RCW 28A.180.060 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 180 / Section 060
RCW 28A.180.060: Guidelines and rules.
Status: in_force

The superintendent of public instruction shall: (1) Promulgate and issue program development guidelines to assist school districts in preparing their programs; (2) Promulgate rules for implementation of RCW 28A.180.010 through 28A.180.080 in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW. The rules shall be designed to maximize the role of school districts in selecting programs appropriate to meet the needs of eligible students. The rules shall identify the process and criteria to be used to determine when a student is no longer eligible for transitional bilingual instruction pursuant to RCW 28A.180.010 through 28A.180.080 .
RCW 28B.85.190 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 85 / Section 190
RCW 28B.85.190: Remedies and penalties in chapter nonexclusive and cumulative.
Status: in_force

The remedies and penalties provided for in this chapter are nonexclusive and cumulative and do not affect any other actions or proceedings.
RCW 28A.310.501 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 310 / Section 501
RCW 28A.310.501: Civil liability—2013 c 197.
Status: in_force

This act does not create any civil liability on the part of the state or any state agency, officer, employee, agent, political subdivision, or school district.
RCW 28A.190.090 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 190 / Section 090
RCW 28A.190.090: Students in institutional education facilities—Requirements for the department of children, youth, and families.
Status: in_force

With respect to students in institutional education facilities governed by this chapter, the department of children, youth, and families must: (1) Identify data needed by the department and institutional education facilities to evaluate the facilities' administrative and operational role in providing education to students and supporting students' educational outcomes. This data must include attendance, discipline rates, course and certificate completion rates, and other educational metrics; (2) Analyze, and make a plan to resolve, department and institutional education facilities policies and practices that suspend the provision of educational services to a student as a disciplinary action, so that students are never denied the opportunity to engage in educational activities; and (3) Review and resolve department and institutional education facility policies and practices that create barriers to students participating in meaningful learning opportunities, for example, career and technical education and postsecondary opportunities, in whatever location and format those opportunities are provided. (4) In meeting the requirements of this section, the department of children, youth, and families must seek input from institutional education providers.
RCW 28B.103.040 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 103 / Section 040
RCW 28B.103.040: Simultaneous use permitted.
Status: in_force

A guard member and the guard member's designated spouse and dependents may simultaneously use the grant, subject to any rules adopted by the office, and the limitation on the maximum benefit.
RCW 28B.50.935 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 935
RCW 28B.50.935: Faculty counselors—Minimum standards.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the intent of the legislature to provide clear minimum standards to ensure qualified faculty counselors while also providing flexibility to allow for differences in criteria required by hiring institutions. Within existing resources, and beginning September 1, 2021, the college board shall adopt rules regarding the minimum hiring standards for a faculty counselor. At a minimum, these must include: (a) A graduate or professional degree in a related field; (b) Completion of appropriate graduate coursework; and (c) Standards established by the state board for community and technical colleges. (2) The requirements and standards imposed through this section do not apply to an individual employed by a college district as a counselor before September 1, 2021. Counselors who began employment at one college district prior to September 1, 2021, and moved employment to a different college district after that date may carry the exemptions from the requirements and standards imposed through this section to their new place of employment.
RCW 28A.310.530 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 310 / Section 530
RCW 28A.310.530: Posting of complaint resolution and referral access point.
Status: in_force

Each educational service district shall post on its website a prominent link to the complaint resolution and referral access point maintained by the office of the education ombuds, described in RCW 43.06B.070 .
RCW 28B.45.012 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 45 / Section 012
RCW 28B.45.012: Findings—Intent.
Status: in_force

(1) In 1989, the legislature created five campuses to be operated by the state's two public research universities. Located in growing urban areas, the campuses were charged with two missions: (a) Increasing access to higher education by focusing on upper-division and graduate programs, targeting placebound students, and operating as models of a two plus two educational system in cooperation with the community colleges; and (b) Promoting regional economic development by responding to demand for degrees from local businesses and supporting regional economies through research activities. (2) Fifteen years later, the legislature finds that the campuses are responding to their original mission: (a) The campuses accounted for half of statewide upper-division and graduate public enrollment growth since 1990; (b) The campuses have grown steadily and enroll increasing numbers of transfer students each year; (c) The campuses enroll proportionately more older and part-time students than their main campuses and attract increasing proportions of students from nearby counties; (d) Although the extent of their impact has not been measured, these campuses positively affect local economies and offer degree programs that roughly correspond with regional occupational projections; and (e) The capital investments made by the state to support the campuses represent a significant benefit to regional economic development. (3) However, the legislature also finds the policy landscape in higher education has changed since the original creation of the campuses. Demand for access to baccalaureate and graduate education is increasing rapidly. Economic development efforts increasingly recognize the importance of focusing on local and regional economic clusters and improving collaboration among communities, businesses, and colleges and universities. Each campus has evolved into a unique institution, and it is appropriate to assess the nature of this evolution to ensure the role and mission of each campus is aligned with the state's higher education goals and the needs of the region where the campus is located. (4) Therefore, it is the legislature's intent to recognize the unique nature of Washington's higher education campuses created under this chapter, reaffirm the role and mission of each, and set the course for their continued future development. (5) It is the further intent of the legislature that the campuses be identified by the following names: University of Washington Bothell, University of Washington Tacoma, Washington State University Tri-Cities, and Washington State University Vancouver.
RCW 28A.330.240 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 330 / Section 240
RCW 28A.330.240: Employment contracts.
Status: in_force

The board of directors of each second-class school district shall adopt a written policy governing procedures for the letting of any employment contract authorized under RCW 42.23.030 . This policy shall include provisions to ensure fairness and the appearance of fairness in all matters pertaining to employment contracts so authorized.
RCW 28A.315.305 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 315 / Section 305
RCW 28A.315.305: School district organizational changes—Corporate existence—Payment of bonded indebtedness—Levy authority—Levy requirements for dissolved or annexed financially insolvent school districts.
Status: in_force

(1) Each school district involved in or affected by any change made in the organization and extent of school districts under this chapter retains its corporate existence insofar as is necessary for the purpose, until the bonded indebtedness outstanding against it on and after the effective date of the change has been paid in full. This section may not be construed to prevent, after the effective date of the change, such adjustments of bonded indebtedness as are provided for in this chapter. (2) The county legislative authority shall provide, by appropriate levies on the taxable property of each school district, for the payment of the bonded indebtedness outstanding against it after any of the changes or adjustments under this chapter have been effected. (3) In case any such changes or adjustments involve a joint school district, the tax levy for the payment of any bonded indebtedness outstanding against the joint district, after the changes or adjustments are effected, shall be made and the proceeds thereof shall be transmitted, credited, and paid out in conformity with the provisions of law applicable to the payment of the bonded indebtedness of joint school districts. (4) In case any such changes or adjustments involve the dissolution or annexation of a financially insolvent school district pursuant to RCW 28A.315.225 : (a) The board of directors of a receiving or annexing school district, or the educational service district superintendent as identified in RCW 84.52.020 must certify a tax levy by November 30th in each calendar year that there is outstanding voted bonded indebtedness to pay the principal of and interest on such outstanding voted bonded indebtedness for the following calendar year; (b) The county treasurer in the county in which the financially insolvent school district is located must collect the levy, the proceeds of which must be deposited into a debt service fund established and overseen by the annexing school district as determined by the financial oversight committee or regional committee to pay the principal of and interest on the dissolved district's outstanding bonded indebtedness as it becomes due; (c) For outstanding voted bonded indebtedness of the financially insolvent school district, the board of directors of the receiving or annexing school district may determine that all or any portion of the voted bonded indebtedness be refunded pursuant to chapter 39.53 RCW, in which case the board of directors of the annexing or receiving district shall act as the governing body of the financially insolvent school district and is expressly empowered to take all action it deems necessary to accomplish such refunding; and (d) Any balance in the debt service fund of the financially insolvent school district remaining after all such voted bonded indebtedness is paid must be transferred to the general fund of the receiving or annexing school district.
RCW 28A.600.285 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 600 / Section 285
RCW 28A.600.285: Dual credit programs—Impact on financial aid eligibility—Guidelines.
Status: in_force

The superintendent of public instruction and the office of student financial assistance shall develop advising guidelines to assure that students and parents understand that college credits earned in high school dual credit programs may impact eligibility for financial aid.
RCW 28A.600.220 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 600 / Section 220
RCW 28A.600.220: School locker searches—No expectation of privacy.
Status: in_force

No right nor expectation of privacy exists for any student as to the use of any locker issued or assigned to a student by a school and the locker shall be subject to search for illegal drugs, weapons, and contraband as provided in RCW 28A.600.210 through 28A.600.240 .
RCW 28B.10.019 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 019
RCW 28B.10.019: Electronic signatures.
Status: in_force

(1) Institutions of higher education and state higher education agencies may use or accept secure electronic signatures for any human resource, benefits, or payroll processes that require a signature. Such signatures are valid and enforceable. (2) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section. (a) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process, attached to, or logically associated with, a contract or other record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record. (b) "Secure electronic signature" means an electronic signature that: (i) Is unique to the person making the signature; (ii) Uses a technology or process to make the signature that is under the sole control of the person making the signature; (iii) Uses a technology or process that can identify the person using the technology or process; and (iv) Can be linked with an electronic record in such a way that it can be used to determine whether the electronic record has been changed since the electronic signature was incorporated in, attached to, or associated with the electronic record.
RCW 28A.230.020 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 230 / Section 020
RCW 28A.230.020: Common school curriculum.
Status: in_force

All common schools shall give instruction in reading, handwriting, orthography, written and mental arithmetic, geography, the history of the United States, English grammar, visual and performing arts, physiology and hygiene with special reference to the effects of alcohol and drug abuse on the human system, science with special reference to the environment, and such other studies as may be prescribed by rule of the superintendent of public instruction. All teachers shall stress the importance of the cultivation of manners, the fundamental principles of honesty, honor, industry and economy, the minimum requisites for good health including the beneficial effect of physical exercise and methods to prevent exposure to and transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, and the worth of kindness to all living creatures and the land. The prevention of child abuse may be offered as part of the curriculum in the common schools.
RCW 28A.225.015 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 225 / Section 015
RCW 28A.225.015: Attendance mandatory—Six or seven year olds—Unexcused absences—Petition.
Status: in_force

(1) If a parent enrolls a child who is six or seven years of age in a public school, the child is required to attend and that parent has the responsibility to ensure the child attends for the full time that school is in session. An exception shall be made to this requirement for children whose parents formally remove them from enrollment if the child is less than eight years old and a petition has not been filed against the parent under subsection (3) of this section. The requirement to attend school under this subsection does not apply to a child enrolled in a public school part-time for the purpose of receiving ancillary services. A child required to attend school under this subsection may be temporarily excused upon the request of his or her parent for purposes agreed upon by the school district and parent. (2) If a six or seven year old child is required to attend public school under subsection (1) of this section and that child has unexcused absences, the public school in which the child is enrolled shall: (a) Inform the child's custodial parent, parents, or guardian by a notice in writing or by telephone whenever the child has failed to attend school after one unexcused absence within any month during the current school year; (b) Request a conference or conferences with the custodial parent, parents, or guardian and child at a time reasonably convenient for all persons included for the purpose of analyzing the causes of the child's absences after three unexcused absences within any month during the current school year. If a regularly scheduled parent-teacher conference day is to take place within thirty days of the third unexcused absence, then the school district may schedule this conference on that day; and (c) Take steps to eliminate or reduce the child's absences. These steps shall include, where appropriate, adjusting the child's school program or school or course assignment, providing more individualized or remedial instruction, offering assistance in enrolling the child in available alternative schools or programs, or assisting the parent or child to obtain supplementary services that may help eliminate or ameliorate the cause or causes for the absence from school. (3) If a child is required to attend public school under subsection (1) of this section, after the child's seventh unexcused absence within any month during the current school year and not later than the 15th unexcused absence during the current school year, the school district shall file a petition for civil action as provided in RCW 28A.225.035 against the parent of the child. (4) This section does not require a six or seven year old child to enroll in a public or private school or to receive home-based instruction. This section only applies to six or seven year old children whose parents enroll them full time in public school and do not formally remove them from enrollment as provided in subsection (1) of this section.
RCW 28A.300.542 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 542
RCW 28A.300.542: Students experiencing homelessness—Grant process to identify students and district capacity for support—Award criteria—Districts' responsibilities—Report.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall create a competitive grant process to evaluate and award state-funded grants to school districts to increase identification of students experiencing homelessness and the capacity of the districts to provide support for students experiencing homelessness. The goals of the grant process are to: (a) Provide educational stability for students experiencing homelessness by promoting housing stability; and (b) Encourage the development of collaborative strategies between education and housing partners. (2)(a) Funds may be used in a manner that is complementary to federal McKinney-Vento funds and consistent with allowable uses as determined by the office of the superintendent of public instruction. The process must complement any similar federal grant program or programs in order to minimize agency overhead and administrative costs for the superintendent of public instruction and school districts. (b) Examples of permitted student supports and activities include, but are not limited to: (i) Direct academic supports, including tutoring and additional transportation costs; (ii) Basic needs, including retail store cards, nutrition supports, and hygiene items; (iii) Wraparound supports, including contracting with community-based providers, behavioral and physical health supports, and housing-related supports, such as bedding and short-term hotel or motel stays, that meet a student's emergent needs and allow the student to fully participate in school; (iv) Employment supports for students and families; and (v) Out-of-school enrichment activities, such as an academic tutor provided at a shelter. (3) School districts may access both federal and state funding to identify and support students experiencing homelessness and are encouraged to use grant dollars to leverage community resources and strengthen relationships with community-based partners. (4) Award criteria for the state grants must be based on the demonstrated need of the school district and may consider the number or overall percentage, or both, of homeless children and youths enrolled in preschool, elementary, and secondary schools in the school district, and the ability of the local school district to meet these needs. Award criteria for these must also be based on the quality of the applications submitted. Selected grantees must reflect geographic diversity across the state. Greater weight must be given to districts that demonstrate a commitment to: (a) Partnering with local community-based organizations with experience in serving the needs of students experiencing homelessness or students of color, with a preference for organizations that focus on equitable housing and homeless strategies; (b) Serving the needs of unaccompanied youth; and (c) Implementing evidence-informed strategies to address the opportunity gap and other systemic inequities that negatively impact students experiencing homelessness and students of color. Specific strategies may include, but are not limited to: (i) Enhancing the cultural responsiveness of current and future staff; (ii) Ensuring all staff, faculty, and school employees are actively trained in trauma-informed care; (iii) Providing inclusive programming by intentionally seeking and utilizing input from the population being served; (iv) Using a multidisciplinary approach when serving students experiencing homelessness and their families; (v) Intentionally seeking and utilizing input from the families and students experiencing homelessness about how district policies, services, and practices can be improved; and (vi) Identifying data elements and systems needed to monitor progress in eliminating disparities in academic outcomes for students experiencing homelessness with their housed peers. (5) At the end of each academic year, districts receiving grants shall monitor and report on the academic outcomes for students served by the grants. The academic outcomes are those recommended by the office of the superintendent of public instruction. The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall review the reports submitted by the districts and assist school districts in using these data to identify gaps and needs, and develop sustainable strategies to improve academic outcomes for students experiencing homelessness. (6) Students experiencing homelessness are defined as students without a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence in accordance with the definition of homeless children and youths in the federal McKinney-Vento homeless assistance act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 11431 through 11435. (7) School districts may not use funds allocated under this section to supplant existing federal, state, or local resources for supports for students experiencing homelessness, which may include education liaisons. (8) Grants awarded to districts under this section may be for two years. (9) The office of the superintendent of public instruction and the department of commerce shall: (a) Collaborate on shared goals and outcomes under the grant process established by this section and the grant program established in RCW 43.185C.340 ; and (b) Beginning in 2024, and every two years thereafter, jointly produce and make publicly available a report on the goals and outcomes of the grant process established by this section and the grant program established in RCW 43.185C.340 .
RCW 28B.50.810 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 810
RCW 28B.50.810: Applied baccalaureate degree programs.
Status: in_force

(1) The college board may select community or technical colleges to develop and offer programs of study leading to applied baccalaureate degrees. Colleges may submit applications to the college board. The college board shall review the applications and select the colleges using objective criteria, including, but not limited to: (a) The college demonstrates the capacity to make a long-term commitment of resources to build and sustain a high quality program; (b) The college has or can readily engage faculty appropriately qualified to develop and deliver a high quality curriculum at the baccalaureate level; (c) The college can demonstrate demand for the proposed program from a sufficient number of students within its service area to make the program cost-effective and feasible to operate; (d) The college can demonstrate that employers demand the level of technical training proposed within the program, making it cost-effective for students to seek the degree; and (e) The proposed program fills a gap in options available for students because it is not offered by a public four-year institution of higher education in the college's geographic area. (2) A college selected under this section may develop the curriculum for and design and deliver courses leading to an applied baccalaureate degree. However, degree programs developed under this section are subject to approval by the college board under RCW 28B.50.090 .
RCW 28B.160.020 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 160 / Section 020
RCW 28B.160.020: Admissions applications.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an institution of higher education may not use an initial admissions application that requests information about the criminal history of the applicant. (2) An institution of higher education may, but is not required to, use a third-party admissions application that contains information about the criminal history of the applicant if the institution of higher education posts a notice on its website stating that the institution of higher education may not automatically or unreasonably deny an applicant's admission or restrict access to campus residency based on an applicant's criminal history.
RCW 28A.305.045 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 305 / Section 045
RCW 28A.305.045: 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.15.700 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 15 / Section 700
RCW 28B.15.700: Nonresident tuition fees—Exemption under Western regional higher education compact contracts.
Status: in_force

