RCW 28B.10.592 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 592
RCW 28B.10.592: College textbook information—Publishers' duties.
Status: in_force

(1) Each publisher of college textbooks shall make immediately available to faculty of institutions of higher education: (a) The price at which the publisher would make the products available to the store run by or in a contractual relationship with the institution of higher education that would offer the products to students; and (b) The history of revisions for the products, if any. (2) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Immediately available" means with any marketing materials presented to a member of the faculty. (b) "Products" means all versions of a textbook or set of textbooks, except custom textbooks or special editions of textbooks, available in the subject area for which a faculty member is teaching a course, including supplemental items, both when sold together or separately from a textbook.
RCW 28A.160.185 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 160 / Section 185
RCW 28A.160.185: Student transportation allocation—Additional allowed uses under an emergency—Accounting.
Status: in_force

(1) If a school or school district is providing full remote or partial remote instruction under the authority of RCW 28A.150.290 due to a local, state, or national emergency that causes a substantial disruption to full in-person instruction then, in addition to the transportation services allowed under this chapter, the district may use student transportation allocations to provide the following expanded services to students, regardless of whether those students would qualify as eligible students under RCW 28A.160.160 : (a) Delivery of educational services necessary to provide students with the opportunity to equitably access educational services during the period of remote instruction. Delivery of educational services include the transportation of materials, hardware, and other supports that assist students in accessing remote instruction, internet connectivity, or the curriculum; (b) Delivery of meals to students; and (c) Providing for the transportation of students to and from learning centers or other public or private agencies where educational and support services are being provided to students during the period of remote instruction. "Providing for" includes the provision of payments to allow students to use public transit to access the educational and support services. (2) Nothing in this section is intended to limit a district's ability to use transportation allocations to pay for fixed transportation costs, such as school bus maintenance and basic administrative, regulatory, safety, or operational expenses. (3) If a district provides expanded services under subsection (1) of this section, the district must track by a separate accounting code the expenditures incurred by the district in providing such services. This data must be included in the report required under RCW 28A.160.170 (2).
RCW 28A.165.015 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 165 / Section 015
RCW 28A.165.015: Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Basic skills areas" means reading, writing, and mathematics as well as readiness associated with these skills. (2) "Statewide student assessments" means one or more of the assessments administered by school districts as required under RCW 28A.655.070 . (3) "Students who are not meeting academic standards" means students with the greatest academic deficits in basic skills as identified by statewide, school, or district assessments or other performance measurement tools.
RCW 28B.15.520 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 15 / Section 520
RCW 28B.15.520: Waiver of fees and nonresident tuition fees—Community and technical colleges.
Status: in_force

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Subject to the limitations of RCW 28B.15.910 , the governing boards of the community and technical colleges: (1) May waive all or a portion of tuition fees and services and activities fees for students who are eligible for resident tuition and fee rates as defined in RCW 28B.15.012 through 28B.15.015 , who enroll in a course of study or program which will enable them to finish their high school education and obtain a high school diploma or certificate, but who are not eligible students as defined by RCW 28A.600.405 ; (2)(a) Shall waive all of tuition fees and services and activities fees for: (i) Children of any law enforcement officer as defined in chapter 41.26 RCW, firefighter as defined in chapter 41.26 or 41.24 RCW, or Washington state patrol officer who lost his or her life or became totally disabled in the line of duty while employed by any public law enforcement agency or full time or volunteer fire department in this state: PROVIDED, That such persons may receive the waiver only if they begin their course of study at a community or technical college within ten years of their graduation from high school; and (ii) Surviving spouses of any law enforcement officer as defined in chapter 41.26 RCW, firefighter as defined in chapter 41.26 or 41.24 RCW, or Washington state patrol officer who lost his or her life or became totally disabled in the line of duty while employed by any public law enforcement agency or full time or volunteer fire department in this state. (b) For the purposes of this section, "totally disabled" means a person who has become totally and permanently disabled for life by bodily injury or disease, and is thereby prevented from performing any occupation or gainful pursuit. (c) The governing boards of the community and technical colleges shall report to the state board for community and technical colleges on the annual cost of tuition fees and services and activities fees waived for surviving spouses and children under (a) of this subsection. The state board for community and technical colleges shall consolidate the reports of the waived fees and annually report to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the legislature; and (3) May waive all or a portion of the nonresident tuition fees differential for: (a) Nonresident students enrolled in a community or technical college course of study or program which will enable them to finish their high school education and obtain a high school diploma or certificate but who are not eligible students as defined by RCW 28A.600.405 . The waiver shall be in effect only for those courses which lead to a high school diploma or certificate; and (b) Up to forty percent of the students enrolled in the regional education program for deaf students, subject to federal funding of such program.
RCW 28A.515.320 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 515 / Section 320
RCW 28A.515.320: Common school construction fund—Sources—Use—Excess moneys in, availability, repayment.
Status: in_force

The common school construction fund is to be used exclusively for the purpose of financing the construction of facilities for the common schools. The sources of said fund shall be: (1) Those proceeds derived from sale or appropriation of timber and other crops from school and state land other than those granted for specific purposes; (2) the interest accruing on the permanent common school fund less the allocations to the state treasurer's service fund pursuant to RCW 43.08.190 and the state investment board expense account pursuant to RCW 43.33A.160 together with all rentals and other revenue derived therefrom and from land and other property devoted to the permanent common school fund; (3) all moneys received by the state from the United States under the provisions of section 191, Title 30, United States Code, Annotated, and under section 810, chapter 12, Title 16, (Conservation), United States Code, Annotated, except moneys received before June 30, 2001, and when thirty megawatts of geothermal power is certified as commercially available by the receiving utilities and the department of commerce, eighty percent of such moneys, under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 pursuant to *RCW 43.140.030 ; and (4) such other sources as the legislature may direct. That portion of the common school construction fund derived from interest on the permanent common school fund may be used to retire such bonds as may be authorized by law for the purpose of financing the construction of facilities for the common schools. The interest accruing on the permanent common school fund less the allocations to the state treasurer's service fund pursuant to RCW 43.08.190 and the state investment board expense account pursuant to RCW 43.33A.160 together with all rentals and other revenues accruing thereto pursuant to subsection (2) of this section prior to July 1, 1967, shall be exclusively applied to the current use of the common schools. To the extent that the moneys in the common school construction fund are in excess of the amount necessary to allow fulfillment of the purpose of said fund, the excess shall be available for deposit to the credit of the permanent common school fund or available for the current use of the common schools, as the legislature may direct. Any money from the common school construction fund which is made available for the current use of the common schools shall be restored to the fund by appropriation, including interest income forgone, before the end of the next fiscal biennium following such use.
RCW 28A.655.080 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 655 / Section 080
RCW 28A.655.080: Washington kindergarten inventory of developing skills—Implementation and administration—Work group—Reports—Grants—Waivers.
Status: in_force

