on an annual basis beginning December 1, 2007, with proposed strategies for building K-12 dropout prevention, intervention, and reengagement systems in local communities throughout the state including, but not limited to, recommendations for implementing emerging best practices, needed additional resources, and eliminating barriers. (4) State agencies in the advisory committee shall work together, wherever feasible, on the following activities to support school/family/community partnerships engaged in building K-12 dropout prevention, intervention, and reengagement systems: (a) Providing opportunities for coordination and flexibility of program eligibility and funding criteria; (b) Providing joint funding; (c) Developing protocols and templates for model agreements on sharing records and data; (d) Providing joint professional development opportunities that provide knowledge and training on: (i) Research-based and promising practices; (ii) The availability of programs and services for vulnerable youth; and (iii) Cultural competence.
RCW 28A.545.120 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 545 / Section 120
RCW 28A.545.120: New programs or grades—Approval—Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The superintendent of public instruction, with recommendations from the school facilities citizen advisory panel under RCW 28A.525.025 , shall adopt rules governing the establishment in any existing nonhigh school district of any secondary program or any new grades in grades nine through twelve. Before any such program or any new grades are established, the district must obtain prior approval of the superintendent of public instruction. (2) This section does not apply to innovation academy cooperatives established under RCW 28A.340.080 through 28A.340.090 .
RCW 28A.640.020 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 640 / Section 020
RCW 28A.640.020: Regulations, guidelines to eliminate discrimination—Scope—Sexual harassment policies.
Status: in_force

(1) The superintendent of public instruction shall develop regulations and guidelines to eliminate sex discrimination as it applies to public school employment, counseling and guidance services to students, recreational and athletic activities for students, access to course offerings, and in textbooks and instructional materials used by students. (a) Specifically with respect to public school employment, all schools shall be required to: (i) Maintain credential requirements for all personnel without regard to sex; (ii) Make no differentiation in pay scale on the basis of sex; (iii) Assign school duties without regard to sex except where such assignment would involve duty in areas or situations, such as but not limited to a shower room, where persons might be disrobed; (iv) Provide the same opportunities for advancement to males and females; and (v) Make no difference in conditions of employment including, but not limited to, hiring practices, leaves of absence, hours of employment, and assignment of, or pay for, instructional and noninstructional duties, on the basis of sex. (b) Specifically with respect to counseling and guidance services for students, they shall be made available to all students equally. All certificated personnel shall be required to stress access to all career and vocational opportunities to students without regard to sex. (c) Specifically with respect to recreational and athletic activities, they shall be offered to all students without regard to sex. Schools may provide separate teams for each sex. Schools which provide the following shall do so with no disparities based on sex: Equipment and supplies; medical care; services and insurance; transportation and per diem allowances; opportunities to receive coaching and instruction; laundry services; assignment of game officials; opportunities for competition, publicity and awards; scheduling of games and practice times including use of courts, gyms, and pools: PROVIDED, That such scheduling of games and practice times shall be determined by local administrative authorities after consideration of the public and student interest in attending and participating in various recreational and athletic activities. Each school which provides showers, toilets, or training room facilities for athletic purposes shall provide comparable facilities for both sexes. Such facilities may be provided either as separate facilities or shall be scheduled and used separately by each sex. The superintendent of public instruction shall also be required to develop a student survey to distribute every three years to each local school district in the state to determine student interest for male/female participation in specific sports. (d) Specifically with respect to course offerings, all classes shall be required to be available to all students without regard to sex: PROVIDED, That separation is permitted within any class during sessions on sex education or gym classes. (e) Specifically with respect to textbooks and instructional materials, which shall also include, but not be limited to, reference books and audiovisual materials, they shall be required to adhere to the guidelines developed by the superintendent of public instruction to implement the intent of this chapter: PROVIDED, That this subsection shall not be construed to prohibit the introduction of material deemed appropriate by the instructor for educational purposes. (2)(a) By December 31, 1994, the superintendent of public instruction shall develop criteria for use by school districts in developing sexual harassment policies as required under (b) of this subsection. The criteria shall address the subjects of grievance procedures, remedies to victims of sexual harassment, disciplinary actions against violators of the policy, and other subjects at the discretion of the superintendent of public instruction. Disciplinary actions must conform with collective bargaining agreements and state and federal laws. The superintendent of public instruction also shall supply sample policies to school districts upon request. (b) By June 30, 1995, every school district shall adopt and implement a written policy concerning sexual harassment. The policy shall apply to all school district employees, volunteers, parents, and students, including, but not limited to, conduct between students. (c) School district policies on sexual harassment shall be reviewed by the superintendent of public instruction considering the criteria established under (a) of this subsection as part of the monitoring process established in RCW 28A.640.030 . (d) The school district's sexual harassment policy shall be conspicuously posted throughout each school building, and provided to each employee. A copy of the policy shall appear in any publication of the school or school district setting forth the rules, regulations, procedures, and standards of conduct for the school or school district. This requirement as it relates to students, parents, and guardians may be satisfied by using the model student handbook language in RCW 28A.300.286 . (e) Each school shall develop a process for discussing the district's sexual harassment policy. The process shall ensure the discussion addresses the definition of sexual harassment and issues covered in the sexual harassment policy. (f) "Sexual harassment" as used in this section means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, sexually motivated physical contact, or other verbal or physical conduct or communication of a sexual nature if: (i) Submission to that conduct or communication is made a term or condition, either explicitly or implicitly, of obtaining an education or employment; (ii) Submission to or rejection of that conduct or communication by an individual is used as a factor in decisions affecting that individual's education or employment; or (iii) That conduct or communication has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual's educational or work performance, or of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive educational or work environment.
RCW 28A.400.030 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 400 / Section 030
RCW 28A.400.030: Superintendent's duties.
Status: in_force