See RCW 28B.70.050 .
RCW 28A.410.080 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 410 / Section 080
RCW 28A.410.080: School year—For certification or qualification purposes.
Status: in_force

The school year for all matters pertaining to teacher certification or for computing experience in teaching shall consist of not fewer than one hundred eighty school days.
RCW 28A.230.095 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 230 / Section 095
RCW 28A.230.095: Essential academic learning requirements and assessments—Verification reports.
Status: in_force

(1) By the end of the 2008-09 school year, school districts shall have in place in elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools assessments or other strategies chosen by the district to assure that students have an opportunity to learn the essential academic learning requirements in social studies, the arts, and health and fitness. Social studies includes history, geography, civics, economics, and social studies skills. Health and fitness includes, but is not limited to, mental health and suicide prevention education. Beginning with the 2008-09 school year, school districts shall annually submit an implementation verification report to the office of the superintendent of public instruction. The office of the superintendent of public instruction may not require school districts to use a classroom-based assessment in social studies, the arts, and health and fitness to meet the requirements of this section and shall clearly communicate to districts their option to use other strategies chosen by the district. (2) Beginning with the 2008-09 school year, school districts shall require students in the seventh or eighth grade, and the eleventh or twelfth grade to each complete at least one classroom-based assessment in civics. Beginning with the 2010-11 school year, school districts shall require students in the fourth or fifth grade to complete at least one classroom-based assessment in civics. The civics assessment may be selected from a list of classroom-based assessments approved by the office of the superintendent of public instruction. Beginning with the 2008-09 school year, school districts shall annually submit implementation verification reports to the office of the superintendent of public instruction documenting the use of the classroom-based assessments in civics. (3) Verification reports shall require school districts to report only the information necessary to comply with this section.
RCW 28B.95.060 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 95 / Section 060
RCW 28B.95.060: Washington advanced college tuition payment program account.
Status: in_force

(1) The Washington advanced college tuition payment program account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. The account shall be a discrete nontreasury account retaining its interest earnings in accordance with RCW 43.79A.040 . (2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, the governing body shall deposit in the account all money received for the program. The account shall be self-sustaining and consist of payments received from purchasers of tuition units and funds received from other sources, public or private. With the exception of investment and operating costs associated with the investment of money by the investment board paid under RCW 43.33A.160 and 43.84.160 , the account shall be credited with all investment income earned by the account. Disbursements from the account are exempt from appropriations and the allotment provisions of chapter 43.88 RCW. Money used for program administration is subject to the allotment of all expenditures. However, an appropriation is not required for such expenditures. Program administration shall include, but not be limited to: The salaries and expenses of the program personnel including lease payments, travel, and goods and services necessary for program operation; contracts for program promotion and advertisement, audits, and account management; and other general costs of conducting the business of the program. (b) All money received by the program from the office for the GET ready for math and science scholarship program shall be deposited in the GET ready for math and science scholarship account created in RCW 28B.105.110 . (3) The assets of the account may be spent without appropriation for the purpose of making payments to institutions of higher education on behalf of the qualified beneficiaries, making refunds, transfers, or direct payments upon the termination of the Washington advanced college tuition payment program. Disbursements from the account shall be made only on the authorization of the governing body. (4) With regard to the assets of the account, the state acts in a fiduciary, not ownership, capacity. Therefore the assets of the program are not considered state money, common cash, or revenue to the state.
RCW 28A.715.030 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 715 / Section 030
RCW 28A.715.030: Tuition—Fees—Admission—Enrollment priorities.
Status: in_force

(1) A school that is the subject of a state-tribal education compact may not charge tuition except to the same extent as school districts may be permitted to do so with respect to out-of-state and adult students pursuant to chapter 28A.225 RCW, but may charge fees for participation in optional extracurricular events and activities. (2) Such schools may not limit admission on any basis other than age group, grade level, or capacity and must otherwise enroll all students who apply. (3) If capacity is insufficient to enroll all students who apply, a school that is the subject of a state-tribal education compact may prioritize the enrollment of tribal members and siblings of already enrolled students.
RCW 28A.310.320 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 310 / Section 320
RCW 28A.310.320: ESD superintendents, employees—Travel expenses and subsistence—Advance payment.
Status: in_force

For all actual and necessary travel in the performance of official duties and while in attendance upon meetings and conferences, each educational service district superintendent and employee shall be reimbursed for their travel expenses in the amounts provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended. All claims shall be approved by the educational service district board and paid from the funds budgeted by the district. Each educational service district superintendent and employee may be advanced sufficient sums to cover their anticipated expenses in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the state auditor and which shall substantially conform to the procedures provided in RCW 43.03.150 through 43.03.210 .
RCW 28A.320.211 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 320 / Section 211
RCW 28A.320.211: Discipline policies, procedures, and rules—Dissemination of information—Use of disaggregated data—Review.
Status: in_force

(1) School districts shall annually disseminate discipline policies and procedures to students, families, and the community. (2) School districts shall use disaggregated data collected pursuant to RCW 28A.300.042 to monitor the impact of the school district's discipline policies and procedures. (3) School districts, in consultation with school district staff, students, families, and the community, shall periodically review and update their discipline rules, policies, and procedures.
RCW 28B.77.850 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 77 / Section 850
RCW 28B.77.850: Students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, each public four-year institution of higher education and a public tribal college located in Washington and accredited by the northwest commission on colleges and universities or another accrediting association recognized by the United States department of education may implement a program to provide assistance to students experiencing homelessness and to students who were in the foster care system when they graduated high school. The program must provide certain accommodations to these students that may include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) Access to laundry facilities; (b) Access to storage; (c) Access to locker room and shower facilities; (d) Reduced-price meals or meal plans, and access to food banks; (e) Access to technology; (f) Access to short-term housing or housing assistance, especially during seasonal breaks; and (g) Case management services. (2) The four-year institutions of higher education and the tribal college may also establish plans to develop surplus property for affordable housing to accommodate the needs of students experiencing homelessness and students who were in the foster care system when they graduated high school. (3) The four-year institutions of higher education and the tribal college participating in the program shall leverage existing community resources by making available to students in the program information that is available for individuals experiencing homelessness, including through not-for-profit organizations, the local housing authority, and the department of commerce's office of homeless youth. (4) The four-year institutions of higher education and the tribal college participating in the program shall annually provide a joint report to the appropriate committees of the legislature in accordance with RCW 43.01.036 beginning December 1, 2023, that includes at least the following information: (a) The number of students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity, and the number of students who were in the foster care system when they graduated high school who attended a four-year institution of higher education or a tribal college during the program. The council shall coordinate with all of the four-year institutions of higher education and the tribal college to collect voluntary data on how many students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity are attending the four-year institutions of higher education and the tribal college; (b) The number of students assisted by the program; (c) Strategies for accommodating students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity, and former foster care students; and (d) Legislative recommendations for how students experiencing homelessness or food insecurity, and former foster care students could be better served. (5) For purposes of this section, "program" means the students experiencing homelessness and foster youth program.
RCW 28A.250.090 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 250 / Section 090
RCW 28A.250.090: Remote administration of statewide academic assessments authorized—Rules—Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning in the 2027-28 school year, school districts with online school programs may provide all students within those programs with the ability to complete statewide assessments remotely. (2)(a) By April 1, 2027, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall develop or review and update as necessary assessment administration and security policies to support remote testing options for students enrolled in online school programs including the remote administration of statewide academic assessments. The policies required by this subsection (2), at a minimum, must address: (i) Required qualifications for testing personnel; (ii) The maximum ratio of students to proctors; (iii) Requirements for remote testing environments, including restrictions on access to devices and persons, and procedures for monitoring students completing tests; (iv) Device and network requirements; and (v) Parental consent and agreement forms. (b) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall periodically review and revise as necessary the policies required by this subsection (2). (3) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall adopt and revise as necessary rules to implement this section. When adopting rules in accordance with this section, the office of the superintendent of public instruction is encouraged to consider utilizing pilot rule making as provided in RCW 34.05.310 . (4) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Device" means any electronic equipment, including computers, tablets, and smartphones, used for test administration; and (b) "Statewide assessments" and "statewide academic assessments" means the general and alternate academic achievement assessments administered statewide for English language arts, mathematics, and science.
RCW 28A.600.405 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 600 / Section 405
RCW 28A.600.405: Participation in high school completion pilot program—Eligible students—Funding allocations—Rules—Information for students and parents.
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section and *RCW 28B.50.534 , "eligible student" means a student who has completed all state and local high school graduation requirements except the certificate of academic achievement under **RCW 28A.655.061 or the certificate of individual achievement under ***RCW 28A.155.045 , who is less than age twenty-one as of September 1st of the academic year the student enrolls at a community and technical college under this section, and who meets the following criteria: (a) Receives a level 2 (basic) score on the reading and writing content areas of the high school statewide student assessment; (b) Has not successfully met state standards on a retake of the assessment or an alternative assessment; (c) Has participated in assessment remediation; and (d) Receives a recommendation to enroll in courses or a program of study made available under *RCW 28B.50.534 from his or her high school principal. (2) An eligible student may enroll in courses or a program of study made available by a community or technical college participating in the pilot program created under *RCW 28B.50.534 for the purpose of obtaining a high school diploma. (3) For eligible students in courses or programs delivered directly by the community or technical college participating in the pilot program under *RCW 28B.50.534 and only for enrollment in courses that lead to a high school diploma, the superintendent of public instruction shall transmit to the colleges participating in the pilot program an amount per each full-time equivalent college student at statewide uniform rates. The amount shall be the sum of (a), (b), and (c) of this subsection, as applicable. (a) The superintendent shall separately calculate and allocate moneys appropriated for basic education under RCW 28A.150.260 for purposes of making payments under this section. The calculations and allocations shall be based upon the estimated statewide annual average per full-time equivalent high school student allocations under RCW 28A.150.260 , excluding small high school enhancements, and applicable rules adopted under chapter 34.05 RCW. (b) The superintendent shall allocate an amount equal to the per funded student state allocation for the learning assistance program under chapter 28A.165 RCW for each full-time equivalent college student or a pro rata amount for less than full-time enrollment. (c) For eligible students who meet eligibility criteria for the state transitional bilingual instruction program under chapter 28A.180 RCW, the superintendent shall allocate an amount equal to the per student state allocation for the transitional bilingual instruction program or a pro rata amount for less than full-time enrollment. (4) The superintendent may adopt rules establishing enrollment reporting, recordkeeping, and accounting requirements necessary to ensure accountability for the use of basic education, learning assistance, and transitional bilingual program funds under this section for the pilot program created under *RCW 28B.50.534 . (5) All school districts in the geographic area of the two community and technical colleges selected pursuant to section 8, chapter 355, Laws of 2007 to participate in the pilot program shall provide information about the high school completion option under *RCW 28B.50.534 to students in grades ten, eleven, and twelve and the parents or guardians of those students.
RCW 28B.50.097 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 097
RCW 28B.50.097: Electronic job bank.
Status: reserved

(1) The college board shall create an electronic job bank on its website to act as a clearinghouse for people seeking academic teaching positions at the state's community and technical colleges. The job bank must be accessible on the internet. Use of the electronic job bank is not mandatory. (2) The college board shall include a separate section on its electronic job bank reserved for the exclusive listing of part-time academic employment opportunities at state community and technical colleges. (3) The separate section of the electronic job bank under subsection (2) of this section must, at a minimum, include an internet link to each of the following components, if available from the community or technical college offering the employment opportunity: (a) A description of the open position; (b) A listing of required skills and experience necessary for the position; and (c) The district where the employment opening exists. (4) The college board shall develop a strategy to promote its electronic job bank to prospective candidates.
RCW 28B.10.693 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 693
RCW 28B.10.693: Graduation rate improvement—Student progression understandings.
Status: in_force

Each institution of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016 may enter into a student progression understanding with an interested student. The terms of the understanding shall permit a student to obtain a degree or certificate within the standard period of time assumed for a full-time student pursuing that degree or certificate. Usually, the standard amount of time will be about two years for an associate of arts degree and about four years for a baccalaureate degree. Student progression understandings shall not give rise to any cause of action on behalf of any student as a result of the failure of any state institution of higher education to fulfill its obligations under the student progression understanding.
RCW 28A.300.473 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 473
RCW 28A.300.473: Medical use of cannabis-infused products—Suspension of policies that authorize student use on school grounds.
Status: in_force

(1) The superintendent of public instruction and school districts must suspend implementation of RCW 28A.210.325 and 69.51A.225 if: (a) The federal government issues a communication after July 28, 2019, that suggests that federal education funding will be withheld if the state continues to implement RCW 28A.210.325 and 69.51A.225 ; (b) The superintendent of public instruction requests a formal opinion by the state attorney general on the federal communication; and (c) The state attorney general provides a formal opinion that the federal communication has reasonably demonstrated that continued implementation of RCW 28A.210.325 and 69.51A.225 reasonably jeopardizes future federal funding. (2) The office of the superintendent of public instruction must provide the state attorney general opinion to the education and fiscal committees of the legislature within thirty days of the issuance of the opinion.
RCW 28A.235.070 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 235 / Section 070
RCW 28A.235.070: Revolving fund created.
Status: in_force

There is created in the office of the state superintendent of public instruction a revolving fund to be designated the surplus and donated food commodities revolving fund.
RCW 28A.420.040 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 420 / Section 040
RCW 28A.420.040: Teacher qualifications and requirements for licensure under the compact.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided for active military members or eligible military spouses in RCW 28A.420.020 (4), a teacher may only be eligible to receive a license under this compact where that teacher holds an unencumbered license in a member state. (2) A teacher eligible to receive a license under this compact shall, unless otherwise provided for herein: (a) Upon their application to receive a license under this compact, undergo a criminal background check in the receiving state in accordance with the laws and regulations of the receiving state; (b) Comply with any applicable conditions of employment in the receiving state; and (c) Provide the receiving state with information in addition to the information required for licensure for the purposes of determining compensation, if applicable.
RCW 28A.525.030 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 525 / Section 030
RCW 28A.525.030: Modernization of existing school facilities.
Status: in_force

Whenever funds are appropriated for modernization of existing school facilities, the superintendent of public instruction is authorized to approve the use of such funds for modernization of existing facilities, modernization being limited to major structural changes in such facilities and, as necessary to bring such facilities into compliance with the barrier free access requirements of section 504 of the federal rehabilitation act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 706) and rules implementing the act, both major and minor structural changes, and may include as incidental thereto the replacement of fixtures, fittings, furnishings and service systems of a building in order to bring it up to a contemporary state consistent with the needs of changing educational programs. The allocation of such funds shall be made upon the same basis as funds used for the financing of a new school plant project utilized for a similar purpose.
RCW 28B.50.463 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 463
RCW 28B.50.463: Use of false academic credentials—Penalties.
Status: in_force

A person who issues or uses a false academic credential is subject to RCW 28B.85.220 and 9A.60.070 .
RCW 28B.10.708 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 708
RCW 28B.10.708: Graduation ceremonies—Tribal regalia.
Status: in_force

(1) Institutions of higher education 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 events. Institutions of higher education may not require such students to wear a cap if it is incompatible with the regalia or significant object. (2) Institutions of higher education shall update any relevant policies or procedures in accordance with this section. (3) For the purposes of this section, "institutions of higher education" has the same meaning as in RCW 28B.10.016 .
RCW 28B.92.140 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 92 / Section 140
RCW 28B.92.140: State educational trust fund—Deposits—Expenditures.
Status: in_force

The state educational trust fund is hereby established in the state treasury. The primary purpose of the trust is to pledge statewide available college student assistance to needy or disadvantaged students, especially middle and high school youth, considered at-risk of dropping out of secondary education who participate in approved early awareness and outreach programs and who enter any accredited Washington institution of postsecondary education within two years of high school graduation. The office shall deposit refunds and recoveries of student financial aid funds expended in prior fiscal periods in such account. The office may also deposit moneys that have been contributed from other state, federal, or private sources. Expenditures from the fund shall be for financial aid to needy or disadvantaged students. The office may annually expend such sums from the fund as may be necessary to fulfill the purposes of this section, including not more than three percent for the costs to administer aid programs supported by the fund. All earnings of investments of balances in the state educational trust fund shall be credited to the trust fund. Expenditures from the fund shall not be subject to appropriation but are subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW.
RCW 28B.102.080 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 102 / Section 080
RCW 28B.102.080: Educator conditional scholarship account.
Status: in_force