(1) To the extent funds are available, beginning in the 2012-13 school year, the Washington kindergarten inventory of developing skills shall be administered at the beginning of the school year to all students enrolled in state-funded full-day kindergarten programs under RCW 28A.150.315 with the exception of students who have been excused from participation by their parents or guardians. (2)(a) The superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the department of children, youth, and families, shall convene a work group to provide: (i) Input and recommendations with respect to implementation of the Washington kindergarten inventory of developing skills; (ii) Recommendations regarding the optimum way to administer the Washington kindergarten inventory of developing skills to children in half-day kindergarten while ensuring that they receive the maximum instruction as required in *RCW 28A.150.205 ; and (iii) Recommendations with respect to achieving the goal of replacing assessments currently required by school districts with the Washington kindergarten inventory of developing skills. (b) The work group shall include: (i) One representative from the office of the superintendent of public instruction; (ii) One representative from the department of children, youth, and families; (iii) One representative from the nongovernmental private-public partnership defined in RCW 43.216.010 ; (iv) Five representatives, including both teachers and principals, from school districts that participated in the pilot project, with every effort made to make sure that there is representation from across the state; (v) Two parents who are familiar with and participated in the Washington kindergarten inventory of developing skills pilot during the 2010-11 school year; and (vi) A representative from an independent, nonprofit children and family services organization with a main campus in North Bend, Washington. (c) The work group may solicit input from people who are recent implementers of the Washington kindergarten inventory of developing skills. (d) A preliminary report and recommendations shall be submitted to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives by December 1, 2012. A subsequent report and recommendations shall be submitted to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives by December 1, 2013, and annually by December 1st thereafter. (e) The work group shall terminate upon full statewide implementation of all-day kindergarten. (3) To the extent funds are available, additional support in the form of implementation grants shall be offered to schools on a schedule to be determined by the office of the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the department of children, youth, and families. (4) Until full statewide implementation of all-day kindergarten programs, the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the secretary of the department of children, youth, and families, may grant annual, renewable waivers from the requirement of subsection (1) of this section to administer the Washington kindergarten inventory of developing skills. A school district seeking a waiver for one or more of its schools must submit an application to the office of the superintendent of public instruction that includes: (a) A description of the kindergarten readiness assessment and transition processes that it proposes to administer instead of the Washington kindergarten inventory of developing skills; (b) An explanation of why the administration of the Washington kindergarten inventory of developing skills would be unduly burdensome; and (c) An explanation of how administration of the alternative kindergarten readiness assessment will support social-emotional, physical, and cognitive growth and development of individual children; support early learning provider and parent involvement; and inform instruction.
RCW 28B.145.030 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 145 / Section 030
RCW 28B.145.030: Program administrator—Duties—Specified accounts.
Status: in_force