In addition to such other duties as a district school board shall prescribe the school district superintendent shall: (1) Attend all meetings of the board of directors and cause to have made a record as to the proceedings thereof. (2) Keep such records and reports and in such form as the district board of directors require or as otherwise required by law or rule or regulation of higher administrative agencies and turn the same over to his or her successor. (3) Keep accurate and detailed accounts of all receipts and expenditures of school money. At each annual school meeting the superintendent must present his or her record book of board proceedings for public inspection, and shall make a statement of the financial condition of the district and such record book must always be open for public inspection. (4) Give such notice of all annual or special elections as otherwise required by law; also give notice of the regular and special meetings of the board of directors. (5) Sign all orders for warrants ordered to be issued by the board of directors. (6) Carry out all orders of the board of directors made at any regular or special meeting.
RCW 28C.18.090 — Washington Code / Title 28C / Chapter 18 / Section 090
RCW 28C.18.090: Additional board duties—Program evaluation by operating agencies.
Status: in_force

(1) The board shall specify, by December 31, 1995, the common core data to be collected by the operating agencies of the state training system and the standards for data collection and maintenance required in RCW 28C.18.060 (8). (2) The minimum standards for program evaluation by operating agencies required in RCW 28C.18.060 (9) shall include biennial program evaluations; the first of such evaluations shall be completed by the operating agencies July 1, 1996. The program evaluation of adult basic skills education shall be provided by the advisory council on adult education. (3) The board shall complete, by January 1, 1996, its first outcome-based evaluation and, by September 1, 1996, its nonexperimental net-impact and cost-benefit evaluations of the training system. The outcome, net-impact, and cost-benefit evaluations shall for the first evaluations, include evaluations of each of the following programs: Secondary vocational-technical education, work-related adult basic skills education, postsecondary workforce training, job training partnership act titles II and III, as well as of the system as a whole. (4) The board shall use the results of its outcome, net-impact, and cost-benefit evaluations to develop and make recommendations to the legislature and the governor for the modification, consolidation, initiation, or elimination of workforce training and education programs in the state. The board shall perform the requirements of this section in cooperation with the operating agencies.
RCW 28B.115.100 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 115 / Section 100
RCW 28B.115.100: Discrimination by participants prohibited—Violation.
Status: in_force

In providing health care services the participant shall not discriminate against a person on the basis of the person's ability to pay for such services or because payment for the health care services provided to such persons will be made under the insurance program established under part A or B of Title XVIII of the federal social security act or under a state plan for medical assistance including Title XIX of the federal social security act or under the state medical assistance program authorized by chapter 74.09 RCW and agrees to accept assignment under section 18.42(b)(3)(B)(ii) of the federal social security act for all services for which payment may be made under part B of Title XVIII of the federal social security act and enters into an appropriate agreement with the department of social and health services for medical assistance under Title XIX of the federal social security act to provide services to individuals entitled to medical assistance under the plan and enters into appropriate agreements with the department of social and health services for medical care services under chapter 74.09 RCW. Participants found by the office or the department in violation of this section shall be declared ineligible for receiving assistance under the programs authorized by this chapter.
RCW 28A.600.500 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 600 / Section 500
RCW 28A.600.500: Graduation ceremonies—Tribal regalia.
Status: in_force

(1) School districts and public schools may not prohibit students who are members of a federally recognized tribe from wearing traditional tribal regalia or objects of Native American cultural significance along with or attached to a gown at graduation ceremonies or related school events. School districts and public schools may not require such students to wear a cap if it is incompatible with the regalia or significant object. (2) School districts and, when necessary, public schools shall update any relevant policies or procedures in accordance with this section. (3) For the purposes of this section, "public schools" has the same meaning as in RCW 28A.150.010 .
RCW 28B.118.080 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 118 / Section 080
RCW 28B.118.080: Advising resources—Identification of officials, resources, programs, and students.
Status: in_force

Each institution of higher education is encouraged to tailor advising resources for any enrolled student who is the recipient of a college bound scholarship. The institutions of higher education should identify campus officials, resources, programs, and other college bound scholarship students available to work with college bound scholarship recipients.
RCW 28A.345.075 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 345 / Section 075
RCW 28A.345.075: School districts and tribes—Education data-sharing agreements.
Status: in_force

(1) The Washington state school directors' association, in consultation and collaboration with tribes, shall develop a model policy and procedure to establish data-sharing agreements between school districts and local tribes by January 1, 2021. (2) In developing the model policy and procedure, the Washington state school directors' association must: (a) Consult with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the office of native education, the tribal leaders congress on education, and local tribes; (b) Consider model agreements developed by the bureau of Indian education and model data-sharing agreements and procedures developed by national native educational organizations; and (c) Consider standards for the identification of native students for data-sharing purposes. (3) The model policy and procedure developed under this section must safeguard students' personally identifiable information consistent with the requirements of the federal family educational rights and privacy act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g).
RCW 28B.07.320 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 07 / Section 320
RCW 28B.07.320: Revenue bonds—Issuance—Payment—Personal liability.
Status: in_force