(1) The educator conditional scholarship account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. An appropriation is not required for expenditures of funds from the account. The account is not subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW except for moneys used for program administration. (2) The office shall deposit in the account all moneys received for the educator conditional scholarship and loan repayment programs under this chapter. The account shall be self-sustaining and consist of funds appropriated by the legislature for the educator conditional scholarship and loan repayment programs under this chapter, private contributions to the programs, and receipts from participant repayments from the programs. Beginning July 1, 2004, the office shall also deposit into the account: (a) All funds from the institution of higher education loan account that are traceable to any conditional scholarship program for teachers or prospective teachers established by the legislature before June 10, 2004; and (b) all amounts repaid by participants under any such program. (3) Expenditures from the account may be used only for the purposes of this chapter. (4) Disbursements from the account may be made only on the authorization of the office.
RCW 28A.175.140 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 175 / Section 140
RCW 28A.175.140: PASS program—Duties of superintendent of public instruction.
Status: in_force

(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the state board of education, must: (a) Calculate the annual extended graduation rate for each high school, which is the rate at which a class of students enters high school as first-year students and graduates with a high school diploma, including students who receive a high school diploma after the year they were expected to graduate. The office may statistically adjust the rate for student demographics in the high school, including the number of students eligible for free and reduced-price meals, special education and English language learner students, students of various racial and ethnic backgrounds, and student mobility; (b) Annually calculate the proportion of students at grade level for each high school, which shall be measured by the number of credits a student has accumulated at the end of each school year compared to the total number required for graduation. For the purposes of this subsection (1)(b), the office shall adopt a standard definition of "at grade level" for each high school grade; (c) Annually calculate the proportion of students in each high school who are suspended or expelled from school, as reported by the high school. In-school suspensions shall not be included in the calculation. Improvement on the indicator under this subsection (1)(c) shall be measured by a reduction in the number of students suspended or expelled from school; and (d) Beginning with the 2012-13 school year, annually measure student attendance in each high school as provided under RCW 28A.300.046 . (2) The office of the superintendent of public instruction may add dropout prevention indicators to the list of indicators under subsection (1) of this section, such as student grades, state assessment mastery, or student retention. (3) To the maximum extent possible, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall rely on data collected through the comprehensive education data and research system to calculate the dropout prevention indicators under this section and shall minimize additional data collection from schools and school districts unless necessary to meet the requirements of this section. (4) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall develop a metric for measuring the performance of each high school on the indicators under subsection (1) of this section that assigns points for each indicator and results in a single numeric dropout prevention score for each high school. The office shall weight the extended graduation rate indicator within the metric so that a high school does not qualify for an award under RCW 28A.175.145 without an increase in its extended graduation rate. The metric used through the 2012-13 school year shall include the indicators in subsection (1)(a) through (c) of this section and shall measure improvement against the 2010-11 school year as the baseline year. Beginning in the 2013-14 school year, the metric shall also include the indicator in subsection (1)(d) of this section, with improvement in this indicator measured against the 2012-13 school year as the baseline year. The office may establish a minimum level of improvement in a high school's dropout prevention score for the high school to qualify for a PASS program award under RCW 28A.175.145 .
RCW 28A.165.065 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 165 / Section 065
RCW 28A.165.065: Monitoring.
Status: in_force

To ensure that school districts are meeting the requirements of this chapter, the superintendent of public instruction shall monitor learning assistance programs using, at minimum, data reported as required under RCW 28A.165.100 , no less than once every four years. The primary purpose of program monitoring is to evaluate the effectiveness of a school district's allocation and expenditure of resources and monitor school district fidelity in implementing best practices using the framework of the Washington integrated student supports protocol, established under RCW 28A.300.139 . The office of the superintendent of public instruction may provide technical assistance to school districts to improve the effectiveness of a learning assistance program.
RCW 28B.30.116 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 30 / Section 116
RCW 28B.30.116: Regents—Expenses.
Status: in_force

See RCW 28B.10.525 .
RCW 28A.604.020 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 604 / Section 020
RCW 28A.604.020: Student personal information—Information about collection and use—Changes to privacy policies—Access to and correction of information—Application to education data center.
Status: in_force

(1) School service providers shall provide clear and easy to understand information about the types of student personal information they collect and about how they use and share the student personal information. (2) School service providers shall provide prominent notice before making material changes to their privacy policies for school services. (3) School service providers shall facilitate access to and correction of student personal information by students or their parent or guardian either directly or through the relevant educational institution or teacher. (4) Where the school service is offered to an educational institution or teacher, information required by subsections (1) and (2) of this section may be provided to the educational institution or teacher. (5) The provisions of this section do not apply to the education data center established under RCW 43.41.400 , but do apply to any subcontractors of the education data center.
RCW 28B.124.010 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 124 / Section 010
RCW 28B.124.010: Intent—Access to the Washington college grant.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the intent of the legislature to remove barriers for students enrolled in a state registered apprenticeship program under chapter 49.04 RCW to access the Washington college grant. (2) It is the goal of the legislature that students enrolled in state registered apprenticeship programs and receiving related supplemental instruction at a community and technical college have access to the Washington college grant through the financial aid office at their college. The Washington student achievement council shall verify access to the Washington college grant for students enrolled in state registered apprenticeship programs receiving their related supplemental instruction other than at a community and technical college. (3) The state board for community and technical colleges must fully implement this goal by the beginning of the 2025-26 academic year. (4) As part of the implementation process, the state board for community and technical colleges must collaborate with the office of student financial assistance, as defined in RCW 28B.92.030 , to create a student information technology interface to simplify the application, verification of registration, eligibility, and award to students. (5) The state board for community and technical colleges and the office of student financial assistance must establish data-sharing agreements with other state agencies to verify student data.
RCW 28A.300.840 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 840
RCW 28A.300.840: Media literacy and digital citizenship—Grant program.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall establish a grant program for the purposes of supporting media literacy and digital citizenship through school district leadership teams. The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall establish and publish criteria for the grant program, and may accept gifts, grants, or endowments from public or private sources for the grant program. (b) A school district that receives a grant under this section is not prohibited from receiving a grant in subsequent grant cycles. (2)(a) For a school district to qualify for a grant under this section, the grant proposal must provide that the grantee create a district leadership team that develops a curriculum unit on media literacy or digital citizenship, or both, that may be integrated into one of the following areas: (i) Social studies; (ii) English language arts; or (iii) Health. (b) School districts selected under the grant program are expected to evaluate the curriculum unit they develop under this subsection (2). (c) In developing their curriculum unit, school districts selected under the grant program are encouraged to work with school district teacher-librarians or a school district library information technology program, if applicable. (3) The establishment of the grant program under this section is subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose. (4) The curriculum unit developed under this section must be made available as an open educational resource. (5)(a) Up to 10 grants a year awarded under this section must be for establishing media literacy professional learning communities with the purpose of sharing best practices in the subject of media literacy. (b)(i) Grant recipients under this subsection (5) are required to develop an online presence for their community to model new strategies and to share ideas, challenges, and successful practices. (ii) Grant recipients shall attend the group meetings created by the office of the superintendent of public instruction under (c) of this subsection (5). (c) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall convene group meetings for the purpose of sharing best practices and strategies in media literacy education. (d) Additional activities permitted for the use of these grants include, but are not limited to: (i) Organizing teachers from across a school district to develop new instructional strategies and to share successful strategies; (ii) Sharing successful practices across a group of school districts; and (iii) Facilitating coordination between educational service districts and school districts to provide training. (6)(a) At least one grant awarded in each award cycle must be for developing and using a curriculum that contains a focus on synthetic media as a major component. (b) For the purposes of this section, "synthetic media" means an image, an audio recording, or a video recording of an individual's appearance, speech, or conduct that has been intentionally manipulated with the use of digital technology in a manner to create a realistic but false image, audio, or video. (7) This section expires July 31, 2031.
RCW 28B.10.904 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 904
RCW 28B.10.904: Hazing—Code of conduct—Educational program.
Status: in_force

(1) Each public and private institution of higher education shall prohibit in its code of conduct hazing off campus as well as on campus. (2) Beginning with the 2022 fall term, each public and private institution of higher education shall provide students with an educational program on hazing and the dangers of and prohibition on hazing, which shall include information regarding hazing awareness, prevention, intervention, and the institution's policy on hazing. The educational program may be offered in person or electronically. The institution must incorporate the educational program as part of new student orientation sessions. The educational program must be posted on each institution's public website for parents, legal guardians, and volunteers to view. (3) Institutional materials on student rights and responsibilities given to student organizations, athletic teams, or living groups, either electronically or in hard copy form, shall include a statement on the institution's antihazing policy and on the dangers of hazing.
RCW 28A.345.090 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 345 / Section 090
RCW 28A.345.090: Model school district discipline policies—Adoption and enforcement by school districts.
Status: in_force

(1) The Washington state school directors' association shall create model school district discipline policies and procedures and post these models publicly by December 1, 2016. In developing these model policies and procedures, the association shall request technical assistance and guidance from the equity and civil rights office within the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the Washington state human rights commission. The model policies and procedures shall be updated as necessary. (2) School districts shall adopt and enforce discipline policies and procedures consistent with the model policy by the beginning of the 2017-18 school year.
RCW 28A.230.158 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 230 / Section 158
RCW 28A.230.158: Disability history month—Activities.
Status: in_force

Annually, during the month of October, each public school shall conduct or promote educational activities that provide instruction, awareness, and understanding of disability history and people with disabilities. The activities may include, but not be limited to, school assemblies or guest speaker presentations.
RCW 28A.210.160 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 210 / Section 160
RCW 28A.210.160: Immunization program—Rules.
Status: in_force

The superintendent of public instruction with regard to public schools and the state board of education with regard to private schools, in consultation with the state board of health, shall each adopt rules pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW that establish the procedural and substantive due process requirements governing the exclusion of children from schools pursuant to RCW 28A.210.120 .
RCW 28B.30.638 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 30 / Section 638
RCW 28B.30.638: Puget Sound water quality field agents program—Captions not law.
Status: in_force

Captions as used in RCW 28B.30.630 through 28B.30.638 constitute no part of the law.
RCW 28B.85.020 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 85 / Section 020
RCW 28B.85.020: Council's duties—Rule-making authority.
Status: in_force

(1) The council: (a) Shall adopt by rule, in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW, minimum standards for degree-granting institutions concerning granting of degrees, quality of education, unfair business practices, financial stability, and other necessary measures to protect citizens of this state against substandard, fraudulent, or deceptive practices. The rules shall require that an institution operating in Washington: (i) Be accredited; (ii) Have applied for accreditation and such application is pending before the accrediting agency; (iii) Have been granted a waiver by the council waiving the requirement of accreditation; or (iv) Have been granted an exemption by the council from the requirements of this subsection (1)(a), provided that any such exemption shall not suspend, supersede, or reduce student consumer protections or the authority of the council to investigate and enforce provisions of this chapter; (b) May investigate any entity the council reasonably believes to be subject to the jurisdiction of this chapter. In connection with the investigation, the council may administer oaths and affirmations, issue subpoenas and compel attendance, take evidence, and require the production of any books, papers, correspondence, memorandums, or other records which the council deems relevant or material to the investigation. The council, including its staff and any other authorized persons, may conduct site inspections, the cost of which shall be borne by the institution, and examine records of all institutions subject to this chapter; (c) Is responsible for maintaining and developing interstate reciprocity agreements with other state or multistate entities if the agreements are consistent with the purposes in this chapter as determined by the council, and provided that, beginning July 1, 2028, the agreements: (i) Do not suspend, supersede, or reduce student consumer protections or the authority of the council to investigate and enforce provisions of this chapter; (ii) Maintain the authority and capabilities of the council to investigate complaints of students who are residents of, or domiciled in, Washington in regard to compliance provisions of this chapter for distance, online, or other degree programs; (iii) Do not reduce surety or bond requirements for institutions adopted by the council pursuant to this chapter; and (iv) Ensure disclosure of any investigation, suspension, or provisional status relating to either financial instability, eligibility for participation in federal or state financial aid programs, or accreditation requirements to the council and students of the institutions, or prospective students, residing in Washington; (d) May enter into agreements with degree-granting institutions of higher education based in this state, that are otherwise exempt under the provisions of (a) of this subsection, for the purpose of ensuring consistent consumer protection in interstate distance delivery of higher education; (e) Shall develop an interagency agreement with the workforce training and education coordinating board to regulate degree-granting private vocational schools with respect to degree and nondegree programs; and (f) Shall develop and disseminate information to the public about entities that sell or award degrees without requiring appropriate academic achievement at the postsecondary level, including but not limited to, a description of the substandard and potentially fraudulent practices of these entities, and advice about how the public can recognize and avoid the entities. To the extent feasible, the information shall include links to additional resources that may assist the public in identifying specific institutions offering substandard or fraudulent degree programs. (2) Financial disclosures provided to the council by degree-granting private vocational schools are not subject to public disclosure under chapter 42.56 RCW to the extent that such records are exempt from disclosure by the federal government and are not relied on as part of federal or state determinations relating to (a) eligibility of students enrolled in the institution to receive federal or state financial aid; (b) the level of surety or bond required to be maintained by the institution; or (c) resolving any investigation relating to the ability of the institution to offer educational programs authorized by the council or workforce training and education coordinating board. (3)(a) If the governing council of state authorization reciprocity agreements has not amended its bylaws and policies to provide student consumer protections equivalent to those established in chapter 82, Laws of 2025 by July 1, 2028, the student achievement council shall undertake a review of continuing participation in state authorization reciprocity agreements and may initiate alternative arrangements with individual states or groups of states. The student achievement council shall determine whether the governing council's bylaws and policies provide equivalent protections. (b) By December 31, 2026, the student achievement council shall report, in compliance with RCW 43.01.036 , to the appropriate committees of the legislature on whether the governing council of state authorization reciprocity agreements has amended its bylaws and policies, or is likely to amend its bylaws and policies, by July 1, 2028. (c) If the student achievement council determines that the bylaws and policies of state authorization reciprocity agreements do not provide for such equivalent student consumer protections, then the student achievement council shall establish a process for administering interstate reciprocity agreements for distance education outside of state authorization reciprocity agreements and for facilitating a smooth transition of the administration by July 1, 2028. (4) For purposes of this section, "prospective student" includes any resident who has submitted an application, all or in part, for admission or acceptance to a program of an institution, and anyone who the institution is soliciting to enroll.
RCW 28B.50.531 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 531
RCW 28B.50.531: Dual high school and college credit for secondary career and technical courses—Agreements.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the legislature's intent to recognize and support the work of community and technical colleges, high schools, and skill centers in creating articulation and dual credit agreements for career and technical education students, in part by codifying current practice. (2) Community and technical colleges shall create agreements with high schools and skill centers to offer dual high school and college credit for secondary career and technical courses. Agreements shall be subject to approval by the chief instructional officer of the college and the principal and the career and technical education director of the high school or the executive director of the skill center. (3) Community and technical colleges may create dual credit agreements with high schools and skill centers that are located outside the college district boundary or service area. (4) If a community or technical college has created an agreement with a high school or skill center to offer college credit for a secondary career and technical course, all community and technical colleges shall accept the course for an equal amount of college credit.
RCW 28B.145.070 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 145 / Section 070
RCW 28B.145.070: Reports—Review for legislative action.
Status: in_force