(1) The program administrator shall provide administrative support to execute the duties and responsibilities provided in this chapter, including but not limited to publicizing the program, selecting participants for the opportunity scholarship award, distributing opportunity scholarship awards, and achieving the maximum possible rate of return on investment of the accounts in subsection (2) of this section, while ensuring transparency in the investment decisions and processes. Duties, exercised jointly with the board, include soliciting funds and setting annual fund-raising goals. The program administrator shall be paid an administrative fee as determined by the board. (2) With respect to the opportunity scholarship program, the program administrator shall: (a) Establish and manage the specified accounts created in (b) of this subsection, into which to receive grants and contributions from private sources as well as state matching funds, and from which to disburse scholarship funds to participants; (b) Solicit and accept grants and contributions from private sources, via direct payment, pledge agreement, or escrow account, of private sources for deposit into any of the specified accounts created in this subsection (2)(b) upon the direction of the donor and in accordance with this subsection (2)(b): (i) The "scholarship account," whose principal may be invaded, and from which scholarships must be disbursed for baccalaureate programs beginning no later than December 1, 2011, if, by that date, state matching funds in the amount of five million dollars or more have been received. Thereafter, scholarships shall be disbursed on an annual basis beginning no later than May 1, 2012, and every October 1st thereafter; (ii) The "student support pathways account," whose principal may be invaded, and from which scholarships may be disbursed for professional-technical certificate or degree programs in the fiscal year following appropriations of state matching funds. Thereafter, scholarships shall be disbursed on an annual basis; (iii) The "advanced degrees pathways account," whose principal may be invaded, and from which scholarships may be disbursed for eligible advanced degree programs in the fiscal year following appropriations of state matching funds. Thereafter, scholarships shall be disbursed on an annual basis; (iv) The "endowment account," from which scholarship moneys may be disbursed for baccalaureate programs from earnings only in years when: (A) The state match has been made into both the scholarship and the endowment account; and (B) The state appropriations for the Washington college grant program under chapter 28B.92 RCW meet or exceed state appropriations for the state need grant made in the 2011-2013 biennium, adjusted for inflation, and eligibility for Washington college grant recipients is at least seventy percent of state median family income; (v) An amount equal to at least fifty percent of all grants and contributions must be deposited into the scholarship account until such time as twenty million dollars have been deposited into the scholarship account, after which time the private donors may designate whether their contributions must be deposited to the scholarship account, the student support pathways account, the advanced degrees pathways account, or the endowment account. The board and the program administrator must work to maximize private sector contributions to these accounts to maintain a robust scholarship program while simultaneously building the endowment, and to determine the division between the accounts in the case of undesignated grants and contributions, taking into account the need for a long-term funding mechanism and the short-term needs of families and students in Washington. The first five million dollars in state match, as provided in RCW 28B.145.040 , shall be deposited into the scholarship account and thereafter the state match shall be deposited into the specified accounts created in this subsection (2)(b) in equal proportion to the private funds deposited in each account, except that no more than $5,000,000 in state match shall be deposited into the advanced degrees pathways account in a single fiscal biennium; and (vi) Once moneys in the opportunity scholarship match transfer account are subject to an agreement under RCW 28B.145.050 (5) and are deposited in the scholarship account, the student support pathways account, the advanced degrees pathways account, or the endowment account under this section, the state acts in a fiduciary rather than ownership capacity with regard to those assets. Assets in the scholarship account, the student support pathways account, the advanced degrees pathways account, and the endowment account are not considered state money, common cash, or revenue to the state; (c) Provide proof of receipt of grants and contributions from private sources to the council, identifying the amounts received by name of private source and date, and whether the amounts received were deposited into the scholarship account, the student support pathways account, the advanced degrees pathways account, or the endowment account; (d) In consultation with the council and the state board for community and technical colleges, make an assessment of the reasonable annual eligible expenses associated with eligible education programs and eligible advanced degree programs identified by the board; (e) Determine the dollar difference between tuition fees charged by institutions of higher education in the 2008-09 academic year and the academic year for which an opportunity scholarship is being distributed; (f) Develop and implement an application, selection, and notification process for awarding opportunity scholarships; (g) Ensure that if the private source is from a federally recognized Indian tribe, municipality, or county, an amount at least equal to the value of the private source plus the state match is awarded to participants within that federally recognized Indian tribe, municipality, or county according to the federally recognized Indian tribe's, municipality's, or county's program rules; (h) Determine the annual amount of the opportunity scholarship for each selected participant. The annual amount shall be at least one thousand dollars or the amount determined under (e) of this subsection, but may be increased on an income-based, sliding scale basis up to the amount necessary to cover all reasonable annual eligible expenses as assessed pursuant to (d) of this subsection, or to encourage participation in professional-technical certificate programs, professional-technical degree programs, baccalaureate degree programs, or eligible advanced degree programs identified by the board; (i) Distribute scholarship funds to selected participants. Once awarded, and to the extent funds are available for distribution, an opportunity scholarship shall be automatically renewed as long as the participant annually submits documentation of filing both a free application for federal student aid (FAFSA) and for available federal education tax credits including, but not limited to, the American opportunity tax credit, or if ineligible to apply for federal student aid, the participant annually submits documentation of filing a state financial aid application as approved by the office of student financial assistance; and until the participant withdraws from or is no longer attending the program, completes the program, or has extended beyond five years or 125 percent of the published program length of the program in which the student is enrolled or the credit or clock-hour equivalent as defined in the Washington college grant program; (j) Notify institutions of scholarship recipients who will attend their institutions and inform them of the terms of the students' eligibility; and (k) For participants enrolled in an eligible advanced degree program, document each participant's employment following graduation. (3) With respect to the opportunity expansion program, the program administrator shall: (a) Assist the board in developing and implementing an application, selection, and notification process for making opportunity expansion awards; and (b) Solicit and accept grants and contributions from private sources for opportunity expansion awards.
RCW 28A.305.190 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 305 / Section 190
RCW 28A.305.190: Eligibility to take test to earn a high school equivalency certificate.
Status: in_force

The state board of education shall adopt rules governing the eligibility of a child sixteen years of age and under nineteen years of age to take a test to earn a high school equivalency certificate as provided in RCW 28B.50.536 if the child provides a substantial and warranted reason for leaving the regular high school education program, if the child was home-schooled, or if the child is an eligible student enrolled in a dropout reengagement program under RCW 28A.175.100 through 28A.175.110 .
RCW 28A.715.060 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 715 / Section 060
RCW 28A.715.060: Office of the education ombuds—Notification.
Status: in_force

RCW 28A.600.510 (1) and (2), related to provision of information about the office of the education ombuds, governs school operation and management under RCW 28A.715.020 and apply to state-tribal education compact schools established under this chapter.
RCW 28A.315.085 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 315 / Section 085
RCW 28A.315.085: Personnel and supplies—Reimbursement.
Status: in_force

(1) The superintendent of public instruction shall furnish to regional committees the services of employed personnel and the materials and supplies necessary to enable them to perform the duties imposed upon them by this chapter. (2) Costs that may be incurred by an educational service district in association with school district negotiations under RCW 28A.315.195 and supporting the regional committee under RCW 28A.315.205 shall be reimbursed by the state from such funds as are appropriated for these purposes.
RCW 28A.400.009 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 400 / Section 009
RCW 28A.400.009: Secondary traumatic stress—Policy and procedure.
Status: in_force