(1) The authority may, from time to time, issue revenue bonds in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (2) The bonds shall be issued pursuant to a bond resolution or trust indenture and shall be payable solely out of the special fund or funds created by the authority in the bond resolution or trust indenture. Any security interest created against the unexpended bond proceeds and against the special funds created by the authority shall be immediately valid and binding against the moneys and any securities in which the moneys may be invested without authority or trustee possession, and the security interest shall be prior to any party having any competing claim against the moneys or securities, without filing or recording under Article 62A.9A of the uniform commercial code, and regardless of whether the party has notice of the security interest. (3) The obligations shall be payable from and secured by a pledge of revenues derived from or by reason of ownership of guaranteed educational loans and investment income, after deduction of expenses of operating the authority's program. (4) The bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds or any such combination. The bonds shall bear such date or dates; mature at such time or times; bear interest at such rate or rates, either fixed or variable; be payable at such time or times; be in such denominations; be in such form; carry such registration privileges; be made transferable, exchangeable, and interchangeable; be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at such place or places; be subject to such terms of redemption; and be sold at public or private sale, in such manner, at such time, and at such price as the authority shall determine. The bonds shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signatures of the chairperson and the authority's duly elected secretary or its executive director, and by the trustee if the authority determines to use a trustee. At least one signature shall be manually subscribed. (5) Any bond resolution, trust indenture, or other financing document may contain provisions, which may be made a part of the contract with the holders or owners of the bonds to be issued, pertaining to the following, among other matters: (a) The security interests granted to the holders or owners of the bonds to secure repayment of the bonds; (b) the segregation of reserves or sinking funds, and the regulation, investment, and disposition thereof; (c) limitations on the purposes to which, or the investments in which, the proceeds of the sale of any issue of bonds may be applied; (d) terms pertaining to the issuance of additional parity bonds; (e) the refunding of outstanding bonds; (f) procedures, if any, by which the terms of any contract with bondholders may be amended or abrogated; (g) events of default as well as rights and remedies in the event of a default including without limitation the right to declare all principal and interest immediately due and payable; (h) terms governing performance by the trustee of its obligation; or (i) such other additional covenants, agreements, and provisions as are deemed necessary, useful, or convenient by the authority for the security of the holders of the bonds. (6) All bonds and any interest coupons appertaining to the bonds shall be negotiable instruments under Title 62A RCW. (7) Neither the members of the authority, nor its employees or agents, nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of the bonds. (8) The authority may purchase its bonds with any of its funds available for the purchase. The authority may hold, pledge, cancel, or resell the bonds subject to and in accordance with agreements with bondholders. (9) Bonds issued under this chapter shall not be deemed to constitute obligations, either general or special, of the state or of any political subdivision of the state, or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any political subdivision, or a general obligation of the authority. The bonds shall be special obligations of the authority and shall be payable solely from the special fund or funds created by the authority in the bond resolution or trust indenture pursuant to which the bonds were issued. The issuance of bonds under this chapter shall not obligate, directly, indirectly, or contingently, the state or any political subdivision of the state to levy any taxes or appropriate or expend any funds for the payment of the principal or the interest on the bonds. (10) Neither the proceeds of bonds issued under this chapter, any moneys used or to be used to pay the principal of or interest on the bonds, nor any moneys received by the authority to defray its administrative costs shall constitute public money or property. All of such moneys shall be kept segregated and set apart from funds of the state and any political subdivision of the state and shall not be subject to appropriation or allotment by the state or subject to the provisions of chapter 43.88 RCW.
RCW 28A.410.285 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 410 / Section 285
RCW 28A.410.285: Teacher preparation programs.
Status: in_force

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Each Washington professional educator standards board-approved teacher preparation program, including an alternative route teacher certification program, must develop a plan regarding field placement of student teachers in accordance with RCW 28B.10.033 .
RCW 28A.345.030 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 345 / Section 030
RCW 28A.345.030: Powers of association.
Status: in_force

The school directors' association shall have the power: (1) To prepare and adopt, amend, and repeal a constitution, rules and regulations, and bylaws for its own organization including county or regional units, for its government and guidance, for the election of state board of education members, and for educational service district elections: PROVIDED, That action taken with respect thereto is consistent with the provisions of this chapter or with other provisions of law; (2) To arrange for and call such meetings of the association or of the officers and committees thereof as are deemed essential to the performance of its duties; (3) To provide for the compensation of members of the board of directors in accordance with RCW 43.03.240 , and for payment of travel and subsistence expenses incurred by members and/or officers of the association and association staff while engaged in the performance of duties under direction of the association in the manner provided by RCW 28A.320.050 ; (4) To employ an executive director and other staff and pay such employees out of the funds of the association; (5) To conduct studies and disseminate information therefrom relative to increased efficiency in local school board administration; (6) To buy, lease, sell, or exchange such personal and real property as necessary for the efficient operation of the association and to borrow money, issue deeds of trust or other evidence of indebtedness, or enter into contracts for the purchase, lease, remodeling, or equipping of office facilities or the acquisition of sites for such facilities; (7) To purchase liability insurance for school directors, which insurance may indemnify said directors against any or all liabilities for personal or bodily injuries and property damage arising from their acts or omissions while performing or while in good faith purporting to perform their official duties as school directors; (8) To provide advice and assistance to local boards to promote their primary duty of representing the public interest; (9) Upon request by a local school district board(s) of directors, to make available on a cost reimbursable contract basis (a) specialized services, (b) research information, and (c) consultants to advise and assist district board(s) in particular problem areas: PROVIDED, That such services, information, and consultants are not already available from other state agencies, educational service districts, or from the information and research services authorized by RCW 28A.320.110 .
RCW 28A.500.040 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 500 / Section 040
RCW 28A.500.040: Distribution of funds.
Status: in_force

Local effort assistance funds shall be distributed to qualifying districts as follows: (1) Thirty percent in April; (2) Twenty-three percent in May; (3) Two percent in June; (4) Seventeen percent in August; (5) Nine percent in October; (6) Seventeen percent in November; and (7) Two percent in December.
RCW 28A.150.295 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 150 / Section 295
RCW 28A.150.295: General public school system—Maintained.
Status: in_force

A general and uniform system of public schools embracing the common schools shall be maintained throughout the state of Washington in accordance with Article IX of the state Constitution.
RCW 28A.310.330 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 310 / Section 330
RCW 28A.310.330: Budgeting procedures for districts.
Status: in_force