(1) Annually each December 1st, the board, together with the program administrator, shall report to the council, the governor, and the appropriate committees of the legislature regarding the rural jobs program, the opportunity scholarship program, and the opportunity expansion program, including but not limited to: (a) Which education programs the board determined were eligible for purposes of the opportunity scholarship and which high employer demand fields within eligible counties were identified for purposes of the rural jobs program; (b) The number of applicants for the opportunity scholarship and rural jobs program, disaggregated, to the extent possible, by race, ethnicity, gender, county of origin, age, and median family income; (c) The number of participants in the opportunity scholarship program and rural jobs program, disaggregated, to the extent possible, by race, ethnicity, gender, county of origin, age, and median family income; (d) The number and amount of the scholarships actually awarded, whether the scholarships were paid from the student support pathways account, the scholarship account, or the endowment account, and the number and amount of scholarships actually awarded under the rural jobs program; (e) The institutions and eligible education programs in which opportunity scholarship participants enrolled, together with data regarding participants' completion and graduation, and the institutions and programs in which recipients of the rural jobs program scholarship enrolled, together with recipients' data on completion and graduation; (f) The total amount of private contributions and state match moneys received for the rural jobs program and the opportunity scholarship program, how the funds under the opportunity scholarship program were distributed between the student support pathways account, the scholarship account, and the endowment account, the interest or other earnings on all the accounts created under this chapter, and the amount of any administrative fee paid to the program administrator; (g) Identification of the programs the board selected to receive opportunity expansion awards and the amount of such awards; and (h) For local government partners as defined in RCW 28B.145.140 : (i) The total amount of private contributions and state match moneys received; and (ii) The total number of students served by each local government partner. (2) In the next succeeding legislative session following receipt of a report required under subsection (1) of this section, the appropriate committees of the legislature shall review the report and consider whether any legislative action is necessary with respect to the rural jobs program, the opportunity scholarship program, or the opportunity expansion program, including but not limited to consideration of whether any legislative action is necessary with respect to the nature and level of focus on high employer demand fields and the number and amount of scholarships.
RCW 28A.700.110 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 700 / Section 110
RCW 28A.700.110: Enhanced manufacturing skills programs—Grants to skill centers—Selection criteria—Data collection by education data center—Reports.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to funds appropriated for this purpose, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall allocate grants to skill centers to implement enhanced manufacturing skills programs. Grant funds must be allocated on a one-time basis and may be used to purchase or improve program curriculum, purchase course equipment, and support professional development for program teachers. The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall consult and team with the community and technical colleges' center of excellence for aerospace and advanced materials manufacturing regarding the developing aerospace program of study and industry career needs as well as other community and technical college manufacturing programs. This information must assist the office of the superintendent of public instruction in refining specific aspects to the criteria in subsection (2) of this section and leveraging advantages and opportunities for students in selected skill centers. (2) The superintendent of public instruction must select grant recipients based on the criteria in this subsection (2). This is a competitive grant process. Successful skill center applicants must: (a) Demonstrate that enhanced manufacturing skills programs meet industry certification standards; (b) Demonstrate engaged and committed skill center and school district leadership and faculty in support of the program; (c) Demonstrate capacity to offer the enhanced manufacturing skills programs and maximize the use of grant resources addressing: Availability of appropriate physical space, meeting program technology requirements, providing projected enrollment from area high schools and students from area community and technical colleges if space is available, planned hours and days each week the program is to be offered, and other specific program requirements set forth by the office of the superintendent of public instruction; (d) Demonstrate linkages to programs at local community and technical colleges and private technical schools to provide a seamless pathway for students to continue their education and career preparation beyond high school; (e) Demonstrate a history of successful partnerships within the community and partner support for implementing an enhanced manufacturing skills program that includes one or more of the following: Apprenticeships, supplying materials, instruction support, internships, mentorships, and other program components; (f) Provide the plan for program implementation that includes a beginning date for first classes as well as plans for recruiting and retaining students in the program; and (g) Demonstrate capacity to continue the program in years succeeding the initial grant year. (3) The education research center in the office of financial management must collect enhanced manufacturing skills programs student participation and completion data for grant recipient skill centers. The center must follow students to employment or further training and education in the two years following the students' completion of the program. Findings must be reported beginning in January 2014 and each January thereafter through January 2018 to the governor, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, other appropriate state agencies, and the appropriate education and fiscal committees of the legislature.
RCW 28A.505.030 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 505 / Section 030
RCW 28A.505.030: District fiscal year.
Status: in_force

Beginning September 1, 1977 the fiscal year for all school districts shall be September 1 through August 31.
RCW 28A.194.020 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 194 / Section 020
RCW 28A.194.020: Definition.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, "adult jail facility" means an adult jail operated under the authority of chapter 70.48 RCW.
RCW 28B.76.525 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 76 / Section 525
RCW 28B.76.525: State financial aid account.
Status: in_force

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(1) The state financial aid account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. The primary purpose of the account is to ensure that all appropriations designated for financial aid through statewide student financial aid programs are made available to eligible students. The account shall be a nontreasury account. (2) The office shall deposit in the account all money received for the Washington college grant program established under chapter 28B.92 RCW, the state work-study program established under chapter 28B.12 RCW, the Washington scholars program established under RCW 28A.600.110 , the Washington award for vocational excellence program established under RCW 28C.04.525 , and the educational opportunity grant program established under *chapter 28B.101 RCW. The account shall consist of funds appropriated by the legislature for the programs listed in this subsection and private contributions to the programs. Moneys deposited in the account do not lapse at the close of the fiscal period for which they were appropriated. Both during and after the fiscal period in which moneys were deposited in the account, the office may expend moneys in the account only for the purposes for which they were appropriated, and the expenditures are subject to any other conditions or limitations placed on the appropriations. (3) Expenditures from the account shall be used for scholarships to students eligible for the programs according to program rules and policies. For the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium, expenditures may also be used for scholarship awards in the passport to career program established under chapter 28B.117 RCW. It is the intent of the legislature that this policy will be continued in subsequent fiscal biennia. (4) Disbursements from the account are exempt from appropriations and the allotment provisions of chapter 43.88 RCW. (5) Only the director of the office or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. (6) During the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, the legislature may direct the state treasurer to transfer money in the state financial aid account to the state general fund.
RCW 28B.10.631 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 631
RCW 28B.10.631: Bridge-funding programs—Establishment and administration.
Status: in_force

To support the formation of companies created around the technologies developed at state universities, the state universities are authorized to establish and administer bridge-funding programs for start-up companies using funds from the federal government and the private sector.
RCW 28B.10.360 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 360
RCW 28B.10.360: Educational and career opportunities in the military, student access to information on, when.
Status: in_force

If a public institution of higher education provides access to the campus and the student information directory to persons or groups which make students aware of occupational or educational options, the institution of higher education shall provide access on the same basis to official recruiting representatives of the military forces of the state and the United States for the purpose of informing students of educational and career opportunities available in the military.
RCW 28A.175.074 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 175 / Section 074
RCW 28A.175.074: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout section 3, chapter 243, Laws of 2010 and RCW 28A.175.075 unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Critical community members" means representatives in the local community from among the following agencies and organizations: Student/parent organizations, parents and families, local government, law enforcement, juvenile corrections, any tribal organization in the local school district, the local health district, nonprofit and social service organizations serving youth, and faith organizations. (2) "Dropout early warning and intervention data system" means a student information system that provides the data needed to conduct a universal screening to identify students at risk of dropping out, catalog student interventions, and monitor student progress towards graduation. (3) "K-12 dropout prevention, intervention, and reengagement system" means a system that provides all of the following functions: (a) Engaging in school improvement planning specifically focused on improving high school graduation rates, including goal-setting and action planning, based on a comprehensive assessment of strengths and challenges; (b) Providing prevention activities including, but not limited to, emotionally and physically safe school environments, implementation of a comprehensive guidance and counseling model facilitated by certified school counselors, core academic instruction, and career and technical education exploratory and preparatory programs; (c) Identifying vulnerable students based on a dropout early warning and intervention data system; (d) Timely academic and nonacademic group and individual interventions for vulnerable students based on a response to intervention model, including planning and sharing of information at critical academic transitions; (e) Providing graduation coaches, mentors, certified school counselors, and/or case managers for vulnerable students identified as needing a more intensive one-on-one adult relationship; (f) Establishing and providing staff to coordinate a school/family/community partnership that assists in building a K-12 dropout prevention, intervention, and reengagement system; (g) Providing retrieval or reentry activities; and (h) Providing alternative educational programming including, but not limited to, credit retrieval and online learning opportunities. (4) "School/family/community partnership" means a partnership between a school or schools, families, and the community, that engages critical community members in a formal, structured partnership with local school districts in a coordinated effort to provide comprehensive support services and improve outcomes for vulnerable youth. (5) "Vulnerable students" means students who are in foster care, involved in the juvenile justice system, receiving special education services under chapter 28A.155 RCW, recent immigrants, homeless, emotionally traumatized, or are facing behavioral health issues, and students deemed at-risk of school failure as identified by a dropout early warning data system or other assessment.
RCW 28A.530.010 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 530 / Section 010
RCW 28A.530.010: Directors may borrow money, issue bonds.
Status: in_force

The board of directors of any school district may borrow money and issue negotiable bonds therefor for the purpose of: (1) Funding outstanding indebtedness or bonds theretofore issued; or (2) For the purchase of sites for all buildings, playgrounds, physical education and athletic facilities and structures authorized by law or necessary or proper to carry out the functions of a school district; or (3) For erecting all buildings authorized by law, including but not limited to those mentioned in subsection (2) of this section immediately above or necessary or proper to carry out the functions of a school district, and providing the necessary furniture, apparatus, or equipment therefor; or (4) For improving the energy efficiency of school district buildings and/or installing systems and components to utilize renewable and/or inexhaustible energy resources; or (5) For major and minor structural changes and structural additions to buildings, structures, facilities and sites necessary or proper to carrying out the functions of the school district; or (6) For payment of (a) an installment purchase contract for school plant facilities or (b) a financing lease the term of which is ten years or longer and that contains an option by the school district to purchase the leased property for nominal consideration, but only to the extent such payment constitutes a capital expenditure; or (7) For any or all of these and other capital purposes. Neither the amount of money borrowed nor bonds issued therefor shall exceed the limitation of indebtedness prescribed by chapter 39.36 RCW, as now or hereafter amended. Except for bonds issued under RCW 28A.530.080 , bonds may be issued only when authorized by the vote of the qualified electors of the district as provided by law. The bonds shall be issued and sold in accordance with chapter 39.46 RCW.
RCW 28C.30.020 — Washington Code / Title 28C / Chapter 30 / Section 020
RCW 28C.30.020: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Career awareness and exploration" means programs, activities, and events that provide early exposure to jobs and industries. "Career awareness and exploration" are structured programs that include job fairs, guest speakers, job shadows, jobsite tours, and other similar activities. (2) "Career connected learning" means a learning experience that is integrated with work-related content and skills in the following three categories: (a) Career awareness and exploration; (b) career preparation; and (c) career launch. "Career connected learning" includes work-integrated learning and work-integrated experiences. (3)(a) "Career launch programs" means registered apprenticeships and programs that combine the following three elements: (i) Supervised paid work experience; (ii) Aligned classroom learning to academic and employer standards. For career launch programs involving the K-12 system, aligned classroom learning must meet educational requirements and standards of the office of the superintendent of public instruction; and (iii) Culmination in a valuable credential beyond a high school diploma or forty-five college credits towards a two-year or four-year postsecondary credential. (b) "Career launch programs" include the elements in (a) of this subsection and may be achieved through, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: (i) A state-approved career and technical education sequence of courses or program of study that include requirements in alignment with RCW 28A.700.030 ; (ii) A qualifying degree or credential earned through a community or technical college or university. (c) "Career launch programs" may be initiated in a secondary education system and completed in a postsecondary education system, or first year of paid employment, as long as all parties jointly plan the program. (d) "Career launch programs" must be endorsed through the process created under RCW 28C.30.040 (1)(a). (4) "Career preparation programs" means programs that give students hands-on skills and knowledge experience within a particular business, career track, or industry, and help prepare students to work in a professional setting. "Career preparation programs" include career and technical education courses, on-site internships, preapprenticeship programs, and other similar opportunities. (5) "Complete Washington" means the program established in the 2018 omnibus operating appropriations act, section 117, chapter 299, Laws of 2018, for the purpose of connecting prior learning with postsecondary degree completion. (6) "Work group" means the career connected learning cross-agency work group established in RCW 28C.30.030 . (7) "Work-integrated learning" has the meaning provided in RCW 28A.630.135 .
RCW 28A.190.085 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 190 / Section 085
RCW 28A.190.085: Office of the education ombuds—Notification.
Status: in_force

Institutional education providers must comply with the requirements in RCW 28A.600.510 (1), related to provision of information about the office of the education ombuds.
RCW 28A.235.150 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 235 / Section 150
RCW 28A.235.150: School breakfast and lunch programs—Grants to increase participation—Increased state support.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) To the extent funds are appropriated for this specific purpose, the superintendent of public instruction may award grants to school districts to: (i) Increase awareness of and participation in school breakfast and lunch programs, including breakfast after the bell programs; (ii) Improve program quality, including the nutritional content of program food and the promotion of nutritious food choices by students; (iii) Promote innovative school-based programs, including but not limited to developing gardens that provide produce used in school breakfast or lunch programs; and (iv) Improve the equipment and facilities used in the programs. (b) If applicable, school districts shall demonstrate that they have applied for applicable federal funds before applying for funds under this subsection. (2) To the extent funds are appropriated for this specific purpose, the superintendent of public instruction shall increase the state support for school breakfasts and lunches, including breakfast after the bell programs. (3) As used in this section, "breakfast after the bell" has the definition in RCW 28A.235.200 .
RCW 28A.300.235 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 235
RCW 28A.300.235: Development of model curriculum integrating vocational and academic education.
Status: in_force

The superintendent of public instruction shall with the advice of the workforce training and education coordinating board develop model curriculum integrating vocational and academic education at the secondary level. The curriculum shall integrate vocational education for gainful employment with education in the academic subjects of English, math, science/technology, geography, and history, and with education in critical thinking. Upon completion, the model curriculum shall be provided for consideration and use by school districts.
RCW 28B.20.116 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 20 / Section 116
RCW 28B.20.116: Regents—Expenses.
Status: in_force

See RCW 28B.10.525 .
RCW 28A.657.110 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 657 / Section 110
RCW 28A.657.110: Accountability framework for system of support for challenged schools—Washington achievement index—Recognition of schools for exemplary performance—Use of state system to replace federal accountability system.
Status: in_force

(1) By November 1, 2013, the state board of education shall propose rules for adoption establishing an accountability framework that creates a unified system of support for challenged schools that aligns with basic education, increases the level of support based upon the magnitude of need, and uses data for decisions. The board must seek input from the public and interested groups in developing the framework. Based on the framework, the superintendent of public instruction shall design a comprehensive system of specific strategies for recognition, provision of differentiated support and targeted assistance, and, if necessary, requiring intervention in schools and school districts. The superintendent shall submit the system design to the state board of education for review. The state board of education shall recommend approval or modification of the system design to the superintendent no later than January 1, 2014, and the system must be implemented statewide no later than the 2014-15 school year. To the extent state funds are appropriated for this purpose, the system must apply equally to Title I, Title I-eligible, and non-Title I schools in the state. (2) The state board of education shall develop a Washington achievement index to identify schools and school districts for recognition, for continuous improvement, and for additional state support. The index shall be based on criteria that are fair, consistent, and transparent. Performance shall be measured using multiple outcomes and indicators including, but not limited to, graduation rates and results from statewide assessments. The index shall be developed in such a way as to be easily understood by both employees within the schools and school districts, as well as parents and community members. It is the legislature's intent that the index provide feedback to schools and school districts to self-assess their progress, and enable the identification of schools with exemplary performance and those that need assistance to overcome challenges in order to achieve exemplary performance. (3) The state board of education, in cooperation with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, shall annually recognize schools for exemplary performance as measured on the Washington achievement index. The state board of education shall have ongoing collaboration with the educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee regarding the measures used to measure the closing of the achievement gaps and the recognition provided to the school districts for closing the achievement gaps. (4) In coordination with the superintendent of public instruction, the state board of education shall seek approval from the United States department of education for use of the Washington achievement index and the state system of differentiated support, assistance, and intervention to replace the federal accountability system under P.L. 107-110, the no child left behind act of 2001. (5) The state board of education shall work with the education data center established within the office of financial management and the technical working group established in *RCW 28A.290.020 to determine the feasibility of using the prototypical funding allocation model as not only a tool for allocating resources to schools and school districts but also as a tool for schools and school districts to report to the state legislature and the state board of education on how the state resources received are being used.
RCW 28A.343.610 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 343 / Section 610
RCW 28A.343.610: First-class districts having city with population of 400,000 people or more—Directors' terms.
Status: in_force