(1) The Washington state school directors' association shall develop or revise, and periodically update, a model policy and procedure to prevent and address secondary traumatic stress in the workforce. (2) The model policy and procedure must include the following elements: (a) A commitment to support mental health in the workplace; (b) Promotion of a positive workplace climate with a focus on diversity and inclusion; (c) Establishment of a district-wide workforce mental health committee with the following functions: (i) Share secondary traumatic stress, stress management, and other mental health resources and supports available through the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the educational service districts, and the school employees' benefits board created in RCW 41.05.740 ; (ii) Share links to a secondary traumatic stress self-assessment tool and any associated resources; and (iii) Report to the school district board of directors at least once per year with a summary of committee activities; (d) Regular assessment of district-level and school building-level implementation of the policy and procedures that includes input from the workforce; and (e) Provision of appropriate resources and training to schools and staff for continuous improvement. (3) The model policy and procedure developed under this section must be posted publicly on the Washington state school directors' association's website by August 1, 2021. Updates to the model policy and procedure must be posted publicly within a reasonable time of development. (4) By the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, each school district must adopt, or amend if necessary, policies and procedures that, at a minimum, incorporate all the elements described in subsection (2) of this section. School districts must periodically review their policies and procedures for consistency with updated versions of the model policy and procedure.
RCW 28B.105.020 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 105 / Section 020
RCW 28B.105.020: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "GET units" means tuition units under the advanced college tuition payment program in chapter 28B.95 RCW. (2) "Institution of higher education" has the same meaning as in RCW 28B.92.030 (4) (a) and (b) (i) and (ii). (3) "Office" means the office of student financial assistance. (4) "Program administrator" means the private nonprofit corporation that is registered under Title 24 RCW and qualified as a tax-exempt entity under section 501(c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code, that will serve as the private partner in the public-private partnership under this chapter. (5) "Qualified program" or "qualified major" means a mathematics, science, or related degree program or major line of study offered by an institution of higher education that is included on the list of programs or majors selected by the office and the program administrator under RCW 28B.105.100 .
RCW 28A.520.020 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 520 / Section 020
RCW 28A.520.020: Distribution of forest reserve funds—Revolving account created—Use—Apportionments from—As affects basic education allocation.
Status: in_force

(1) There shall be a fund known as the federal forest revolving account. The state treasurer, who shall be custodian of the revolving account, shall deposit into the revolving account the funds for each county received by the state in accordance with Title 16, section 500, United States Code. The state treasurer shall distribute these moneys to the counties according to the determined proportional area. The county legislative authority shall expend fifty percent of the money for the benefit of the public roads and other public purposes as authorized by federal statute or public schools of such county and not otherwise. Disbursements by the counties of the remaining fifty percent of the money shall be as authorized by the superintendent of public instruction, or the superintendent's designee, and shall occur in the manner provided in subsection (2) of this section. (2) No later than thirty days following receipt of the funds from the federal government, the superintendent of public instruction shall apportion moneys distributed to counties for schools to public school districts in the respective counties in proportion to the number of resident full-time equivalent students enrolled in each public school district to the number of resident full-time equivalent students enrolled in public schools in the county. In apportioning these funds, the superintendent of public instruction shall utilize the October enrollment count. (3)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, if the amount received by any public school district pursuant to subsection (2) of this section is less than the basic education allocation to which the district would otherwise be entitled, the superintendent of public instruction shall apportion to the district, in the manner provided by RCW 28A.510.250 , an amount which shall be the difference between the amount received pursuant to subsection (2) of this section and the basic education allocation to which the district would otherwise be entitled. (b) If a school district has a poverty level of at least fifty-seven percent, the superintendent may not offset that district's basic education allocation by the amount of those federal forest revenues, to the extent that such revenues do not exceed seventy thousand dollars. The superintendent may offset the district's basic education allocations by the portion of the federal forest revenues that exceeds seventy thousand dollars. For purposes of this section, poverty is measured by the percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch in the previous school year. (4) All federal forest funds shall be expended in accordance with the requirements of Title 16, section 500, United States Code, as now existing or hereafter amended. (5) The definition of resident student for purposes of this section shall be based on rules adopted by the superintendent of public instruction, which shall consider and address the impact of alternative learning experience students on federal forest funds distribution.
RCW 28A.410.106 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 410 / Section 106
RCW 28A.410.106: Certificate or permit suspension—Noncompliance with support order—Reissuance.
Status: in_force

Any certificate or permit authorized under this chapter or chapter 28A.405 RCW shall be suspended by the authority authorized to grant the certificate or permit if the department of social and health services certifies that the person is not in compliance with a support order or a *residential or visitation order as provided in RCW 74.20A.320 . If the person continues to meet other requirements for reinstatement during the suspension, reissuance of the certificate or permit shall be automatic after the person provides the authority a release issued by the department of social and health services stating that the person is in compliance with the order.
RCW 28A.604.902 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 604 / Section 902
RCW 28A.604.902: Transitional provisions.
Status: in_force

If a school service provider entered into a signed, written contract with an educational institution or teacher before July 1, 2016, the school service provider is not liable for the requirements of RCW 28A.604.010 through 28A.604.050 with respect to that contract until the next renewal date of the contract.
RCW 28A.225.290 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 225 / Section 290
RCW 28A.225.290: Enrollment options information (as amended by 2009 c 556).
Status: in_force

(1) The superintendent of public instruction shall prepare and annually distribute an information booklet outlining parents' and guardians' enrollment options for their children. (2) Before the 1991-92 school year, the booklet shall be distributed to all school districts by the office of the superintendent of public instruction. School districts shall have a copy of the information booklet available for public inspection at each school in the district, at the district office, and in public libraries. (3) The booklet shall include: (a) Information about enrollment options and program opportunities, including but not limited to programs in RCW 28A.225.220 , 28A.185.040 , 28A.225.200 through 28A.225.215 , 28A.225.230 through 28A.225.250 , (( 28A.175.090, )) 28A.340.010 through 28A.340.070 (small high school cooperative projects), and 28A.335.160 ; (b) Information about the running start (( - community college or vocational-technical institute )) choice program under RCW 28A.600.300 through (( 28A.600.395 )) 28A.600.400 ; and (c) Information about the seventh and eighth grade choice program under RCW 28A.230.090 .
RCW 28A.700.050 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 700 / Section 050
RCW 28A.700.050: Grants to develop or upgrade high-demand career and technical education programs.
Status: in_force