The superintendent of public instruction by rule and regulation shall adopt budgeting procedures for educational service districts modeled after the statutory procedures for school districts as provided in chapter 28A.505 RCW and in accordance with RCW 28A.310.340 , 28A.310.350 , and 28A.310.360 .
RCW 28A.600.420 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 600 / Section 420
RCW 28A.600.420: Firearms on school premises, transportation, or facilities—Penalty—Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(1) Any elementary or secondary school student who is determined to have carried a firearm onto, or to have possessed a firearm on, public elementary or secondary school premises, public school-provided transportation, or areas of facilities while being used exclusively by public schools, shall be expelled from school for not less than one year under RCW 28A.600.010 . The superintendent of the school district, educational service district, or state school for the blind, or the director of the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth, or the director's designee, may modify the expulsion of a student on a case-by-case basis. (2) For purposes of this section, "firearm" means a firearm as defined in 18 U.S.C. Sec. 921, and a "firearm" as defined in RCW 9.41.010 . (3) This section shall be construed in a manner consistent with the individuals with disabilities education act, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1401 et seq. (4) Nothing in this section prevents a public school district, educational service district, the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth, or the state school for the blind if it has expelled a student from such student's regular school setting from providing educational services to the student in an alternative setting. (5) This section does not apply to: (a) Any student while engaged in military education authorized by school authorities in which rifles are used but not other firearms; or (b) Any student while involved in a convention, showing, demonstration, lecture, or firearms safety course authorized by school authorities in which the rifles of collectors or instructors are handled or displayed but not other firearms; or (c) Any student while participating in a rifle competition authorized by school authorities. (6) A school district may suspend or expel a student for up to one year subject to subsections (1), (3), (4), and (5) of this section, if the student acts with malice as defined under RCW 9A.04.110 and displays an instrument that appears to be a firearm, on public elementary or secondary school premises, public school-provided transportation, or areas of facilities while being used exclusively by public schools.
RCW 28A.300.190 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 190
RCW 28A.300.190: Coordination of video telecommunications programming in schools.
Status: in_force

The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall provide statewide coordination of video telecommunications programming for the common schools.
RCW 28B.50.409 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 409
RCW 28B.50.409: Bonds—Committee advice and consent prerequisite to issuance.
Status: in_force

All bonds issued after February 16, 1974 by the college board or any board of trustees for any college district under provisions of chapter 28B.50 RCW, as now or hereafter amended, shall be issued by such boards only upon the prior advice and consent of the state finance committee.
RCW 28B.15.025 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 15 / Section 025
RCW 28B.15.025: "Building fees" defined—Use.
Status: in_force

The term "building fees" means the fees charged students registering at the state's colleges and universities, which fees are to be used as follows: At the University of Washington, solely for the purposes provided in RCW 28B.15.210 ; at Washington State University, solely for the purposes provided in RCW 28B.15.310 ; at each of the regional universities and at The Evergreen State College, solely for the purposes provided in RCW 28B.35.370 ; and at the community and technical colleges, for the purposes provided in RCW 28B.50.320 , 28B.50.360 and 28B.50.370 . The term "building fees" is a renaming of the "general tuition fee," and shall not be construed to affect otherwise moneys pledged to, or used for bond retirement purposes.
RCW 28B.76.509 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 76 / Section 509
RCW 28B.76.509: Highway worker memorial scholarship account.
Status: in_force

The highway worker memorial scholarship account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Moneys received from legislative appropriations and transfers, private donations, public or private gifts and grants, conveyances, and other sources may be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be made only for the purposes of providing scholarships to children and surviving spouses of highway workers who lost his or her life or became totally disabled while employed by a general contractor or subcontractor on a state transportation project. Children and surviving spouses must apply to the office of student financial assistance, and if found to be eligible, may receive a scholarship in an amount of the annual cost of tuition at the enrolled individual's institution of higher education or the cost of undergraduate tuition and state-mandated fees at the most expensive Washington state public university, whichever is less. Eligible individuals may receive up to four annual scholarships. Scholarships will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis subject to the availability of moneys in the account. Disbursements from the account may be authorized only by the office of student financial assistance or the Washington student achievement council. An appropriation is not required for expenditures, but the account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW.
RCW 28A.405.104 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 405 / Section 104
RCW 28A.405.104: Professional development funding for new teachers—Districts participating in evaluation system in RCW 28A.405.100 (2) and (6).
Status: in_force

If funds are provided for professional development activities designed specifically for first through third-year teachers, the funds shall be allocated first to districts participating in the evaluation systems in RCW 28A.405.100 (2) and (6) before the required implementation date under that section.
RCW 28B.76.730 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 76 / Section 730
RCW 28B.76.730: Washington dual enrollment scholarship pilot program.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature recognizes that dual credit programs reduce both the cost and time of attendance to obtain a postsecondary degree. The legislature intends to reduce barriers and increase access to postsecondary educational opportunities for low-income students by removing the financial barriers for dual enrollment programs for students. (2) The office, in consultation with the institutions of higher education and the office of the superintendent of public instruction, shall create the Washington dual enrollment scholarship pilot program. The office shall administer the Washington dual enrollment scholarship pilot program and may adopt rules as necessary. (3) Eligible students are those who meet the following requirements: (a) Qualify for the free or reduced-price lunch program; (b) Are enrolled in one or more dual credit programs, as defined in RCW 28B.15.821 , such as running start; and (c) Have at least a 2.0 grade point average. (4) Subject to availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, beginning with the 2019-20 academic year, the office may award scholarships to eligible students. The scholarship award must be as follows for eligible students enrolled in running start: (a) Mandatory fees, as defined in RCW 28A.600.310 , prorated based on credit load; (b) Course fees or laboratory fees as determined appropriate by college or university policies to pay for specified course related costs; (c) A textbook voucher to be used at the institution of higher education's bookstore where the student is enrolled. For every credit per quarter the student is enrolled, the student shall receive a textbook voucher for ten dollars, up to a maximum of fifteen credits per quarter, or the equivalent, per year; and (d) Apprenticeship materials as determined appropriate by the college or university to pay for specific course-related material costs, which may include occupation-specific tools, work clothes, rain gear, or boots. (5) The Washington dual enrollment scholarship pilot program must apply after the fee waivers for low-income students under RCW 28A.600.310 are provided for.
RCW 28A.210.070 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 210 / Section 070
RCW 28A.210.070: Immunization program—Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in RCW 28A.210.060 through 28A.210.170 : (1) "Chief administrator" shall mean the person with the authority and responsibility for the immediate supervision of the operation of a school or day care center as defined in this section or, in the alternative, such other person as may hereafter be designated in writing for the purposes of RCW 28A.210.060 through 28A.210.170 by the statutory or corporate board of directors of the school district, school, or day care center or, if none, such other persons or person with the authority and responsibility for the general supervision of the operation of the school district, school or day care center. (2) "Child" shall mean any person, regardless of age, in attendance at a public or private school or a licensed day care center. (3) "Day care center" shall mean an agency which regularly provides care for a group of thirteen or more children for periods of less than twenty-four hours and is licensed pursuant to chapter 43.216 RCW. (4) "Full immunization" shall mean immunization against certain vaccine-preventable diseases in accordance with schedules and with immunizing agents approved by the state board of health. (5) "Local health department" shall mean the city, town, county, district or combined city-county health department, board of health, or health officer which provides public health services. (6) "School" shall mean and include each building, facility, and location at or within which any or all portions of a preschool, kindergarten and grades one through twelve program of education and related activities are conducted for two or more children by or in behalf of any public school district and by or in behalf of any private school or private institution subject to approval by the state board of education pursuant to RCW 28A.305.130 , 28A.195.010 through 28A.195.050 , and 28A.410.120 .
RCW 28B.63.010 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 63 / Section 010
RCW 28B.63.010: Intent.
Status: in_force