After July 1, 1979, the election of directors of any first-class school district having within its boundaries a city with a population of four hundred thousand people or more, shall be to four year terms. The initial four year terms required by this section shall commence upon the expiration of terms in existence at July 1, 1979. Nothing in chapter 183, Laws of 1979 ex. sess. shall affect the term of office of any incumbent director of any such first-class school district.
RCW 28A.320.235 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 320 / Section 235
RCW 28A.320.235: Supplemental instructional materials—Policies and procedures—Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) By the beginning of the 2025-26 school year, each school district board of directors shall adopt or revise as necessary policies and procedures governing requested reviews and removals of supplemental instructional materials. The policies and procedures must: (a) Include a summary of, and citation to, the requirements governing supplemental instructional materials established in RCW 28A.320.233 ; (b) Require that requests for the review and potential removal of supplemental instructional materials be in writing from a parent and submitted to the applicable certificated teacher or teacher-librarian and school principal; (c) Seek to resolve requests for reviews and potential removals of supplemental instructional materials at the school building level through, if requested by the parent, a meeting with the parent, the applicable certificated teacher or teacher-librarian, and school principal; (d) Require, if a resolution cannot be agreed upon with the parent and the school principal, and following a review of the supplemental instructional materials by the principal, in consultation with a teacher-librarian of the school district if one is available, the principal to provide a written decision on whether to remove the materials within: (i) 30 days of the meeting with the parent; or (ii) 60 days of receiving the request under (b) of this subsection if the parent does not request to meet with school personnel as provided in (c) of this subsection; and (e) Provide a process for appealing decisions of principals, either by the parent or the applicable certificated teacher or teacher-librarian, 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) may not be reconsidered for a minimum of three years unless there is a substantive change of circumstances as determined by the superintendent. (2) Decisions made in accordance with subsection (1)(d) and (e) of this section must be in conformity with RCW 28A.320.233 and may be limited in application to only the student or students of the parent who submitted the complaint. (3) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (a) "Parent" means a parent or legal guardian of a student who is enrolled in the school or school district; (b) "Supplemental instructional materials" or "materials" means: (i) Materials in school libraries; and (ii) educational materials that are not expressly required by the school or school district and are instead selected at the discretion of a certificated teacher or teacher-librarian for materials in school libraries; and (c) "Teacher-librarian" has the same meaning as in RCW 28A.320.240 . (4) 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 to the same extent as it applies to school districts.
RCW 28B.30.300 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 30 / Section 300
RCW 28B.30.300: State treasurer to report annually on university assets held in trust.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the state treasurer to make a report to the board of regents of Washington State University on or as soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, which shall contain a complete detailed statement as to the status of any university assets held in trust by the treasurer and the annual income therefrom.
RCW 28B.30.742 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 30 / Section 742
RCW 28B.30.742: Washington State University bond retirement fund—Disposition of certain revenues from agricultural college lands.
Status: in_force

Whenever federal law shall permit all moneys received from the lease or rental of lands set apart by the enabling act for an agricultural college, all interest or income arising from the proceeds of the sale of such lands or of the timber, fallen timber, stone, gravel or other valuable material thereon, except for investment income derived pursuant to RCW 43.84.080 and, less the allocation to the state investment board expense account pursuant to RCW 43.33A.160 ; and all moneys received as interest on deferred payments on contracts for the sale of such lands shall be deposited in the Washington State University bond retirement fund to be expended for the purposes set forth in RCW 28B.30.740 .
RCW 28A.415.025 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 415 / Section 025
RCW 28A.415.025: Internship clock hours—Rules.
Status: in_force

The professional educator standards board shall establish rules for awarding clock hours for participation of certificated personnel in internships with business, industry, or government. To receive clock hours for an internship, the individual must demonstrate that the internship will provide beneficial skills and knowledge in an area directly related to his or her current assignment, or to his or her assignment for the following school year. An individual may not receive more than the equivalent of two college quarter credits for internships during a calendar-year period. The total number of credits for internships that an individual may earn to advance on the salary schedule developed by the legislative evaluation and accountability program committee or its successor agency is limited to the equivalent of fifteen college quarter credits.
RCW 28B.10.680 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 680
RCW 28B.10.680: Precollege coursework—Findings—Intent.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that some college students who have recently graduated from high school must immediately enroll in one or more precollege classes before they can proceed successfully through college. The legislature also finds that these students should have received basic skills in English, reading, spelling, grammar, and mathematics before graduating from high school. It is the intent of the legislature that colleges and universities provide information to school districts about recent graduates who enroll in precollege classes. It is also the intent of the legislature to encourage institutions of higher education and the common schools to work together to solve problems of common concern.
RCW 28B.20.725 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 20 / Section 725
RCW 28B.20.725: Additional powers of board—Issuance of bonds, investments, transfer of funds, etc.
Status: in_force

The board is hereby empowered: (1) To reserve the right to issue bonds later on a parity with any bonds being issued; (2) To authorize the investing of moneys in the bond retirement fund and any reserve account therein; (3) To authorize the transfer of money from the University of Washington building account to the bond retirement fund when necessary to prevent a default in the payments required to be made out of such fund; (4) To create a reserve account or accounts in the bond retirement fund to secure the payment of the principal of and interest on any bonds; (5) To authorize the transfer to the University of Washington building account of any money on deposit in the bond retirement fund in excess of debt service for a period of three years from the date of such transfer on all outstanding bonds payable out of such fund. However, during the 2023-2025 and 2025-2027 fiscal biennia, the legislature may transfer to the University of Washington building account moneys that are in excess of the debt service due within the respective fiscal biennium from the date of such transfer on all outstanding bonds payable out of the bond retirement fund.
RCW 28A.300.405 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 405
RCW 28A.300.405: Kip Tokuda memorial Washington civil liberties public education program—Created—Purpose.
Status: in_force

Consistent with the legislative findings in RCW 28A.300.390 , the legislature shall establish the Kip Tokuda memorial Washington civil liberties public education program. The program provides grants for the purpose of establishing a legacy of remembrance as part of a continuing process of recovery from the World War II exclusion and detention of individuals of Japanese ancestry. The program is created to do one or both of the following: (1) Educate the public regarding the history and the lessons of the World War II exclusion, removal, and detention of persons of Japanese ancestry through the development, coordination, and distribution of new educational materials and the development of curriculum materials to complement and augment resources currently available on this subject matter; and (2) Develop videos, plays, presentations, speaker bureaus, and exhibitions for presentation to elementary schools, secondary schools, community colleges, and to other interested parties.
RCW 28B.15.556 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 15 / Section 556
RCW 28B.15.556: Waiver of tuition and fees for students of foreign nations—Authorized—Limitations.
Status: in_force

Subject to the limitations of RCW 28B.15.910 , the governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, and The Evergreen State College may waive all or a portion of the tuition , and services and activities fees for undergraduate or graduate students of foreign nations subject to the following limitations: (1) No more than the equivalent of one hundred waivers may be awarded to undergraduate or graduate students of foreign nations at each of the two state universities; (2) No more than the equivalent of twenty waivers may be awarded to undergraduate or graduate students of foreign nations at each of the regional universities and The Evergreen State College; (3) Priority in the awarding of waivers shall be given to students on academic exchanges or academic special programs sponsored by recognized international educational organizations; and (4) An undergraduate or graduate student of a foreign nation receiving a waiver under this section is not eligible for any other waiver. The waiver programs under this section, to the greatest extent possible, shall promote reciprocal placements and waivers in foreign nations for Washington residents. The number of waivers awarded by each institution shall not exceed the number of that institution's own students enrolled in approved study programs abroad during the same period.
RCW 28A.300.464 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 464
RCW 28A.300.464: Financial education public-private partnership—Contents of report.
Status: in_force

The annual report from the financial education public-private partnership, provided funds are available, shall include: (1) Results from the jumpstart survey of personal financial literacy; (2) Progress toward statewide adoption of financial education standards by school districts; (3) Professional development activities related to equipping teachers with the knowledge and skills to teach financial education; (4) Activities related to financial education curriculum development; and (5) Any recommendations for policies or other activities to support financial education instruction in public schools.
RCW 28A.600.050 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 600 / Section 050
RCW 28A.600.050: State honors awards program established—Purpose.
Status: in_force

The Washington state honors awards program is hereby established for the purpose of promoting academic achievement among high school students enrolled in public or approved private high schools by recognizing outstanding achievement of students in academic core subjects. This program shall be voluntary on the part of each school district and each student enrolled in high school.
RCW 28C.18.164 — Washington Code / Title 28C / Chapter 18 / Section 164
RCW 28C.18.164: Opportunity internship program—Opportunity internship consortia—Contracts—Federal funds.
Status: in_force

(1) Opportunity internship consortia may apply to the board to offer an opportunity internship program. (a) The board, in consultation with the Washington state apprenticeship and training council, may select those consortia that demonstrate the strongest commitment and readiness to implement a high quality opportunity internship program for low-income high school students. The board shall place a priority on consortia with demonstrated experience working with similar populations of students and demonstrated capacity to assist a large number of students through the progression of internship or preapprenticeship, high school graduation, postsecondary education, and retention in a high-demand occupation. The board shall place a priority on programs that emphasize secondary career and technical education and nonbaccalaureate postsecondary education; however, programs that target four-year postsecondary degrees are eligible to participate. (b)(i) Except as provided in (b)(ii) of this subsection (1), the board shall enter into a contract with each consortium selected to participate in the program. No more than ten consortia per year shall be selected to participate in the program, and to the extent possible, the board shall assure a geographic distribution of consortia in regions across the state emphasizing a variety of targeted industries. Each consortium may select no more than one hundred low-income high school students per year to participate in the program. (ii) For fiscal years 2011 through 2013, the board shall enter into a contract with each consortium selected to participate in the program. No more than twelve consortia per year shall be selected to participate in the program, and to the extent possible, the board shall assure a geographic distribution of consortia in regions across the state emphasizing a variety of targeted industries. No more than five thousand low-income high school students per year may be selected to participate in the program. (2) Under the terms of an opportunity internship program contract, an opportunity internship consortium shall commit to the following activities which shall be conducted using existing federal, state, local, or private funds available to the consortium: (a) Identify high-demand occupations in targeted industries for which opportunity internships or preapprenticeships shall be developed and provided; (b) Develop and implement the components of opportunity internships, including paid or unpaid internships or preapprenticeships of at least ninety hours in length in high-demand occupations with employers in the consortium, mentoring and guidance for students who participate in the program, assistance with applications for postsecondary programs and financial aid, and a guarantee of a job interview with a participating employer for all opportunity internship graduates who successfully complete a postsecondary program of study; (c) Once the internship or preapprenticeship components have been developed, conduct outreach efforts to inform low-income high school students about high-demand occupations, the opportunity internship program, options for postsecondary programs of study, and the incentives and opportunities provided to students who participate in the program; (d) Obtain appropriate documentation of the low-income status of students who participate in the program; (e) Maintain communication with opportunity internship graduates of the consortium who enroll in postsecondary programs of study; and (f) Submit an annual report to the board on the progress of and participation in the opportunity internship program of the consortium. (3) Opportunity internship consortia are encouraged to: (a) Provide paid opportunity internships or preapprenticeships, including during the summer months to encourage students to stay enrolled in high school; (b) Work with high schools to offer opportunity internships as approved worksite learning experiences where students can earn high school credit; (c) Designate the local workforce development council as fiscal agent for the opportunity internship program contract; (d) Work with area high schools to incorporate the opportunity internship program into comprehensive guidance and counseling programs such as the navigation 101 program; and (e) Coordinate the opportunity internship program with other workforce development and postsecondary education programs, including opportunity grants, the college bound scholarship program, federal workforce innovation and opportunity act initiatives, and college access challenge grants. (4) The board shall seek federal funds that may be used to support the opportunity internship program, including providing the incentive payments under RCW 28C.18.168 .
RCW 28A.255.020 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 255 / Section 020
RCW 28A.255.020: Enrollment funding—Rule making.
Status: in_force

(1) By September 1, 2025, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall adopt rules to authorize full-time enrollment funding for students enrolled in competency-based education programs identified by the state board of education based on: (a) School membership in the mastery-based learning collaborative established in section 502(2), chapter 334, Laws of 2021 or the school having a current waiver from credit-based graduation requirements granted by the state board of education under RCW 28A.300.750 ; or (b) The process developed by the state board of education under RCW 28A.255.030 . (2) Rules adopted pursuant to this section must permit school districts to report full-time equivalent students in eligible competency-based education programs for general apportionment funding.
RCW 28A.900.080 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 900 / Section 080
RCW 28A.900.080: Effective date—1969 ex.s. c 223.
Status: in_force

Title 28A RCW shall be effective July 1, 1970.
RCW 28B.112.060 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 112 / Section 060
RCW 28B.112.060: Sexual misconduct—Settlement agreements.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, any provision of a settlement agreement executed subsequent to June 11, 2020, between a postsecondary educational institution and an employee is against public policy and void and unenforceable if the provision prohibits the employee, the institution, a survivor, or any other person from disclosing that the employee has either: (a) Been the subject of substantiated findings of sexual misconduct; or (b) Is the subject of an investigation into sexual misconduct that is not yet complete. (2) A settlement agreement may contain provisions requiring nondisclosure of personal identifying information of persons filing complaints or making allegations and of any witnesses asked to participate in an investigation of the allegations. (3) Personal identifying information in a settlement agreement that reveals the identity of persons filing complaints or making allegations and of any witnesses asked to participate in an investigation of the allegations is exempt from public disclosure pursuant to RCW 42.56.375 .
RCW 28B.15.210 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 15 / Section 210
RCW 28B.15.210: Fees—University of Washington—Disposition of building fees.
Status: in_force

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Within 35 days from the date of collection thereof, all building fees at the University of Washington, including building fees to be charged students registering in the schools of medicine and dentistry, shall be paid into the state treasury and credited as follows: One-half or such larger portion as may be necessary to prevent a default in the payments required to be made out of the bond retirement fund to the "University of Washington bond retirement fund" and the remainder thereof to the "University of Washington building account." The sum so credited to the University of Washington building account shall be used exclusively for the purpose of erecting, altering, maintaining, equipping, or furnishing buildings, and for certificates of participation under chapter 39.94 RCW, except for any sums transferred as authorized in RCW 28B.20.725 (3). The sum so credited to the University of Washington bond retirement fund shall be used for the payment of principal of and interest on bonds outstanding as provided by chapter 28B.20 RCW except for any sums transferred as authorized in RCW 28B.20.725 (5). During the 2023-2025 and 2025-2027 fiscal biennia, sums credited to the University of Washington building account may also be used for routine facility maintenance, utility costs, and facility condition assessments.
RCW 28A.340.040 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 340 / Section 040
RCW 28A.340.040: Adoption of salary schedules—Computation of fringe benefits.
Status: in_force

(1) School districts participating in a cooperative project pursuant to RCW 28A.340.030 may adopt identical salary schedules following compliance with chapter 41.59 RCW: PROVIDED, That if the districts participating in a cooperative project adopt identical salary schedules, the participating districts shall be considered a single school district for purposes of establishing compliance with the salary limitations of RCW 28A.400.200 (3) but not for the purposes of allocation of state funds. (2) For purposes of computing fringe benefit contributions for purposes of establishing compliance with RCW 28A.400.200 (3)(b), the districts participating in a cooperative project pursuant to RCW 28A.340.030 may use the greater of: (a) The highest amount provided in the 1986-87 school year by a district participating in the cooperative project; or (b) the amount authorized for such purposes in the state operating appropriations act in effect at the time.
RCW 28A.183.050 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 183 / Section 050
RCW 28A.183.050: Service information collection—Feedback.
Status: in_force

(1) School districts must annually collect the following language access and language access service information for use by the school district: (a) The language in which each student and student's family prefers to communicate; (b) Whether a qualified interpreter for the student's family was requested for and provided at meetings reported in the longitudinal student data system established under RCW 28A.300.500 ; and (c) Other data on provision of language access services. (2) School districts must submit the information collected under subsection (1) of this section at the time and in the manner required by the office of the superintendent of public instruction. (3) Beginning in the 2023-24 school year, school districts must provide an opportunity for participants in each interpreted meeting to provide feedback on the effectiveness of the interpretation and the provision of language access services.
RCW 28B.50.272 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 272
RCW 28B.50.272: Opportunity grant program—Student eligibility—Funding—Performance measures—Documentation—Annual summary.
Status: in_force

(1) To be eligible for participation in the opportunity grant program established in RCW 28B.50.271 , a student must: (a) Be a Washington resident student as defined in RCW 28B.15.012 enrolled in an opportunity grant-eligible program of study; (b) Have a family income that is at or below two hundred percent of the federal poverty level using the most current guidelines available from the United States department of health and human services, and be determined to have financial need based on the free application for federal student aid; and (c) Meet such additional selection criteria as the college board shall establish in order to operate the program within appropriated funding levels. (2) Upon enrolling, the student must provide evidence of commitment to complete the program. The student must make satisfactory progress and maintain a cumulative 2.0 grade point average for continued eligibility. If a student's cumulative grade point average falls below 2.0, the student may petition the institution of higher education of attendance. The qualified institution of higher education has the authority to establish a probationary period until such time as the student's grade point average reaches required standards. (3) Subject to funds appropriated for this specific purpose, public qualified institutions of higher education shall receive an enhancement of one thousand five hundred dollars for each full-time equivalent student enrolled in the opportunity grant program whose income is below two hundred percent of the federal poverty level. The funds shall be used for individualized support services which may include, but are not limited to, college and career advising, tutoring, emergency child care, and emergency transportation. The qualified institution of higher education is expected to help students access all financial resources and support services available to them through alternative sources. (4) The college board shall be accountable for student retention and completion of opportunity grant-eligible programs of study. It shall set annual performance measures and targets and monitor the performance at all qualified institutions of higher education. The college board must reduce funding at institutions of higher education that do not meet targets for two consecutive years, based on criteria developed by the college board. (5) The college board and office of student financial assistance shall work together to ensure that students participating in the opportunity grant program are informed of all other state and federal financial aid to which they may be entitled while receiving an opportunity grant. (6) The college board and office of student financial assistance shall document the amount of opportunity grant assistance and the types and amounts of other sources of financial aid received by participating students. Annually, they shall produce a summary of the data. (7) The college board shall: (a) Begin developing the program no later than August 1, 2007, with student enrollment to begin no later than January 14, 2008; and (b) Submit a progress report to the legislature by December 1, 2008. (8) The college board may, in implementing the opportunity grant program, accept, use, and expend or dispose of contributions of money, services, and property. All such moneys received by the college board for the program must be deposited in an account at a depository approved by the state treasurer. Only the college board or a duly authorized representative thereof may authorize expenditures from this account. In order to maintain an effective expenditure and revenue control, the account is subject in all respects to chapter 43.88 RCW, but no appropriation is required to permit expenditure of moneys in the account.
RCW 28A.193.040 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 193 / Section 040
RCW 28A.193.040: Education providers—Additional authority and limitations.
Status: in_force