Subject to funds appropriated for this purpose, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall allocate grants to middle schools, high schools, or skill centers, to develop or upgrade high-demand career and technical education programs as identified under RCW 28A.700.020 . Grant funds shall be allocated on a one-time basis and may be used to purchase or improve curriculum, create preapprenticeship programs, upgrade technology and equipment to meet industry standards, and for other purposes intended to initiate a new program or improve the rigor and quality of a high-demand program. Priority in allocating the funds shall be given to programs that are also considered high cost due to the types of technology and equipment necessary to maintain industry certification. Priority shall also be given to programs considered in most high demand in the state or applicable region.
RCW 28B.14H.010 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 14H / Section 010
RCW 28B.14H.010: Definitions.
Status: in_force

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Bonds" means bonds, notes, commercial paper, certificates of indebtedness, or other evidences of indebtedness of the state issued under this chapter. (2) "Institutions of higher education" means the University of Washington and Washington State University, Western Washington University at Bellingham, Central Washington University at Ellensburg, Eastern Washington University at Cheney, The Evergreen State College, and the community colleges and technical colleges as defined by RCW 28B.50.030 . (3) "Washington's future bonds" means all or any portion of the general obligation bonds authorized in RCW 28B.14H.020 .
RCW 28A.210.278 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 210 / Section 278
RCW 28A.210.278: Topical sunscreen products—Sun safety guidelines.
Status: in_force

(1) Any person, including students, parents, and school personnel, may possess topical sunscreen products to help prevent sunburn while on school property, at a school-related event or activity, or at summer camp. As excepted in RCW 28A.210.260 , a sunscreen product may be possessed and applied under this section without the prescription or note of a licensed health care professional if the product is regulated by the United States food and drug administration for over-the-counter use. For student use, a sunscreen product must be supplied by a parent or guardian. (2) Schools are encouraged to educate students about sun safety guidelines. (3) Nothing in this section requires school personnel to assist students in applying sunscreen. (4) As used in this section, "school" means a public school, school district, educational service district, or private school with any of grades kindergarten through twelve.
RCW 28B.117.055 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 117 / Section 055
RCW 28B.117.055: Training for disadvantaged populations.
Status: in_force

Subject to availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office, with approval from the employment security department and the apprenticeship and training council pursuant to chapter 49.04 RCW, shall contract with at least one nongovernmental entity to provide quality training, employment navigation, and supportive services to disadvantaged populations seeking to complete apprenticeships and preapprenticeships through the passport to apprenticeship opportunities program. The nongovernmental entity shall also disburse state financial assistance under RCW 28B.117.030 (5) to meet registered apprenticeship and preapprenticeship entrance requirements and occupational-specific costs.
RCW 28A.400.2001 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 400 / Section 2001
RCW 28A.400.2001: Supplemental contracts—School district reporting—Report by the office of the superintendent of public instruction.
Status: in_force

Beginning September 1, 2017, school districts must annually report to the superintendent of public instruction on supplemental contracts entered into subject to RCW 28A.400.200 (4) for additional time, responsibility, or incentive. The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall summarize the district information and submit an annual report to the education and appropriate fiscal committees of the house of representatives and the senate.
RCW 28B.20.414 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 20 / Section 414
RCW 28B.20.414: Center for research and training in intellectual and developmental disabilities—Purpose.
Status: in_force

The general purposes of the center shall be: (1) To provide clinical and laboratory facilities for research on the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of intellectual and developmental disabilities; (2) To develop improved professional and in-service training programs in the various disciplines concerned with persons with disabilities; (3) To provide diagnostic and consultative services to various state programs and to regional and local centers, to an extent compatible with the primary research and teaching objectives of the center.
RCW 28A.320.130 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 320 / Section 130
RCW 28A.320.130: Weapons incidents—Reporting.
Status: in_force

Each school district and each private school approved under chapter 28A.195 RCW shall report to the superintendent of public instruction by January 31st of each year all known incidents involving the possession of weapons on school premises, on transportation systems, or in areas of facilities while being used exclusively by public or private schools, in violation of RCW 9.41.280 in the year preceding the report. The superintendent shall compile the data and report it to the house of representatives, the senate, and the governor.
RCW 28A.220.030 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 220 / Section 030
RCW 28A.220.030: Traffic safety education section—Administration of traffic safety education program—Certification and endorsement of qualified teachers of driver training—Powers and duties of school officials—Administration of knowledge and driving portions of driver licensing examination.
Status: in_force