The primary mission of institutions of higher education is the creation and dissemination of knowledge. Institutions of higher education must be mindful that in providing goods and services for fees, they may be competing with local private businesses. It is the intent of the legislature to require institutions of higher education to define the legitimate purposes under which commercial activities may be approved, and to establish a mechanism for review of such activities.
RCW 28B.50.980 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 980
RCW 28B.50.980: Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to marital relationships and married persons, and references to dissolution of marriage shall apply equally to state registered domestic partnerships that have been terminated, dissolved, or invalidated, to the extent that such interpretation does not conflict with federal law. Where necessary to implement chapter 521, Laws of 2009, gender-specific terms such as husband and wife used in any statute, rule, or other law shall be construed to be gender neutral, and applicable to individuals in state registered domestic partnerships.
RCW 28C.04.520 — Washington Code / Title 28C / Chapter 04 / Section 520
RCW 28C.04.520: Washington award for vocational excellence—Intent.
Status: in_force

Every year community colleges, technical colleges, and high schools graduate students who have distinguished themselves by their outstanding performance in their occupational training programs. The legislature intends to recognize and honor these students by establishing a Washington award for vocational excellence.
RCW 28A.155.115 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 155 / Section 115
RCW 28A.155.115: Braille instruction—Assessment—Provision in student's curriculum.
Status: in_force

(1) Each student shall be assessed individually to determine the appropriate learning media for the student including but not limited to Braille. (2) No student may be denied the opportunity for instruction in Braille reading and writing solely because the student has some remaining vision. (3) This section does not require the exclusive use of Braille if there are other special education services to meet the student's educational needs. The provision of special education or other services does not preclude Braille use or instruction. (4) If a student's individualized learning media assessment indicates that Braille is an appropriate learning medium, instruction in Braille shall be provided as a part of such student's educational curriculum and if such student has an individualized education program, such instruction shall be provided as part of that program. (5) If Braille will not be provided to a student, the reason for not incorporating it in the student's individualized education program shall be documented in writing and provided to the parent or guardian. If no individualized education program exists, such documentation, signed by the parent or guardian, shall be placed in the student's file.
RCW 28B.67.005 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 67 / Section 005
RCW 28B.67.005: Findings—Intent.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that the provision of customized training is critical to attracting and retaining businesses, and that the growth of many businesses is limited by an unmet need for customized training. The legislature also finds that workforce training not only helps business, it also improves the quality of life for workers and communities. Because of the statewide public benefit to be gained from instituting a customized training program, the legislature intends to create a new program to fund workforce training in a manner that reduces the up-front costs of training to new and expanding firms.
RCW 28A.710.280 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 710 / Section 280
RCW 28A.710.280: Distribution of funding—Rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The legislature intends that state funding for charter schools be distributed equitably with state funding provided for other public schools. (2) For eligible students enrolled in a charter school established and operating in accordance with this chapter, the superintendent of public instruction shall transmit to each charter school an amount calculated as provided in this section and based on the statewide average salaries set forth in RCW 28A.150.410 for certificated instructional staff adjusted by the regionalization factor that applies to the school district in which the charter school is geographically located, including any enrichment to those statutory formulae that is specified in the omnibus appropriations act. The amount must be the sum of (a) and (b) of this subsection. (a) The superintendent shall, for purposes of making distributions under this section, separately calculate and distribute to charter schools moneys appropriated for general apportionment under the same ratios as in RCW 28A.150.260 . (b) The superintendent also shall, for purposes of making distributions under this section, and in accordance with the applicable formulae for categorical programs specified in (b)(i) through (v) of this subsection (2) and any enrichment to those statutory formulae that is specified in the omnibus appropriations act, separately calculate and distribute moneys appropriated by the legislature to charter schools for: (i) Supplemental instruction and services for students who are not meeting academic standards through the learning assistance program under RCW 28A.165.005 through 28A.165.065 ; (ii) Supplemental instruction and services for eligible and enrolled students and exited students whose primary language is other than English through the transitional bilingual instruction program under RCW 28A.180.010 through 28A.180.080 ; (iii) The opportunity for an appropriate education at public expense as defined by RCW 28A.155.020 for all eligible students with disabilities as defined in RCW 28A.155.020 ; (iv) Programs for highly capable students under RCW 28A.185.010 through 28A.185.030 ; and (v) Pupil transportation services to and from school in accordance with RCW 28A.160.150 through 28A.160.180 . Distributions for pupil transportation must be calculated on a per eligible student basis based on the allocation for the previous school year to the school district in which the charter school is located. (3) The superintendent of public instruction must adopt rules necessary for the distribution of funding required by this section and to comply with federal reporting requirements.
RCW 28A.525.200 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 525 / Section 200
RCW 28A.525.200: Allocation and distribution of funds for school plant facilities governed by chapter.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of RCW 28A.525.010 through 28A.525.200 , the allocation and distribution of funds by the superintendent of public instruction, considering policy recommendations from the school facilities citizen advisory panel, for the purposes of providing assistance in the construction of school plant facilities shall be governed by this chapter.
RCW 28B.40.751 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 40 / Section 751
RCW 28B.40.751: Disposition of certain normal school fund revenues.
Status: in_force