School districts and educational service districts providing an education program to juvenile inmates in an adult corrections [correctional] facility, notwithstanding that their geographical boundaries do not include the facility, may: (1) Award appropriate diplomas or certificates to inmates who successfully complete graduation requirements; (2) Spend only funds appropriated by the legislature and allocated by the superintendent of public instruction for the exclusive purpose of maintaining and operating education programs under this chapter, including direct and indirect costs of maintaining and operating the education programs, and funds from federal and private grants, bequests, and gifts made for that purpose. School districts may not expend excess tax levy proceeds authorized for school district purposes to pay costs incurred under this chapter.
RCW 28B.15.625 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 15 / Section 625
RCW 28B.15.625: Rights of Washington national guard and other military reserve students called to active service.
Status: in_force

Private vocational schools and private higher education institutions are encouraged to provide students who are members of the Washington national guard or any other military reserve component and who are ordered for a period exceeding thirty days into active state service or federal active military service the same rights and opportunities provided under RCW 28B.10.270 by public higher education institutions.
RCW 28A.410.015 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 410 / Section 015
RCW 28A.410.015: Applicant for permit or certificate—Immigration and citizenship status.
Status: in_force

An individual who is not lawfully present in the United States is eligible for a permit or certificate as allowed under Title 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1621. The professional educator standards board and the superintendent of public instruction shall not deny an application for a permit or certificate solely on the basis of a person's immigration or citizenship status if the person has met all other qualifications.
RCW 28A.415.350 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 415 / Section 350
RCW 28A.415.350: Professional development learning opportunities—Partnerships.
Status: in_force

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Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this purpose, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall: (1) Create partnerships with the educational service districts or public or private institutions of higher education with approved educator preparation programs to develop and deliver professional development learning opportunities for educators that fulfill the goals and address the activities described in *sections 3 through 6 of this act and RCW 28A.415.360 . The partnerships shall: (a) Support school districts by providing professional development leadership, courses, and consultation services to school districts in their implementation of professional development activities, including the activities described in *sections 3 through 6 of this act and RCW 28A.415.360 ; and (b) Support one another in the delivery of state-level and regional-level professional development activities such as state conferences and regional accountability institutes; and (2) Enter into a performance agreement with each educational service district to clearly articulate partner responsibilities and assure fidelity for the delivery of professional development initiatives including job-embedded practices. Components of such performance agreements shall include: (a) Participation in the development of various professional development workshops, programs, and activities; (b) Characteristics and qualifications of professional development staff supported by the program; (c) Methods to ensure consistent delivery of professional development services; and (d) Reporting responsibilities related to services provided, program participation, outcomes, and recommendations for service improvement.
RCW 28A.335.320 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 335 / Section 320
RCW 28A.335.320: Enhanced 911 service—Common and public school service required.
Status: in_force

By January 1, 1997, or one year after enhanced 911 service becomes available or a private switch automatic location identification service approved by the Washington utilities and transportation commission is available from the serving local exchange telecommunications company, whichever is later, all common and public schools located in counties that provide enhanced 911 service shall provide persons using school facilities direct access to telephones that are connected to the public switched network such that calls to 911 result in automatic location identification for each telephone in a format that is compatible with the existing and planned county enhanced 911 system during all times that the facility is in use. Any school district acquiring a private telecommunications system that allows connection to the public switched network after January 1, 1997, shall assure that the telecommunications system is connected to the public switched network such that calls to 911 result in automatic location identification for each telephone in a format that is compatible with the existing or planned county enhanced 911 system.
RCW 28A.300.820 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 820
RCW 28A.300.820: Elementary and secondary school emergency relief III account.
Status: in_force

The elementary and secondary school emergency relief III account is created in the state treasury. Revenues attributable to section 2001, the American rescue plan act of 2021, P.L. 117-2 must be deposited into the account. Moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation.
RCW 28A.323.040 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 323 / Section 040
RCW 28A.323.040: Joint school districts—Designation of county to which joint school district belongs.
Status: in_force

For all purposes essential to the maintenance, operation, and administration of the schools of a district, including the apportionment of current state and county school funds, the county in which a joint school district shall be considered as belonging shall be as designated by the superintendent of public instruction. Prior to making such designation, the superintendent of public instruction shall hold at least one public hearing on the matter, at which time the recommendation of the joint school district shall be presented and, in addition to such recommendation, the superintendent shall consider the following prior to its designation: (1) Service needs of such district; (2) Availability of services; (3) Geographic location of district and servicing agencies; and (4) Relationship to contiguous school districts.
RCW 28B.85.010 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 85 / Section 010
RCW 28B.85.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter: (1) "Council" means the student achievement council. (2) "Degree" means any designation, appellation, letters, or words including but not limited to "associate," "bachelor," "master," "doctor," or "fellow" which signify or purport to signify satisfactory completion of the requirements of an academic program of study beyond the secondary school level. (3) "Degree-granting institution" means an entity that offers educational credentials, instruction, or services prerequisite to or indicative of an academic or professional degree beyond the secondary level.
RCW 28A.300.474 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 474
RCW 28A.300.474: Substance use prevention and awareness materials—Distribution.
Status: in_force

(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall collaborate with the department of health, the health care authority, other state agencies, and educational service districts to develop age-appropriate substance use prevention and awareness materials for school and classroom uses. These materials must be periodically updated to align with substance use prevention and awareness campaigns implemented by the department of health and the health care authority. (2) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall actively distribute the materials developed under subsection (1) of this section to school districts, public schools, educational service districts, and community-based organizations that provide extended learning opportunities, and strongly encourage the incorporation of age-appropriate materials in classrooms, as well as in family and community communications.
RCW 28A.620.010 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 620 / Section 010
RCW 28A.620.010: Purposes.
Status: in_force

The purposes of this section and RCW 28A.620.020 are to: (1) Provide educational, recreational, cultural, and other community services and programs through the establishment of the concept of community education with the community school serving as the center for such activity; (2) Promote a more efficient and expanded use of existing school buildings and equipment; (3) Help provide personnel to work with schools, citizens and with other agencies and groups; (4) Provide a wide range of opportunities for all citizens including programs, if resources are available, to promote parenting skills and promote awareness of the problem of child abuse and methods to avoid child abuse; (5) As used in this section, "parenting skills" shall include: The importance of consistency in parenting; the value of providing children with a balance of love and firm discipline; the instruction of children in honesty, morality, ethics, and respect for the law; and the necessity of preserving and nurturing the family unit; and (6) Help develop a sense of community in which the citizens cooperate with the public schools and community agencies and groups to resolve their school and community concerns and to recognize that the schools are available for use by the community day and night, year-round or any time when the programming will not interfere with the preschool through grade twelve program.
RCW 28A.300.477 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 477
RCW 28A.300.477: Social-emotional learning committee.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the social-emotional learning committee is created to promote and expand social-emotional learning. Social-emotional learning will help students build awareness and skills in managing emotions, setting goals, establishing relationships, and making responsible decisions that support success in school and life. (2) At a minimum, the committee shall: (a) Develop and implement a statewide framework for social-emotional learning that is trauma-informed, culturally sustaining, and developmentally appropriate; (b) Review and update as needed the standards and benchmarks for social-emotional learning and the developmental indicators for grades kindergarten through twelve and confirm they are evidence-based; (c) Align the standards and benchmarks for social-emotional learning with other relevant standards and guidelines including the health and physical education K-12 learning standards and the early learning and development guidelines; (d) Advise the office of the superintendent of public instruction's duty under RCW 28A.300.478 ; (e) Identify best practices or guidance for schools implementing the standards, benchmarks, and developmental indicators for social-emotional learning; (f) Identify professional development opportunities for teachers and educational staff and review, update, and align as needed the social-emotional learning online education module; (g) Consider systems for collecting data about social-emotional learning and monitoring implementation efforts; (h) Identify strategies to improve coordination between early learning, K-12 education, youth-serving community partners and culturally-based providers, and higher education regarding social-emotional learning; and (i) Engage with stakeholders and seek feedback. (3) The committee must consist of the following members: (a) Four members appointed by the governor in consultation with the state ethnic commissions, who represent the following populations: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islander Americans; and (b) One representative from the educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee created in RCW 28A.300.136 . (4) The governor and the tribes are encouraged to jointly designate a total of two members to serve on the committee who have experience working in and with schools: One member from east of the crest of the Cascade mountains; and one member from west of the crest of the Cascade mountains. (5) Additional members of the committee must be appointed by the office of the superintendent of public instruction to serve on the committee. Additional members must include: (a) One representative from the department of children, youth, and families; (b) Two representatives from the office of the superintendent of public instruction: One with expertise in student support services; and one with expertise in curriculum and instruction; (c) One representative from the office of the education ombuds; (d) One representative from the state board of education; (e) One representative from the health care authority's division of behavioral health and recovery; (f) One higher educational faculty member with expertise in social-emotional learning; (g) One currently employed K-12 educator; (h) One currently employed K-12 administrator; (i) One school psychologist; (j) One school social worker; (k) One school counselor; (l) One school nurse; (m) One mental health counselor; (n) One representative from a school parent organization; (o) One member from a rural school district; (p) One representative from the educational service districts; (q) One representative from a coalition of members who educate about and advocate for access to social-emotional learning and skill development; (r) One representative from a statewide expanded learning opportunities intermediary; (s) One representative from a nonprofit organization with expertise in developing social-emotional curricula; (t) One representative from a foundation that supports social-emotional learning; and (u) One representative from a coalition of youth-serving organizations working together to improve outcomes for young people. (6) The members of the committee shall select the chairs or cochairs of the committee. (7) In addition to other meetings, the committee shall have a joint meeting once a year with the educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee created in RCW 28A.300.136 . (8) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall provide staff support for the committee. (9) Members of the committee shall serve without compensation but must be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 . (10) Beginning June 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the committee shall provide a progress report, in compliance with RCW 43.01.036 , to the governor and appropriate committees of the legislature. The report must include accomplishments, state-level data regarding implementation of social-emotional learning, identification of systemic barriers or policy changes necessary to promote and expand social-emotional learning, and recommendations.
RCW 28B.20.810 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 20 / Section 810
RCW 28B.20.810: Revenues derived from certain university lands and income from university permanent fund deposited in University of Washington bond retirement fund—Transfers of certain funds and investments from university permanent fund to University of Washington bond retirement fund and University of Washington building account.
Status: in_force

The board of regents of the University of Washington is empowered to authorize from time to time the transfer from the state university permanent fund to be held in reserve in the bond retirement fund created by RCW 28B.20.720 any unobligated funds and investments derived from lands set apart for the support of the university by chapter 91, Laws of 1903 and section 9, chapter 122, Laws of 1893, to the extent required to comply with bond covenants regarding principal and interest payments and reserve requirements for bonds payable out of the bond retirement fund up to a total amount of five million dollars, and to transfer any or all of said unobligated funds and investments in excess of five million dollars to the university building account created by RCW 43.79.330 (9). Any funds transferred to the bond retirement fund pursuant to this section shall be replaced by moneys first available out of the moneys required to be deposited in such fund pursuant to RCW 28B.20.800 . The board is further empowered to direct the state finance committee to convert any investments in such permanent fund acquired with funds derived from such lands into cash or obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America prior to the transfer of such funds and investments to such reserve account or building account.
RCW 28B.10.040 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 040
RCW 28B.10.040: Higher educational institutions to be nonsectarian.
Status: in_force

All institutions of higher education supported wholly or in part by state funds, and by whatsoever name so designated, shall be forever free from religious or sectarian control or influence.
RCW 28B.20.395 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 20 / Section 395
RCW 28B.20.395: University tract—Powers of regents, generally.
Status: in_force

In addition to the powers conferred under the original deeds of conveyance to the state of Washington and under existing law, and subject to RCW 28B.20.382 , the board of regents has full control of the university tract as provided in this chapter including, but not limited to: (1) With regard to the whole or portions of the land, the authority to manage, to improve, to alter, to operate, to lease, to contract indebtedness, to borrow funds, to issue bonds, notes, and warrants, to provide for the amortization of and to pay the bonds, notes, warrants, and other evidences of indebtedness, at or prior to maturity, to use and pledge the income derived from operating, managing, and leasing the university tract for such purpose, and to otherwise own, operate, and control the university tract to the same extent as any other property of the university; (2) With regard to the whole or portions of any building or buildings or other improvements thereon or appurtenances thereto, the authority to sell, subject to the terms of any underlying lease on the land, to manage, to improve, to alter, to operate, to lease, to grant a deed of trust or a mortgage lien, to contract indebtedness, to borrow funds, to issue bonds, notes, and warrants, to provide for the amortization thereof and to pay the bonds, notes, warrants, and other evidences of indebtedness, at or prior to maturity, to use and pledge the income derived from operating, managing, and leasing the university tract for such purpose, and to otherwise own, operate, and control the university tract to the same extent as any other property of the university consistent with the purpose of the donors of the metropolitan tract.
RCW 28B.50.307 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 307
RCW 28B.50.307: Seattle Vocational Institute—Funding.
Status: in_force

Funding for the institute shall be included in a separate allocation to the sixth college district, and funds allocated for the institute shall be used only for purposes of the institute.
RCW 28A.400.205 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 400 / Section 205
RCW 28A.400.205: Salary inflationary increases for employees—"Inflationary adjustment index" defined.
Status: in_force

(1) School district employees shall be provided an annual salary inflationary increase in accordance with this section. (a) The inflationary increase shall be calculated by applying the rate of the yearly increase in the inflationary adjustment index to any state-funded salary base used in state funding formulas for teachers and other school district employees. Beginning with the 2019-20 school year, each school district shall be provided an inflationary adjustment allocation sufficient to grant this inflationary increase. (b) A school district shall distribute its inflationary adjustment allocation for salaries and salary-related benefits in accordance with the district's collective bargaining agreements and compensation policies. No later than the end of the school year, each school district shall certify to the superintendent of public instruction that it has spent funds provided for inflationary increases on salaries and salary-related benefits. (c) Any funded inflationary increase shall be included in the salary base used to determine inflationary increases for school employees in subsequent years. For teachers and other certificated instructional staff, the rate of the annual inflationary increase funded for certificated instructional staff shall be applied to the base salary used with the statewide salary allocation methodology established under RCW 28A.150.410 and to any other salary allocation methodologies used to recognize school district personnel costs. (2) For the purposes of this section, "inflationary adjustment index" means: (a) For the 2023-24 school year, 3.7 percent; and (b) Beginning with the 2024-25 school year, the implicit price deflator for the previous calendar year as of the beginning of the school year, using the official current base, compiled by the bureau of economic analysis, United States department of commerce.
RCW 28B.35.770 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 35 / Section 770
RCW 28B.35.770: Refunding bonds.
Status: in_force

Each board of trustees is hereby empowered to issue refunding bonds to provide funds to refund any or all outstanding bonds payable from the bond retirement fund and to pay any redemption premium payable on such outstanding bonds being refunded. Such refunding bonds may be issued in the manner and on terms and conditions and with the covenants permitted by RCW 28B.35.700 through 28B.35.790 as now or hereafter amended for the issuance of bonds. The refunding bonds shall be payable out of the bond retirement fund and shall not constitute an obligation either general or special, of the state or a general obligation of the college or university of Washington issuing the bonds or the board thereof. The board may exchange the refunding bonds at par for the bonds which are being refunded or may sell them in such manner, at such price and at such rate or rates of interest as it deems for the best interest of the college or university.
RCW 28A.645.040 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 645 / Section 040
RCW 28A.645.040: Certified copy of decision to county assessor when school district boundaries changed.
Status: in_force

In cases of appeal resulting in the change of any school district boundaries the decision shall within five days thereafter be also certified by the proper officer to the county assessor of the county, or to the county assessors of the counties, wherein the territory may lie.
RCW 28B.10.690 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 690
RCW 28B.10.690: Graduation rate improvement—Findings.
Status: in_force