(1) The superintendent of public instruction is authorized to establish a section of traffic safety education, and through such section shall: Define appropriate course delivery standards required to provide an effective driver training education course, establish a level of driving competency required of each student to successfully complete the course, and ensure that an effective statewide program is implemented and sustained; administer, supervise, and develop the traffic safety education program; and assist local school districts and approved private schools in the conduct of their traffic safety education programs. The superintendent shall adopt necessary rules governing the operation and scope of the traffic safety education program; and each school district and approved private school shall submit a report to the superintendent on the condition of its traffic safety education program: PROVIDED, That the superintendent shall monitor the quality of the program and carry out the purposes of this chapter. (2)(a) The board of directors of any school district maintaining a secondary school which includes any of the grades 10 to 12, inclusive, or any approved private school which includes any of the grades 10 to 12, inclusive, may establish and maintain a traffic safety education program. (b) Any school district or approved private school that offers a driver training education course must certify to the department of licensing that it is operating a traffic safety education program, that the driver training education course follows the curriculum promulgated by the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the department of licensing, that it meets the course delivery standards promulgated by the office of the superintendent of public instruction, that a record retention policy is in place to meet the requirements of subsection (5) of this section, and that the school district or approved private school has verified that all instructors are authorized by the office of the superintendent of public instruction to teach a driver training education course. (c) Any portion of a driver training education course offered by a school district may be taught before or after regular school hours or on Saturdays as well as on regular school days or as a summer school course, at the option of the local school district. If a school district elects to offer a driver training education course and has within its boundaries a private accredited secondary school which includes any of the grades 10 to 12, inclusive, at least one driver training education course must be given at times other than regular school hours if there is sufficient demand for it. (3)(a) A qualified teacher of driver training education must be certificated under chapter 28A.410 RCW and obtain a traffic safety endorsement or a letter of approval to teach traffic safety education from the superintendent of public instruction to teach either the classroom instruction or the behind-the-wheel instruction portion of the driver training education course, or both, under rules adopted by the superintendent. The classroom or behind-the-wheel instruction portion of the driver training education course may also be taught by instructors certificated under rules adopted by the superintendent of public instruction, exclusive of any requirement that the instructor be certificated under chapter 28A.410 RCW. (b) The superintendent shall establish a required minimum number of hours of continuing traffic safety education for qualified teachers of driver training education. (4) The board of directors of a school district, or combination of school districts, may contract with any driver training school licensed under chapter 46.82 RCW to teach the behind-the-wheel instruction portion of the driver training education course. Instructors provided by any such contracting driver training school must be properly qualified teachers of driver training education under the joint qualification requirements adopted by the superintendent of public instruction and the director of licensing. (5) Each school district or approved private school offering a traffic safety education program must maintain: (a) Documentation of each instructor's name and address and that establishes the instructor as a qualified teacher of driver training education as defined in RCW 28A.220.020 ; and (b) student records that include the student's name, address, and telephone number, the date of enrollment and all dates of instruction, the student's driver's instruction permit or driver's license number, the type of training received, the total number of hours of instruction, and the name of the instructor or instructors. These records must be maintained for three years following the completion of the instruction and are subject to inspection upon request of the department of licensing or the office of the superintendent of public instruction. The superintendent may adopt rules regarding the retention of additional documents that are subject to inspection by the department of licensing or the office of the superintendent of public instruction. (6) A driver training education course may not be offered by a school district or an approved private school to a student who is under the age of fifteen, and behind-the-wheel instruction may not be given by an instructor to a student in a motor vehicle unless the student possesses either a current and valid driver's instruction permit issued under RCW 46.20.055 or a current and valid driver's license. (7) School districts that offer a driver training education course under this chapter may administer the portions of the driver licensing examination that test the applicant's knowledge of traffic laws and ability to safely operate a motor vehicle as authorized under RCW 46.20.120 (7). The superintendent shall work with the department of licensing, in consultation with school districts that offer a traffic safety education program, to develop standards and requirements for administering each portion of the driver licensing examination that are comparable to the standards and requirements for driver training schools under RCW 46.82.450 . (8) Before a school district may provide a portion of the driver licensing examination, the school district must, after consultation with the superintendent, enter into an agreement with the department of licensing that sets forth an accountability and audit process that takes into account the unique nature of school district facilities and school hours and, at a minimum, contains provisions that: (a) Allow the department of licensing to conduct random examinations, inspections, and audits without prior notice; (b) Allow the department of licensing to conduct on-site inspections at least annually; (c) Allow the department of licensing to test, at least annually, a random sample of the drivers approved by the school district for licensure and to cancel any driver's license that may have been issued to any driver selected for testing who refuses to be tested; and (d) Reserve to the department of licensing the right to take prompt and appropriate action against a school district that fails to comply with state or federal standards for a driver licensing examination or to comply with any terms of the agreement.
RCW 28A.642.080 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 642 / Section 080
RCW 28A.642.080: Transgender student policy and procedure.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) By January 31, 2020, each school district must adopt or amend if necessary policies and procedures that, at a minimum, incorporate all the elements of the model transgender student policy and procedure described in subsection (3) of this section. (b) School districts must share the policies and procedures that meet the requirements of (a) of this subsection with parents or guardians, students, volunteers, and school employees in accordance with rules adopted by the office of the superintendent of public instruction. This requirement as it relates to students, parents, and guardians may be satisfied by using the model student handbook language in RCW 28A.300.286 . (c)(i) Each school district must designate one person in the school district as the primary contact regarding the policies and procedures relating to transgender students that meet the requirements of (a) of this subsection. In addition to any other duties required by law and the school district, the primary contact must: (A) Ensure the implementation of the policies and procedures relating to transgender students that meet the requirements of (a) of this subsection; (B) Receive copies of all formal and informal complaints relating to transgender students; (C) Communicate with the school district employees responsible for monitoring school district compliance with this chapter, and the primary contact regarding the school district's policy and procedure prohibiting harassment, intimidation, and bullying under RCW 28A.600.477 ; and (D) Serve as the primary contact between the school district, the office of the education ombuds, and the office of the superintendent of public instruction on policies and procedures relating to transgender students that meet the requirements of (a) of this subsection. (ii) The primary contact from each school district must attend at least one training class as provided in RCW 28A.600.477 , once this training is available. (iii) The primary contact may also serve as the primary contact regarding the school district's policy and procedure prohibiting harassment, intimidation, and bullying under RCW 28A.600.477 and the primary contact regarding school district compliance with nondiscrimination laws under RCW 28A.300.286 . (2) As required by the office of the superintendent of public instruction, each school district must provide to the office of the superintendent of public instruction its policies and procedures relating to transgender students that meet the requirements of subsection (1)(a) of this section. (3)(a) By September 1, 2019, and periodically thereafter, the Washington state school directors' association must collaborate with the office of the superintendent of public instruction to develop and update a model transgender student policy and procedure. (b) The elements of the model transgender student policy and procedure must, at a minimum: Incorporate the office of the superintendent of public instruction's rules and guidelines developed under RCW 28A.642.020 to eliminate discrimination in Washington public schools on the basis of gender identity and expression; address the unique challenges and needs faced by transgender students in public schools; and describe the application of the model policy and procedure prohibiting harassment, intimidation, and bullying, required under RCW 28A.600.477 , to transgender students. (c) The office of the superintendent of public instruction and the Washington state school directors' association must maintain the model policy and procedure on each agency's website at no cost to school districts. (4)(a) By December 31, 2020, the office of the superintendent of public instruction must develop online training material available to all school staff based on the model transgender student policy and procedure described in subsection (3) of this section and the office of the superintendent of public instruction's rules and guidance as provided under this chapter. (b) The online training material must describe the role of school district primary contacts for monitoring school district compliance with this chapter prohibiting discrimination in public schools, RCW 28A.600.477 related to the policies and procedures prohibiting harassment, intimidation, and bullying, and this section related to policies and procedures relating to transgender students. (c) The online training material must include best practices for policy and procedure implementation and cultural change that are guided by school district experiences. (d) The office of the superintendent of public instruction must annually notify school districts of the availability of the online training material.
RCW 28A.505.230 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 505 / Section 230
RCW 28A.505.230: 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.15.524 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 15 / Section 524
RCW 28B.15.524: Community college international student exchange program.
Status: in_force