See RCW 28B.35.751 .
RCW 28A.180.020 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 180 / Section 020
RCW 28A.180.020: Annual report by superintendent of public instruction.
Status: in_force

The superintendent of public instruction shall review annually the transitional bilingual instruction program and shall submit a report of such review to the legislature on or before February 1st of each year.
RCW 28B.20.456 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 20 / Section 456
RCW 28B.20.456: Occupational and environmental research facility—Advisory committee.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created an advisory committee to the environmental research facility consisting of eight members. Membership on the committee shall consist of the director of the department of labor and industries, the assistant secretary for the division of health services of the department of social and health services, the president of the Washington state labor council, the president of the association of Washington business, the dean of the school of public health and community medicine of the University of Washington, the dean of the school of engineering of the University of Washington, the president of the Washington state medical association, or their representatives, and the chair of the department of environmental health of the University of Washington, who shall be ex officio chair of the committee without vote. Such committee shall meet at least semiannually at the call of the chair. Members shall serve without compensation. It shall consult, review and evaluate policies, budgets, activities, and programs of the facility relating to industrial and occupational health to the end that the facility will serve in the broadest sense the health of the worker as it may be related to his or her employment.
RCW 28B.14H.090 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 14H / Section 090
RCW 28B.14H.090: Additional methods of paying debt service authorized.
Status: in_force

The legislature may provide additional means for raising moneys for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds authorized under this chapter, and RCW 28B.14H.070 shall not be deemed to provide an exclusive method for payment.
RCW 28A.650.045 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 650 / Section 045
RCW 28A.650.045: Digital citizenship, internet safety, and media literacy—Best practices and recommendations—Annual review—Model policy update and checklist for future updates.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) By December 1, 2016, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall develop best practices and recommendations for instruction in digital citizenship, internet safety, and media literacy, and report to the appropriate committees of the legislature, in accordance with RCW 43.01.036 , on strategies to implement the best practices and recommendations statewide. The best practices and recommendations must be developed in consultation with an advisory committee as specified in (b) of this subsection. Best practices and recommendations must include instruction that provides guidance about thoughtful, safe, and strategic uses of online and other media resources, and education on how to apply critical thinking skills when consuming and producing information. (b) The office of the superintendent of public instruction must convene and consult with an advisory committee when developing best practices and recommendations for instruction in digital citizenship, internet safety, and media literacy. The advisory committee must include: Representatives from the Washington state school directors' association; experts in digital citizenship, internet safety, and media literacy; teacher-librarians as defined in RCW 28A.320.240 ; and other stakeholders, including parent associations, educators, and administrators. Recommendations produced by the committee may include, but are not limited to: (i) Revisions to the state learning standards for educational technology, required under RCW 28A.655.075 ; (ii) Revisions to the model policy and procedures on electronic resources and internet safety developed by the Washington state school directors' association; (iii) School district processes necessary to develop customized district policies and procedures on electronic resources and internet safety; (iv) Best practices, resources, and models for instruction in digital citizenship, internet safety, and media literacy; and (v) Strategies that will support school districts in local implementation of the best practices and recommendations developed by the office of the superintendent of public instruction under (a) of this subsection. (2) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year, a school district shall annually review its policy and procedures on electronic resources and internet safety. In reviewing and amending the policy and procedures, a school district must: (a) Involve a representation of students, parents or guardians, teachers, teacher-librarians, other school employees, administrators, and community representatives with experience or expertise in digital citizenship, media literacy, and internet safety issues; (b) Consider customizing the model policy and procedures on electronic resources and internet safety developed by the Washington state school directors' association; (c) Consider existing school district resources; and (d) Consider best practices, resources, and models for instruction in digital citizenship, internet safety, and media literacy, including methods to involve parents. (3)(a) By December 1, 2017, the Washington state school directors' association shall review and revise its model policy and procedures on electronic resources and internet safety to better support digital citizenship, media literacy, and internet safety in schools. The model policy and procedures must contain provisions requiring that media literacy resources consist of a balance of sources and perspectives. (b) By December 1, 2017, the Washington state school directors' association shall develop a checklist of items for school districts to consider when updating their policy and procedures under subsection (2) of this section.
RCW 28A.545.020 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 545 / Section 020
RCW 28A.545.020: Reimbursement not a tuition charge.
Status: in_force

The reimbursement of a high school district for cost of educating high school pupils for a nonhigh school district, as provided for in this chapter, shall not be deemed a tuition charge as affecting the apportionment of current state school funds.
RCW 28A.413.030 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 413 / Section 030
RCW 28A.413.030: Board—Powers and duties—Rules—Superintendent of public instruction as administrator of rules.
Status: in_force