The legislature finds that, in public colleges and universities, improvement is needed in graduation rates and in the length of time required for students to attain their educational objectives. The legislature also finds that public colleges and universities should offer classes in a way that will permit full-time students to complete a degree or certificate program in about the amount of time described in the institution's catalog as necessary to complete that degree or certificate program.
RCW 28A.410.226 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 410 / Section 226
RCW 28A.410.226: Washington professional educator standards board—Training program on youth suicide screening—Certificates for school nurses, social workers, psychologists, and counselors—Adoption of standards.
Status: in_force

(1) As provided under subsections (2) and (3) of this section, individuals certified by the professional educator standards board as a school nurse, school social worker, school psychologist, or school counselor must complete a training program on youth suicide screening and referral as a condition of certification. The training program must be at least three hours in length. The professional educator standards board must adopt standards for the minimum content of the training in consultation with the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the department of health. In developing the standards, the board must consider training programs listed on the best practices registry of the American foundation for suicide prevention and the suicide prevention resource center. (2) This section applies to the following certificates if the certificate is first issued or is renewed on or after July 1, 2015: (a) Continuing certificates for school nurses; (b) Continuing certificates for school social workers; (c) Continuing and professional certificates for school psychologists; and (d) Continuing and professional certificates for school counselors. (3) A school counselor who holds or submits a school counseling certificate from the national board for professional teaching standards or a school psychologist who holds or submits a school psychologist certificate from the national association of school psychologists in lieu of a professional certificate must complete the training program under subsection (1) of this section by July 1, 2015, or within the five-year period before the certificate is first submitted to the professional educator standards board, whichever is later, and at least once every five years thereafter in order to be considered certified by the professional educator standards board. (4) The professional educator standards board shall consider the training program under subsection (1) of this section as approved continuing education under *RCW 28A.415.020 and shall count the training program toward meeting continuing education requirements for certification as a school nurse, school social worker, school psychologist, or school counselor.
RCW 28B.50.947 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 947
RCW 28B.50.947: Career and technical education dual credit pilot program—Reports.
Status: in_force

(1) In compliance with RCW 43.01.036 , the college board, in consultation with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, shall jointly report to the appropriate committees of the legislature on the implementation of chapter 104, Laws of 2025 and with recommendations for additional improvements to state dual credit policies. The preliminary report is due by December 10, 2026, and the final report is due by August 10, 2027. (2) One or both reports must include the following information: (a) Findings regarding the pilot program created for the purpose of increasing career and technical education dual credit participation and credential attainment in professional technical programs under RCW 28B.50.945 ; and (b) Recommendations to the legislature and relevant state agencies for: (i) Improving career and technical education course articulation and for the development of statewide articulation agreements; (ii) Improving data collection and reporting methods; (iii) Credit transcription and transfer processes; (iv) Ensuring college and career counseling for high school students includes robust and accurate information about dual credit pathways, including career and technical education dual credit, and their alignment to postsecondary credential and apprenticeship opportunities; (v) Further alignment of career and technical education dual credit with career-connected learning, apprenticeship, and credential pathways; and (vi) Identification of additional priority career and technical education dual credit courses for statewide articulation, considering, but not limited to, the targeted industry sectors under RCW 43.330.090 . (3) The final report must establish recommendations to improve state career and technical education dual credit policies, create statewide articulation agreements, and improve the uniform transcription of earned credits. These recommendations must include input from a statewide organization representing career and technical education and other relevant interested parties and report on potential statutory changes and administrative rule improvements that support equitable student access to, and the effectiveness of, career and technical education dual credit programs. (4) This section expires July 1, 2030.
RCW 28A.215.030 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 215 / Section 030
RCW 28A.215.030: Allocations pending receipt of federal funds.
Status: in_force

In the event the legislature appropriates any moneys to carry out the purposes of RCW 28A.215.010 through 28A.215.050 , allocations therefrom may be made to school districts for the purpose of underwriting allocations made or requested from federal funds until such federal funds are available. Any school district may allocate a portion of its funds for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of RCW 28A.215.010 through 28A.215.050 pending the receipt of reimbursement from funds made available by acts of congress.
RCW 28A.310.130 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 310 / Section 130
RCW 28A.310.130: ESD board—Vacation of board member position because of failure to attend meetings.
Status: in_force

Absence of any educational service district board member from four consecutive regular meetings of the board, unless excused on account of sickness or otherwise authorized by resolution of the board, shall be sufficient cause for the members of the educational service district board to declare by resolution that such board member position is vacated.
RCW 28A.330.040 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 330 / Section 040
RCW 28A.330.040: Duties of vice president.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the vice president to perform all the duties of president in case of the president's absence or disability.
RCW 28A.410.210 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 410 / Section 210
RCW 28A.410.210: Washington professional educator standards board—Purpose—Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Washington professional educator standards board is to establish policies and requirements for the preparation and certification of educators that provide standards for competency in professional knowledge and practice in the areas of certification; a foundation of skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to help students with diverse needs, abilities, cultural experiences, and learning styles meet or exceed the learning goals outlined in RCW 28A.150.210 ; knowledge of research-based practice; and professional development throughout a career. The Washington professional educator standards board shall: (1) Establish policies and practices for the approval of programs of courses, requirements, and other activities leading to educator certification including teacher, school administrator, and educational staff associate certification; (2) Establish policies and practices for the approval of the character of work required to be performed as a condition of entrance to and graduation from any educator preparation program including teacher, school administrator, and educational staff associate preparation program as provided in subsection (1) of this section; (3) Establish a list of accredited institutions of higher education of this and other states whose graduates may be awarded educator certificates as teacher, school administrator, and educational staff associate and establish criteria and enter into agreements with other states to acquire reciprocal approval of educator preparation programs and certification, including teacher certification from the national board for professional teaching standards; (4) Establish policies for approval of nontraditional educator preparation programs; (5) Conduct a review of educator program approval standards at least every five years, beginning in 2006, to reflect research findings and assure continued improvement of preparation programs for teachers, administrators, and school specialized personnel; (6) Specify the types and kinds of educator certificates to be issued and conditions for certification in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, RCW 28A.410.251 , and 28A.410.010 ; (7) Apply for and receive federal or other funds on behalf of the state for purposes related to the duties of the board; (8) Adopt rules under chapter 34.05 RCW that are necessary for the effective and efficient implementation of this chapter; (9) Maintain data concerning educator preparation programs and their quality, educator certification, educator employment trends and needs, and other data deemed relevant by the board; (10) Serve as an advisory body to the superintendent of public instruction on issues related to educator recruitment, hiring, mentoring and support, professional growth, retention, educator evaluation including but not limited to peer evaluation, and revocation and suspension of licensure; (11) Submit, by October 15th of each even-numbered year and in accordance with RCW 43.01.036 , a joint report with the state board of education to the legislative education committees, the governor, and the superintendent of public instruction. The report shall address the progress the boards have made and the obstacles they have encountered, individually and collectively, in the work of achieving the goals set out in RCW 28A.150.210 ; (12) Establish the prospective teacher assessment system for basic skills and subject knowledge that shall be required to obtain residency certification pursuant to RCW 28A.410.220 through 28A.410.240 ; and (13) Conduct meetings under the provisions of chapter 42.30 RCW.
RCW 28A.600.380 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 600 / Section 380
RCW 28A.600.380: Running start program—School district not responsible for transportation.
Status: in_force

Transportation to and from the institution of higher education is not the responsibility of the school district.
RCW 28B.20.105 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 20 / Section 105
RCW 28B.20.105: Regents—Organization and conduct of business—Bylaws, rules and regulations—Open public meetings.
Status: in_force

The board shall organize by electing from its membership a president and an executive committee, of which committee the president shall be ex officio chair. The board may adopt bylaws or rules and regulations for its own government and shall follow procedures for open public meetings in chapter 42.30 RCW. The board shall provide time for public comment at each meeting. The board shall hold regular quarterly meetings, and during the interim between such meetings the executive committee may transact business for the whole board: PROVIDED, That the executive committee may call special meetings of the whole board when such action is deemed necessary.
RCW 28A.600.486 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 600 / Section 486
RCW 28A.600.486: District policy on the use of isolation and restraint—Notice to parents and guardians of children who have individualized education programs or plans developed under section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973.
Status: in_force

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Parents and guardians of children who have individualized education programs or plans developed under section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 must be provided a copy of the district policy on the use of isolation and restraint at the time that the program or plan is created.
RCW 28B.10.280 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 280
RCW 28B.10.280: Student loans—Federal student aid programs.
Status: in_force

The boards of regents of the state universities and the boards of trustees of regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and community and technical college districts may each create student loan funds, and qualify and participate in the National Defense Education Act of 1958 and such other similar federal student aid programs as are or may be enacted from time to time, and to that end may comply with all of the laws of the United States, and all of the rules, regulations and requirements promulgated pursuant thereto.
RCW 28A.410.250 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 410 / Section 250
RCW 28A.410.250: Washington professional educator standards board—Professional certification—Rules.
Status: in_force

The agency responsible for educator certification shall adopt rules for professional certification that: (1) Grant professional certification to any teacher who attains certification from the national board for professional teaching standards; [and] (2) Identify an expedited professional certification process for out-of-state teachers who have five years or more of successful teaching experience, including a method to determine the comparability of rigor between the Washington professional certification process and the advanced level teacher certification process of other states. A professional certificate must be issued to these experienced out-of-state teachers if the teacher holds: (a) A valid teaching certificate issued by the national board for professional teaching standards; or (b) an advanced level teacher certificate from another state that has been determined to be comparable to the Washington professional certificate.
RCW 28B.52.020 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 52 / Section 020
RCW 28B.52.020: Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Employee organization" means any organization which includes as members the academic employees of a college district and which has as one of its purposes the representation of the employees in their employment relations with the college district. (2) "Academic employee" means any teacher, counselor, librarian, or department head, who is employed by any college district, whether full or part time, with the exception of the chief administrative officer of, and any administrator in, each college district. (3) "Administrator" means any person employed either full or part time by the college district and who performs administrative functions as at least fifty percent or more of his or her assignments, and has responsibilities to hire, dismiss, or discipline other employees. Administrators shall not be members of the bargaining unit unless a majority of such administrators and a majority of the bargaining unit elect by secret ballot for such inclusion pursuant to rules as adopted in accordance with RCW 28B.52.080 . (4) "Commission" means the public employment relations commission. (5) "Unfair labor practice" means any unfair labor practice listed in RCW 28B.52.073 . (6) "Exclusive bargaining representative" means any employee organization which has: (a) Been certified or recognized under this chapter as the representative of the employees in an appropriate collective bargaining unit; or (b) Before July 26, 1987, been certified or recognized under a predecessor statute as the representative of the employees in a bargaining unit which continues to be appropriate under this chapter. (7) "Collective bargaining" and "bargaining" mean the performance of the mutual obligation of the representatives of the employer and the exclusive bargaining representative to meet at reasonable times to bargain in good faith in an effort to reach agreement with respect to wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment, such as procedures related to nonretention, dismissal, denial of tenure, and reduction in force. Prior law, practice, or interpretation shall be neither restrictive, expansive, nor determinative with respect to the scope of bargaining. A written contract incorporating any agreements reached shall be executed if requested by either party. The obligation to bargain does not compel either party to agree to a proposal or to make a concession. In the event of a dispute between an employer and an exclusive bargaining representative over the matters that are terms and conditions of employment, the commission shall decide which items are mandatory subjects for bargaining.
RCW 28B.10.100 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 100
RCW 28B.10.100: "Major line" defined.
Status: in_force

The term "major line," whenever used in this code, shall be held and construed to mean the development of the work or courses of study in certain subjects to their fullest extent, leading to a degree or degrees in that subject.
RCW 28A.188.020 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 188 / Section 020
RCW 28A.188.020: Statewide director for math, science, and technology—Duties—Reporting.
Status: in_force

The superintendent of public instruction shall provide support for statewide coordination for math, science, and technology, including employing a statewide director for math, science, and technology. The duties of the director shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Within funds specifically appropriated therefor, obtain a statewide license, or otherwise obtain and disseminate, an interactive, project-based high school and middle school technology curriculum that includes a comprehensive professional development component for teachers and, if possible, counselors, and also includes a systematic program evaluation. The curriculum must be distributed to all school districts, or as many as feasible, by the 2007-08 school year; (2) Within funds specifically appropriated therefor, supporting a public-private partnership to assist school districts with implementing an ongoing, inquiry-based science program that is based on a research-based model of systemic reform and aligned with the Washington state science grade level expectations; (3) Within funds specifically appropriated therefor, supporting a public-private partnership to provide enriching opportunities in mathematics, engineering, and science for underrepresented students in grades kindergarten through twelve using exemplary materials and instructional approaches; (4) In an effort to increase precollege and prework interest in math, science, and technology fields, in collaboration with the community and technical colleges, the four-year institutions of higher education, and the workforce training and education coordinating board, conducting outreach efforts to attract middle and high school students to careers in math, science, and technology and to educate students about the coursework that is necessary to be adequately prepared to succeed in these fields; (5) Coordinating youth opportunities in math, science, and technology, including facilitating student participation in school clubs, state-level fairs, national competitions, and encouraging partnerships between students and university faculty or industry to facilitate such student participation; (6) Developing and maintaining public-private partnerships to generate business and industry assistance to accomplish the following: (a) Increasing student engagement and career awareness, including increasing student participation in the youth opportunities in subsection (5) of this section; (b) Creation and promotion of student scholarships, internships, and apprenticeships; (c) Provision of relevant teacher experience and training, including on-the-job professional development opportunities; (d) Upgrading kindergarten through twelfth grade school equipment and facilities to support high quality math, science, and technology programs; (7) Assembling a cadre of inspiring speakers employed or experienced in the relevant fields to speak to kindergarten through twelfth grade students to demonstrate the breadth of the opportunities in the relevant fields as well as share the types of coursework that are necessary for someone to be successful in the relevant field; (8) Providing technical assistance to schools and school districts, including working with counselors in support of the math, science, and technology programs; (9) Subject to available funding, working with the state board for community and technical colleges to develop high-demand applied baccalaureate programs that align with high quality secondary science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs and career and technical education programs; and (10) Reporting annually to the legislature about the actions taken to provide statewide coordination for math, science, and technology.
RCW 28B.110.070 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 110 / Section 070
RCW 28B.110.070: Distribution to students.
Status: in_force

Institutions of higher education shall distribute copies of the provisions of this chapter to all students.
RCW 28B.10.825 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 825
RCW 28B.10.825: Institutional student loan fund for needy students.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees or regents of each of the state's colleges or universities may allocate from services and activities fees an amount not to exceed one dollar per quarter or one dollar and fifty cents per semester to an institutional student loan fund for needy students, to be administered by such rules or regulations as the board of trustees or regents may adopt: PROVIDED, That loans from such funds shall not be made for terms exceeding twelve months, and the true annual rate of interest charged shall be six percent.
RCW 28A.170.050 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 170 / Section 050
RCW 28A.170.050: Advisory committee—Members—Duties.
Status: in_force

The superintendent of public instruction shall appoint a substance abuse advisory committee comprised of: Representatives of certificated and classified staff; administrators; parents; students; school directors; the bureau of alcohol and substance abuse within the department of social and health services; the traffic safety commission; and county coordinators of alcohol and drug treatment. The committee shall advise the superintendent on matters of local program development, coordination, and evaluation.
RCW 28A.245.080 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 245 / Section 080
RCW 28A.245.080: Contracts with community or technical colleges—Courses leading to industry certificates or credentials for high school graduates.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section and RCW 28B.50.532 , a skill center may enter into an agreement with the community or technical college in which district the skill center is located to provide career and technical education courses necessary to complete an industry certificate or credential for students who have received a high school diploma. (2) To qualify for enrollment under this section, a student must have been enrolled in the skill center before receiving the high school diploma and must remain continuously enrolled in the skill center. A student may enroll only in those courses necessary to complete the industry certificate or credential associated with the student's career and technical program. (3) Students enrolled in a skill center under this section shall be considered community and technical college students for purposes of enrollment reporting, tuition, and financial aid. The skill center shall maintain enrollment data for students enrolled under this section separately from data on secondary school enrollment.
RCW 28A.300.050 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 050
RCW 28A.300.050: Assistance to professional educator standards board for activities involving professional educator excellence.
Status: in_force

The superintendent of public instruction shall provide technical assistance to the professional educator standards board in the conduct of the activities described in RCW 28A.410.040 and 28A.410.050 .
RCW 28B.50.861 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 861
RCW 28B.50.861: Faculty tenure—Dismissal only for sufficient cause.
Status: in_force

The tenured faculty member shall not be dismissed except for sufficient cause, nor shall a faculty member who holds a probationary faculty appointment be dismissed prior to the written terms of the appointment except for sufficient cause.
RCW 28A.600.330 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 600 / Section 330
RCW 28A.600.330: Running start program—Maximum terms of enrollment for high school credit.
Status: in_force