The community college international student exchange program is hereby established.
RCW 28A.160.110 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 160 / Section 110
RCW 28A.160.110: School buses, authorization for parent, guardian or custodian of a student to ride—Limitations.
Status: in_force

Every school district board of directors may authorize any parent, guardian or custodian of a student enrolled in the district to ride a school bus or other student transportation vehicle at the request of school officials or employees designated by the board: PROVIDED, That excess seating space is available on the vehicle after the transportation needs of students have been met: PROVIDED FURTHER, That private or other public transportation of the parent, guardian or custodian is not reasonable in the board's judgment.
RCW 28A.315.065 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 315 / Section 065
RCW 28A.315.065: District boundary changes—Filing with county auditor.
Status: in_force

Any district boundary changes shall be filed for recording with the county auditor by the educational service district superintendent within thirty days after the changes have been approved in accordance with this chapter. The superintendent shall submit both legal descriptions and maps. District boundary changes shall be effective the date specified in the educational service district superintendent's order.
RCW 28A.160.150 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 160 / Section 150
RCW 28A.160.150: Student transportation allocation—Operating costs, determination and funding.
Status: in_force

Funds allocated for transportation costs, except for funds provided for transportation and transportation services to and from school shall be in addition to the basic education allocation. The distribution formula developed in RCW 28A.160.150 through 28A.160.180 shall be for allocation purposes only and shall not be construed as mandating specific levels of pupil transportation services by local districts nor the type of vehicle to be used for pupil transportation, except as provided in RCW 28A.160.195 . School districts are encouraged to use a vehicle type deemed by a district to be a safe and cost-effective manner of transporting its students, including using school buses and other vehicles, and may use the student transportation allocation accordingly. Operating costs as determined under RCW 28A.160.150 through 28A.160.180 shall be funded at 100 percent or as close thereto as reasonably possible for transportation of an eligible student to and from school as defined in RCW 28A.160.160 (3). In addition, funding shall be provided for transportation services for students living within the walk area as determined under RCW 28A.160.160 (5).
RCW 28C.30.050 — Washington Code / Title 28C / Chapter 30 / Section 050
RCW 28C.30.050: Career connected learning grant program.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the career connected learning grant program is established as a competitive grant program to advance the career connect Washington vision under RCW 28C.30.040 . The employment security department shall administer the program. The governor's office shall work with the employment security department to establish grant criteria and guide the process for selection with consultation from the career connected learning cross-agency work group. (2) The purpose of the career connected learning grant program is to create career connected learning opportunities, including career awareness and exploration, career preparation, and career launch programs, that are both tailored to the local needs of students and employers and designed so that students may receive high school or college credit across industries and regions of the state to the maximum extent possible. (3) The program funds shall be used for two overarching purposes: (a) Support regional career connected learning and work-integrated learning networks in both rural and urban areas under subsection (5) of this section; and (b) Support career connected learning program intermediaries working within and across regions who partner with multiple employers, labor partners, and educational institutions, work with K-12 and postsecondary career representatives to develop curricula for new and innovative programs, and scale existing career awareness and exploration, career preparation, and endorsed career launch programs. (4) The program administrator shall consult with the governor's office and the career connected learning cross-agency work group established in RCW 28C.30.030 to develop a formal request for proposal for both the regional career connected learning and work-integrated learning networks and the program intermediaries. (5)(a) Proposals for regional career connected learning and work-integrated learning networks and intermediaries may be sought from applicants within the geographic areas of the nine educational service districts. Successful applicants shall convene and manage regional, cross-industry networks that will lead to the expansion of career connected learning opportunities. (b) Regional career connected learning and work-integrated learning network applicants must demonstrate regional knowledge and status as a trusted partner of industry and education stakeholders, a track record of success with career connected learning and aligned initiatives, and a commitment to equity. Regional career connected learning networks may include, but are not limited to, regional education networks, school districts, educational service districts, higher education institutions, workforce development councils, chambers of commerce, industry associations, joint labor management councils, multiemployer training partnerships, economic development councils, and nonprofit organizations. (6) Eligible program intermediary applicants may include, but are not limited to, new or existing industry associations, joint labor management councils, regional networks, career technical student organizations, postsecondary education and training institutions working with multiple employer partners, state agencies, and other community-based organizations and expanded learning partners. (7) Program intermediaries must work with appropriate faculty and staff at the state universities, the regional universities, and the state college, and K-12 education representatives, to expand the number of career launch program credits that may be articulated and transferred to postsecondary degree programs. (8) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the employment security department, as the administrator of the program, has the authority to utilize funds deposited in the career connected learning account for the purposes of the program. (9) During the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium, the employment security department must provide sufficient funding from amounts appropriated for the program to the office of the superintendent of public instruction to provide a grant to each of the nine educational service districts for costs of employing one full-time equivalent employee to support the expansion of career connected learning opportunities.
RCW 28B.50.551 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 551
RCW 28B.50.551: Leave provisions.
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of each college district shall adopt for each community and technical college under its jurisdiction written policies on granting leaves to employees of the district and those colleges, including but not limited to leaves for attendance at official or private institutions and conferences; professional leaves for personnel consistent with the provisions of RCW 28B.10.650 ; leaves for illness, injury, bereavement, and emergencies, consistent with RCW 28B.50.4893 , and except as otherwise in this section provided, all with such compensation as the board of trustees may prescribe, except that the board shall grant to all such persons leave with full compensation for illness, injury, bereavement and emergencies as follows: (1) For persons under contract to be employed, or otherwise employed, for at least three quarters, not more than twelve days per year, commencing with the first day on which work is to be performed; provisions of any contract in force on June 12, 1980, which conflict with requirements of this subsection shall continue in effect until contract expiration; after expiration, any new contract executed between the parties shall be consistent with this subsection; (2)(a) Such leave entitlement may be accumulated after the first three-quarter period of employment for full-time employees, and may be taken at any time; (b) For part-time academic employees, such leave entitlement shall be accumulated after the first quarter of employment by a college district or the first quarter after June 8, 2000, whichever is later, and may be taken at any time; (3) Leave for illness, injury, bereavement and emergencies heretofore accumulated pursuant to law, rule, regulation or policy by persons presently employed by college districts and community and technical colleges shall be added to such leave accumulated under this section; (4) Except as otherwise provided in this section or other law, accumulated leave under this section not taken at the time such person retires or ceases to be employed by college districts or community and technical colleges shall not be compensable; (5) Accumulated leave for illness, injury, bereavement and emergencies shall be transferred from one college district to another or between a college district and the following: Any state agency, any educational service district, any school district, or any other institution of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016 ; (6) Leave accumulated by a person in a college district or community and technical college prior to leaving that district or college may, under the policy of the board of trustees, be granted to such person when he or she returns to the employment of that district or college; and (7) Employees of the Seattle Vocational Institute are exempt from this section until July 1, 1993.
RCW 28A.300.469 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 469
RCW 28A.300.469: State financial education learning standards.
Status: in_force