(1) The paraeducator board has the following powers and duties: (a) Based on the recommendations of the paraeducator work group established in chapter 136, Laws of 2014, adopt: (i) Minimum employment requirements for paraeducators, as described in RCW 28A.413.040 ; and (ii) paraeducator standards of practice, as described in RCW 28A.413.050 ; (b) Adopt one or more assessments that meet a rigorous standard of quality and can be used to demonstrate knowledge of, and the ability to assist in, instruction in reading, writing, and mathematics, as well as set a passing score for each assessment adopted. The board may develop assessments to meet the requirement of this subsection (1)(b); (c) Establish requirements and policies for a general paraeducator certificate, as described in RCW 28A.413.070 ; (d) Based on the recommendations of the paraeducator work group established in chapter 136, Laws of 2014, establish requirements and policies for subject matter certificates in English language learner and special education, as described in RCW 28A.413.080 ; (e) Based on the recommendations of the paraeducator work group established in chapter 136, Laws of 2014, establish requirements and policies for an advanced paraeducator certificate, as described in RCW 28A.413.090 ; (f) By September 1, 2018, approve, and develop if necessary, courses required to meet the provisions of this chapter, where the courses are offered in a variety of means that will limit cost and improve access; (g) Make policy recommendations, as necessary, for a paraeducator career ladder that will increase opportunities for paraeducator advancement through advanced education, professional learning, and increased instructional responsibility; (h) Collaborate with the office of the superintendent of public instruction to adapt the electronic educator certification process to include paraeducator certificates; and (i) Adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW that are necessary for the effective and efficient implementation of this chapter. (2) The superintendent of public instruction shall act as the administrator of any such rules and have the power to issue any paraeducator certificates and revoke the same in accordance with board rules.
RCW 28B.10.035 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 035
RCW 28B.10.035: Concurrent enrollment program accreditation.
Status: in_force

(1) To establish a uniform standard by which concurrent enrollment programs and professional development activities may be measured, any college or university offering concurrent enrollment program courses at a public high school, or college in the high school programs, must receive accreditation by a national accrediting body for concurrent enrollment by the 2027-28 school year. (2) Any college or university engaged in concurrent enrollment program courses at a public high school, or college in the high school programs, during or before the 2019-20 academic year that are not accredited by a national accrediting body for concurrent enrollment must continue to meet the same quality and eligibility standards and obtain approval in a manner consistent with the procedure established by rules adopted for the college in the high school program until the program is accredited by a national accrediting body for concurrent enrollment. (3) After the 2027-28 school year, any college or university with concurrent enrollment program courses in place at a public high school, or college in the high school programs, during or before the 2019-20 academic year that have not been accredited in accordance with subsection (1) of this section or do not have an application pending further action by the accrediting body under subsection (1) of this section may not offer a concurrent enrollment program course at a public high school or college in the high school program. (4) New college and university concurrent enrollment program courses that are implemented after the 2019-20 academic year have seven years from the beginning of the first term of classes to submit an application for accreditation for review by a national accrediting body for concurrent enrollment to comply with this section. (5) All colleges and universities are encouraged to provide institutional resources to support the transition to accreditation, including professional development, engage with national associations focused on concurrent enrollment accreditation, and collaboration with the state board for community and technical colleges or an organization that represents the public, four-year universities, and colleges. (6) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (a) "College in the high school program" is a program that meets the requirements of RCW 28A.600.287 . (b) "Concurrent enrollment program" means a partnership between K-12 schools and postsecondary education institutions through which credit-bearing college courses offered by public or private institutions of higher education and taught by appropriately qualified high school teachers are taken in high school by high school students who have not yet received the credits required for the award of a high school diploma, and for which earned credits are recorded on a college or university transcript. "Concurrent enrollment program" does not include programs under RCW 28B.50.531 or the running start program. (c) "Public high school" means a high school that is a public school as defined in RCW 28A.150.010 .
RCW 28A.185.060 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 185 / Section 060
RCW 28A.185.060: Condensed compliance reports—Second-class districts.
Status: in_force

Any compliance reporting requirements as a result of laws in this chapter that apply to second-class districts may be submitted in accordance with RCW 28A.330.250 .
RCW 28B.76.665 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 76 / Section 665
RCW 28B.76.665: Washington scholars award waivers or grants—Transfers between colleges and universities.
Status: in_force