A pupil who enrolls in an institution of higher education in grade eleven may not enroll in postsecondary courses under RCW 28A.600.300 through 28A.600.390 for high school credit and postsecondary credit for more than the equivalent of the coursework for two academic years. A pupil who first enrolls in an institution of higher education in grade twelve may not enroll in postsecondary courses under this section for high school credit and postsecondary credit for more than the equivalent of the coursework for one academic year.
RCW 28A.300.042 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 042
RCW 28A.300.042: Collection and submittal of student-level data—Student data-related reports—Disaggregation of data by subgroups—Modification of statewide student data systems.
Status: in_force

(1) The superintendent of public instruction must collect and school districts must submit all student-level data using the United States department of education 2007 race and ethnicity reporting guidelines, including the subracial and subethnic categories within those guidelines, with the following modifications: (a) Further disaggregation of the Black category to differentiate students of African origin and students native to the United States with African ancestors; (b) Further disaggregation of countries of origin for Asian students; (c) Further disaggregation of the White category to include subethnic categories for Eastern European nationalities that have significant populations in Washington; and (d) For students who report as multiracial, collection of their racial and ethnic combination of categories. (2) Beginning with the 2017-18 school year, school districts shall collect student-level data as provided in subsection (1) of this section for all newly enrolled students, including transfer students. When the students enroll in a different school within the district, school districts shall resurvey the newly enrolled students for whom subracial and subethnic categories were not previously collected. School districts may resurvey other students. (3) All student data-related reports required of the superintendent of public instruction in this title must be disaggregated by at least the following subgroups of students: White, Black, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Asian, Pacific Islander/Hawaiian Native, low income, highly capable, transitional bilingual, migrant, special education, and students covered by section 504 of the federal rehabilitation act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. Sec. 794). (4) All student data-related reports prepared by the superintendent of public instruction regarding student suspensions and expulsions as required under this title are subject to disaggregation by subgroups including: (a) Gender; (b) Foster care; (c) Homeless, if known; (d) School district; (e) School; (f) Grade level; (g) Behavior infraction code, including: (i) Bullying; (ii) Tobacco; (iii) Alcohol; (iv) Illicit drug; (v) Fighting without major injury; (vi) Violence without major injury; (vii) Violence with major injury; (viii) Possession of a weapon; and (ix) Other behavior resulting from a short-term or long-term suspension, expulsion, or interim alternative education setting intervention; (h) Intervention applied, including: (i) Short-term suspension; (ii) Long-term suspension; (iii) Emergency removal; (iv) Expulsion; (v) Interim alternative education settings; (vi) No intervention applied; and (vii) Other intervention applied that is not described in this subsection (4)(h); (i) Number of days a student is suspended or expelled, to be counted in half or full days; and (j) Any other categories added at a future date by the data governance group. (5) All student data-related reports required of the superintendent of public instruction regarding student suspensions and expulsions as required in RCW 28A.300.046 are subject to cross-tabulation at a minimum by the following: (a) School and district; (b) Race, low income, highly capable, special education, transitional bilingual, migrant, foster care, homeless, students covered by section 504 of the federal rehabilitation act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. Sec. 794), and categories to be added in the future; (c) Behavior infraction code; and (d) Intervention applied. (6) The K-12 data governance group shall develop the data protocols and guidance for school districts in the collection of data as required under this section, and the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall modify the statewide student data system as needed. The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall also incorporate training for school staff on best practices for collection of data under this section in other training or professional development related to data provided by the office.
RCW 28B.10.300 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 300
RCW 28B.10.300: Acquisition, construction, equipping and betterment of lands, buildings and facilities at 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 and The Evergreen State College are severally authorized to: (1) Enter into contracts with persons, firms or corporations for the construction, installation, equipping, repairing, renovating and betterment of buildings and facilities for the following: (a) Dormitories (b) Hospitals (c) Infirmaries (d) Dining halls (e) Student activities (f) Services of every kind for students, including, but not limited to, housing, employment, registration, financial aid, counseling, testing and offices of the dean of students (g) Vehicular parking (h) Student, faculty and employee housing and boarding; (2) Purchase or lease lands and other appurtenances necessary for the construction and installation of such buildings and facilities and to purchase or lease lands with buildings and facilities constructed or installed thereon suitable for the purposes aforesaid; (3) Lease to any persons, firms, or corporations such portions of the campus of their respective institutions as may be necessary for the construction and installation of buildings and facilities for the purposes aforesaid and the reasonable use thereof; (4) Borrow money to pay the cost of the acquisition of such lands and of the construction, installation, equipping, repairing, renovating, and betterment of such buildings and facilities, including interest during construction and other incidental costs, and to issue revenue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness therefor, and to refinance the same before or at maturity and to provide for the amortization of such indebtedness from services and activities fees or from the rentals, fees, charges, and other income derived through the ownership, operation and use of such lands, buildings, and facilities and any other dormitory, hospital, infirmary, dining, student activities, student services, vehicular parking, housing or boarding building or facility at the institution; (5) Contract to pay as rental or otherwise the cost of the acquisition of such lands and of the construction and installation of such buildings and facilities on the amortization plan; the contract not to run over forty years; (6) Expend on the amortization plan services and activities fees and/or any part of all of the fees, charges, rentals, and other income derived from any or all revenue-producing lands, buildings, and facilities of their respective institutions, heretofore or hereafter acquired, constructed or installed, including but not limited to income from rooms, dormitories, dining rooms, hospitals, infirmaries, housing or student activity buildings, vehicular parking facilities, land or the appurtenances thereon, and to pledge such services and activities fees and/or the net income derived through the ownership, operation and use of any lands, buildings or facilities of the nature described in subsection (1) hereof for the payment of part or all of the rental, acquisition, construction, and installation, and the betterment, repair, and renovation or other contract charges, bonds or other evidence of indebtedness agreed to be paid on account of the acquisition, construction, installation or rental of, or the betterment, repair or renovation of, lands, buildings, facilities and equipment of the nature authorized by this section.
RCW 28A.225.900 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 225 / Section 900
RCW 28A.225.900: Rules.
Status: in_force

The superintendent of public instruction may adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
RCW 28A.235.160 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 235 / Section 160
RCW 28A.235.160: Requirements to implement school breakfast, lunch, and summer food service programs—Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Free or reduced-price lunch" means a lunch served by a school district participating in the national school lunch program to a student qualifying for national school lunch program benefits based on family size-income criteria. (b) "Lunch copay" means the amount a student who qualifies for a reduced-price lunch is charged for a reduced-price lunch. (c) "School breakfast program" means a program meeting federal requirements defined in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1773. (d) "School lunch program" means a meal program meeting the requirements defined in Title 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1751 et seq. (e) "Severe-need school" means a school that qualifies for a severe-need school reimbursement rate from federal funds for school breakfasts served to children from low-income families. (f) "Summer food service program" means a meal or snack program meeting the requirements defined by the superintendent of public instruction under subsection (4) of this section. (2) School districts shall implement a school lunch program in each public school in the district in which educational services are provided to children in any of the grades of kindergarten through four and in which 25 percent or more of the enrolled students qualify for a free or reduced-price lunch. In accordance with RCW 28A.235.135 , school districts shall provide meals at no charge to all requesting students at public schools that meet the criteria established in RCW 28A.235.135 (1) (b) and (c). In developing and implementing its school lunch program and school breakfast program, each school district may consult with an advisory committee including school staff, community members, and others appointed by the board of directors of the district. (3) To the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose, each school district shall implement a school breakfast program in each school where more than 40 percent of students eligible to participate in the school lunch program qualify for free or reduced-price meal reimbursement. Beginning in the 2023-24 school year and in accordance with RCW 28A.235.135 , school districts shall implement a breakfast program in each school providing meals at no charge to students. For the second year before the implementation of the district's school breakfast program, and for each subsequent school year, each school district shall submit data enabling the superintendent of public instruction to determine which schools within the district will qualify for this requirement. Schools where lunch programs start after the 2003-04 school year, where 30 percent of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, must begin school breakfast programs the second year following the start of a lunch program. (4) Each school district shall implement a summer food service program in each public school in the district in which a summer program of academic, enrichment, or remedial services is provided and in which 50 percent or more of the children enrolled in the school meet federal eligibility requirements for free or reduced-price lunch. However, the superintendent of public instruction shall develop rules establishing criteria to permit an exemption for a school that can demonstrate availability of an adequate alternative summer feeding program. Sites providing meals should be open to all children in the area, unless a compelling case can be made to limit access to the program. The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt a definition of compelling case and a schedule for implementation as follows: (a) Beginning the summer of 2005 if the school currently offers a school breakfast or lunch program; or (b) Beginning the summer following the school year during which a school implements a school lunch program under this section. (5) Schools not offering a breakfast or lunch program may meet the meal service requirements of subsections (2) and (4) of this section through any of the following: (a) Preparing the meals on-site; (b) Receiving the meals from another school that participates in a United States department of agriculture child nutrition program; or (c) Contracting with a nonschool entity that is a licensed food service establishment under RCW 69.07.010 . (6) Requirements that school districts have a school lunch, breakfast, or summer nutrition program under this section shall not create or imply any state funding obligation for these costs. The legislature does not intend to include these programs within the state's obligation for basic education funding under Article IX of the state Constitution. (7) Beginning in the 2021-22 school year, school districts with school lunch programs must eliminate lunch copays for students in prekindergarten through 12th grade who qualify for reduced-price lunches, and the superintendent of public instruction must allocate funding for this purpose. (8) The requirements in this section shall lapse if the federal reimbursement for any school breakfasts, lunches, or summer food service programs is eliminated. (9) School districts may be exempted from the requirements of this section and RCW 28A.235.135 by showing good cause why they cannot comply with the office of the superintendent of public instruction to the extent that such exemption is not in conflict with federal or state law. The process and criteria by which school districts may be exempted shall be developed by rule and revised if necessary by the office of the superintendent of public instruction in consultation with representatives of school directors, school food service, community-based organizations, and a state organization of parents and teachers.
RCW 28A.175.160 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 175 / Section 160
RCW 28A.175.160: PASS program—Information regarding funds and awards—Development of strategies for dropout prevention and reengagement programs, planning, and improvement.
Status: in_force

The office of the superintendent of public instruction must regularly inform high schools and school districts about the opportunities under RCW 28A.175.135 to receive funding to implement programs that have been proven to reduce dropout rates and increase graduation rates, as well as the opportunities under RCW 28A.175.145 for high schools to receive a financial incentive for success. Within available funds, the office shall develop systemic, ongoing strategies for identifying and disseminating successful dropout prevention and reengagement programs and strategies and for incorporating dropout prevention and reengagement into high school and school district strategic planning and improvement. The office may offer support and assistance to schools and districts through regional networks. The office shall make every effort to keep dropout prevention and reduction of the dropout rate a top priority for school directors, administrators, and teachers.
RCW 28B.30.382 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 30 / Section 382
RCW 28B.30.382: Pollinator extension education and outreach program.
Status: in_force

The Washington State University extension program must develop a pollinator extension education and outreach program and develop a statewide, science-based, pollinator education plan to educate beekeepers, agricultural producers, land managers, licensed pesticide applicators, other professionals, and the public. The plan should emphasize pollinator best management practices for both native and managed species.
RCW 28A.710.175 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 710 / Section 175
RCW 28A.710.175: Willful noncompliance with state law.
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided otherwise by this section, RCW 28A.300.0711 through 28A.300.0714 govern school operation and management under RCW 28A.710.040 and apply to charter schools established under this chapter. (2) RCW 28A.300.0711 (4) governs school operation and management under RCW 28A.710.040 and applies to charter schools to the extent that a statute or chapter listed in RCW 28A.300.0711 (4) applies to charter schools under RCW 28A.710.040 .
RCW 28B.122.050 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 122 / Section 050
RCW 28B.122.050: Aerospace training student loan account.
Status: in_force

(1) The aerospace training student loan account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. No appropriation is required for expenditures of funds from the account for student loans. An appropriation is required for expenditures of funds from the account for costs associated with program administration by the office. The account is not subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW. (2) The office shall deposit into the account all moneys received for the program. The account shall be self-sustaining and consist of moneys received for the program by the office, and receipts from participant repayments, including principal and interest. (3) Expenditures from the account may be used solely for student loans to participants in the program established by this chapter and costs associated with program administration by the office. (4) Disbursements from the account may be made only on the authorization of the office. (5) During the 2015-2017 and 2017-2019 fiscal biennia, the legislature may transfer from the aerospace training student loan account to the state general fund such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance of the account.
RCW 28A.300.415 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 415
RCW 28A.300.415: Kip Tokuda memorial Washington civil liberties public education program—Short title.
Status: in_force

RCW 28A.300.390 through 28A.300.415 shall be known as the Washington civil liberties public education act.
RCW 28A.300.120 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 120
RCW 28A.300.120: Administrative hearing—Contract to conduct authorized—Final decision.
Status: in_force

Whenever a statute or rule provides for a formal administrative hearing before the superintendent of public instruction under chapter 34.05 RCW, the superintendent of public instruction may contract with the office of administrative hearings to conduct the hearing under chapter 34.12 RCW and may delegate to a designee of the superintendent of public instruction the authority to render the final decision.
RCW 28C.04.525 — Washington Code / Title 28C / Chapter 04 / Section 525
RCW 28C.04.525: Washington award for vocational excellence—Establishment—Purposes.
Status: in_force

The Washington award for vocational excellence program is established. The purposes of this annual program are to: (1) Maximize public awareness of the achievements, leadership ability, and community contributions of the students enrolled in occupational training programs in high schools, community colleges, and technical colleges; (2) Emphasize the dignity of work in our society; (3) Instill respect for those who become skilled in crafts and technology; (4) Recognize the value of vocational education and its contribution to the economy of this state; (5) Foster business, labor, and community involvement in vocational-technical training programs and in this award program; and (6) Recognize the outstanding achievements of up to three vocational or technical students, at least two of whom should be graduating high school students, in each legislative district. Students who have completed at least one year of a vocational-technical program in a community college or public technical college may also be recognized.
RCW 28A.150.010 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 150 / Section 010
RCW 28A.150.010: Public schools.
Status: in_force

Public schools means the common schools as referred to in Article IX of the state Constitution, charter schools established under chapter 28A.710 RCW, and those schools and institutions of learning having a curriculum below the college or university level as now or may be established by law and maintained at public expense.
RCW 28A.230.030 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 230 / Section 030
RCW 28A.230.030: Students taught in English language—Exception.
Status: in_force

All students in the common schools of the state of Washington shall be taught in the English language: PROVIDED, That nothing in this section shall preclude the teaching of students in a language other than English when such instruction will aid the educational advancement of the student.
RCW 28A.210.140 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 210 / Section 140
RCW 28A.210.140: Immunization program—State board of health rules, contents.
Status: in_force

The state board of health shall adopt and is hereby empowered to adopt rules pursuant to chapter 34.05 RCW which establish the procedural and substantive requirements for full immunization and the form and substance of the proof thereof, to be required pursuant to RCW 28A.210.060 through 28A.210.170 .
RCW 28A.340.085 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 340 / Section 085
RCW 28A.340.085: Innovation academy cooperatives—Characteristics—Cooperation with institutions of higher education.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purposes of RCW 28A.340.080 through 28A.340.090 , an innovation academy cooperative is a high school program with one or more of the following characteristics: (a) Interdisciplinary curriculum and instruction organized into subject-focused themes or academies. Programs are encouraged to provide an initial focus on academies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; (b) A combination of instructional service delivery models, including alternative learning experiences, online learning, work-based learning, experiential and field-based learning, and direct classroom instruction at multiple and varying locations; (c) Intensive and accelerated learning to enable students to complete high school credits in a short time period; and (d) Creative scheduling and use of existing school or community facilities in innovative ways to minimize facility and transportation costs and maximize access for students who may be geographically dispersed. (2) Participating nonhigh school districts shall work with local community and technical colleges and four-year institutions of higher education to expand the learning options available for students in an innovation academy cooperative.
RCW 28B.92.086 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 92 / Section 086
RCW 28B.92.086: Dual credit programs—Review of financial aid policies and programs.
Status: in_force

Institutions of higher education are encouraged to review their policies and procedures regarding financial aid for students enrolled in dual credit programs as defined in RCW 28B.15.821 . Institutions of higher education are further encouraged to implement policies and procedures providing students enrolled in dual credit programs with the same access to institutional aid, including all educational expenses, as provided to resident undergraduate students.
RCW 28A.150.360 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 150 / Section 360
RCW 28A.150.360: Adjustments to meet emergencies.
Status: in_force

In the event of an unforeseen emergency, in the nature of either an unavoidable cost to a district or unexpected variation in anticipated revenues to a district, the state superintendent is authorized, for not to exceed two years, to make such an adjustment in the allocation of funds as is consistent with the intent of this chapter, RCW 28A.160.150 through 28A.160.210 , 28A.300.170 , and 28A.500.010 in providing an equal educational opportunity for the children of such district or districts.