Students receiving grants under RCW 28B.76.660 or waivers under *RCW 28B.15.543 are entitled to transfer among in-state public and independent colleges or universities and to continue to receive award benefits, as provided in this section, in the form of a grant or waiver of tuition and services and activities fees while enrolled at such institutions during the period of eligibility. The total grants or waivers for any one student shall not exceed twelve quarters or eight semesters of undergraduate study. (1) Scholars named to the award on or before June 30, 1994, may transfer between in-state public institutions, or from an eligible independent college or university to an in-state public institution of higher education, and are entitled to receive the waiver of tuition and services and activities fees. (2) Scholars named to the award on or before June 30, 1994, may transfer from an in-state public institution to an eligible independent college or university, or between eligible independent colleges or universities, and continue to receive a grant contingent upon available funding. (3) Scholars named to the award after June 30, 1994, may transfer among in-state public or private colleges and universities and continue to receive the grant contingent upon available funding. (4) In addition, scholars who transfer to an eligible independent institution may receive the grant contingent upon the agreement of the school to match on at least a dollar-for-dollar basis, either with actual money or by a waiver of fees, the amount of the grant received by the student from the state.
RCW 28A.335.190 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 335 / Section 190
RCW 28A.335.190: Advertising for bids—Competitive bid procedures—Purchases from inmate work programs—Emergencies—Exceptions—Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) When, in the opinion of the board of directors of any school district, the cost of any furniture, supplies, equipment, building, improvements, or repairs, other construction work by a contractor who meets the criteria in RCW 39.04.350 , or other purchases, except books, will equal or exceed the threshold levels specified in subsections (2) and (4) of this section, complete plans and specifications for such work or purchases shall be prepared and notice by publication given in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the district, once each week for two consecutive weeks, of the intention to receive bids and that specifications and other information may be examined at the office of the board or any other officially designated location. The cost of any public work, improvement, or repair for the purposes of this section shall be the aggregate of all amounts to be paid for labor, material, and equipment on one continuous or interrelated project where work is to be performed simultaneously or in close sequence. The bids shall be in writing and shall be opened and read in public on the date and in the place named in the notice and after being opened shall be filed for public inspection. (2) Every purchase of furniture, equipment, or supplies, except books, the cost of which is estimated to be in excess of $40,000, shall be on a competitive basis. The board of directors shall establish a procedure for securing telephone and/or written quotations for such purchases. Whenever the estimated cost is from $40,000 up to $75,000, the procedure shall require quotations from at least three different sources to be obtained in writing or by telephone, and recorded for public perusal. Whenever the estimated cost is in excess of $75,000, the public bidding process provided in subsection (1) of this section shall be followed. (3) Any school district may purchase goods produced or provided in whole or in part from class II inmate work programs operated by the department of corrections pursuant to RCW 72.09.100 , including but not limited to furniture, equipment, or supplies. School districts are encouraged to set as a target to contract, beginning after June 30, 2006, to purchase up to one percent of the total goods required by the school districts each year, goods produced or provided in whole or in part from class II inmate work programs operated by the department of corrections. (4) The board may make improvements or repairs to the property of the district through a department within the district without following the public bidding process provided in subsection (1) of this section when the total of such improvements or repairs does not exceed the sum of $75,000. Whenever the estimated cost of a building, improvement, repair, or other public works project is one hundred thousand dollars or more, the public bidding process provided in subsection (1) of this section shall be followed unless the contract is let using the small works roster process in RCW 39.04.151 through 39.04.154 or under any other procedure authorized for school districts. One or more school districts may authorize an educational service district to establish and operate a small works roster for the school district under the provisions of RCW 39.04.151 through 39.04.154 . (5) The contract for the work or purchase shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder as described in RCW 39.26.160 (2) but the board may by resolution reject any and all bids and make further calls for bids in the same manner as the original call. On any work or purchase the board shall provide bidding information to any qualified bidder or the bidder's agent, requesting it in person. (6) In the event of any emergency when the public interest or property of the district would suffer material injury or damage by delay, upon resolution of the board declaring the existence of such an emergency and reciting the facts constituting the same, the board may waive the requirements of this section with reference to any purchase or contract: PROVIDED, That an "emergency," for the purposes of this section, means a condition likely to result in immediate physical injury to persons or to property of the school district in the absence of prompt remedial action. (7) This section does not apply to the direct purchase of school buses by school districts and educational services in accordance with RCW 28A.160.195 . (8) This section does not apply to the purchase of Washington grown food. (9) At the discretion of the board, a school district may develop and implement policies and procedures to facilitate and maximize to the extent practicable, purchases of Washington grown food including, but not limited to, policies that permit a percentage price preference for the purpose of procuring Washington grown food. (10) As used in this section, "Washington grown" has the definition in RCW 15.64.060 . (11) As used in this section, "price percentage preference" means the percent by which a responsive bid from a responsible bidder whose product is a Washington grown food may exceed the lowest responsive bid submitted by a responsible bidder whose product is not a Washington grown food. (12) For purposes of this section, "construction work" does not include the following services: (a) Construction management services; (b) value engineering; (c) constructability review; (d) building commissioning; and (e) other construction-related professional and personal services. (13) Beginning January 1, 2023, requests for proposals or qualifications, advertisements, bids, or calls for bids pursuant to this section for the services listed under subsection (12) of this section , must include the standard clauses required under RCW 39.19.050 . (14) Beginning January 1, 2023, requests for proposals or qualifications, advertisements, bids, or calls for bids pursuant to this section for the services listed under subsection (12) of this section , are subject to the procurement requirements of chapter 39.10 or 39.80 RCW, as applicable to the method of project delivery. (15) Beginning January 1, 2023, school districts may use interlocal agreements under chapter 39.34 RCW to procure the services listed under subsection (12) of this section only if the agreements are executed following a competitive, qualification-based procurement process for these services pursuant to chapter 39.10 or 39.80 RCW.
RCW 28A.604.030 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 604 / Section 030
RCW 28A.604.030: Collection, sharing, and use of student personal information—Authorized purposes and uses—Consent.
Status: in_force

(1) School service providers may collect, use, and share student personal information only for purposes authorized by the relevant educational institution or teacher, or with the consent of the student or the student's parent or guardian. (2) School service providers may not sell student personal information. This prohibition does not apply to the purchase, merger, or other type of acquisition of a school service provider, or any assets of a school service provider by another entity, as long as the successor entity continues to be subject to the provisions of this section with respect to previously acquired student personal information to the extent that the school service provider was regulated by this chapter with regard to its acquisition of student personal information. (3) School service providers may not use or share any student personal information for purposes of targeted advertising to students. (4) School service providers may not use student personal information to create a personal profile of a student other than for supporting purposes authorized by the relevant educational institution or teacher, or with the consent of the student or the student's parent or guardian. (5) School service providers must obtain consent before using student personal information in a manner that is materially inconsistent with the school service provider's privacy policy or school contract for the applicable school service in effect at the time of collection. (6) The provisions of subsections (1), (2), (4), and (5) of this section may not apply to the use or disclosure of personal information by a school service provider to: (a) Protect the security or integrity of its website, mobile application, or online service; (b) Ensure legal or regulatory compliance or to take precautions against liability; (c) Respond to or participate in judicial process; (d) Protect the safety of users or others on the website, mobile application, or online service; (e) Investigate a matter related to public safety; or (f) A subcontractor, if the school service provider: (i) Contractually prohibits the subcontractor from using any student personal information for any purpose other than providing the contracted service to, or on behalf of, the school service provider; (ii) prohibits the subcontractor from disclosing any student personal information provided by the school service provider to subsequent third parties unless the disclosure is expressly permitted by (a) through (e) of this subsection or by RCW 28A.604.050 and 28A.604.060 ; and (iii) requires the subcontractor to comply with the requirements of this chapter.
RCW 28B.52.045 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 52 / Section 045
RCW 28B.52.045: Collective bargaining—Exclusive bargaining representative—Dues and other payments.
Status: in_force

(1) Upon authorization of an employee within the bargaining unit and after the certification or recognition of the bargaining unit's exclusive bargaining representative, the employer must deduct from the payments to the employee the monthly amount of dues as certified by the secretary of the exclusive bargaining representative and must transmit the same to the treasurer of the exclusive bargaining representative. (2) If the employer and the exclusive bargaining representative of a bargaining unit enter into a collective bargaining agreement that includes requirements for deductions of other payments, the employer must make such deductions upon authorization of the employee.