Standards in K-12 personal finance education developed by a national coalition for personal financial literacy that includes partners from business, finance, government, academia, education, and state affiliates are adopted as the state financial education learning standards.
RCW 28B.76.645 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 76 / Section 645
RCW 28B.76.645: Office to coordinate state participation within student exchange compact programs—Criteria—Washington interstate commission on higher education professional student exchange program trust fund.
Status: in_force

In the development of any such plans as called for within RCW 28B.76.640 , the office shall use at least the following criteria: (1) Students who are eligible to attend compact-authorized programs in other states shall meet the Washington residency requirements of chapter 28B.15 RCW prior to being awarded tuition assistance. (2) For recipients named after January 1, 1995, the tuition assistance shall be in the form of loans that may be completely forgiven in exchange for the student's service within the state of Washington after graduation. The requirements for such service and provisions for loan forgiveness shall be determined in rules adopted by the office. (3) If appropriations are insufficient to fund all students qualifying under subsection (1) of this section, then the plans shall include criteria for student selection that would be in the best interest in meeting the state's educational needs, as well as recognizing the financial needs of students. (4) Receipts from the payment of principal or interest or any other subsidies to which the office as administrator is entitled, that are paid by or on behalf of participants under this section, shall be deposited with the office and placed in an account created in this section and shall be used to cover the costs of granting the scholarships, maintaining necessary records, and making collections. The office shall maintain accurate records of these costs, and all receipts beyond those necessary to pay such costs shall be used to grant conditional loans to eligible students. (5) The Washington interstate commission on higher education professional student exchange program trust fund is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from loan repayment shall be deposited into the fund. Only the office, or its designee, may authorize expenditures from the fund. No appropriation is required for expenditures from this fund.
RCW 28A.320.196 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 320 / Section 196
RCW 28A.320.196: Academic acceleration incentive program—Dual credit courses—Allocation of funds—Reports.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to funds appropriated specifically for this purpose, the academic acceleration incentive program is established as provided in this section. The intent of the legislature is that the funds awarded under the program be used to support teacher training, curriculum, technology, examination fees, textbook fees, and other costs associated with offering dual credit courses to high school students, including transportation for running start students to and from the institution of higher education as defined in RCW 28A.600.300 . (2) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall allocate half of the funds appropriated for the purposes of this section on a competitive basis to provide one-time grants for high schools to expand the availability of dual credit courses. To be eligible for a grant, a school district must have adopted an academic acceleration policy as provided under RCW 28A.320.195 . In making grant awards, the office of the superintendent of public instruction must give priority to grants for high schools with a high proportion of low-income students and high schools seeking to develop new capacity for dual credit courses rather than proposing marginal expansion of current capacity. (3) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall allocate half of the funds appropriated for the purposes of this section to school districts as an incentive award for each student who earned dual high school and college credit, as described under subsection (4) of this section, for courses offered by the district's high schools during the previous school year. School districts must distribute the award to the high schools that generated the funds. The award amount for low-income students eligible to participate in the federal free and reduced-price meals program who earn dual credits must be set at one hundred twenty-five percent of the base award for other students. A student who earns more than one dual credit in the same school year counts only once for the purposes of the incentive award. (4) For the purposes of this section, the following students are considered to have earned dual high school and college credit in a course offered by a high school: (a) Students who achieve a score of three or higher on an AP examination; (b) Students who achieve a score of four or higher on an examination of the international baccalaureate diploma programme; (c) Students who successfully complete a Cambridge advanced international certificate of education examination; (d) Students who successfully complete a course through the college in the high school program under RCW 28A.600.287 and are awarded credit by the partnering institution of higher education; and (e) Students who satisfy the dual enrollment and class performance requirements to earn college credit through a career and technical education course. (5) If a high school provides access to online courses for students to earn dual high school and college credit at no cost to the student, such a course is considered to be offered by the high school. (6) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall report to the education policy committees and the fiscal committees of the legislature, by January 1st of each year, information about the demographics of the students earning dual credits in the schools receiving grants under this section for the prior school year. Demographic data shall be disaggregated pursuant to RCW 28A.300.042 .
RCW 28C.18.020 — Washington Code / Title 28C / Chapter 18 / Section 020
RCW 28C.18.020: Workforce training and education coordinating board.
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created the workforce training and education coordinating board as a state agency and as the successor agency to the state board for vocational education. Once the coordinating board has convened, all references to the state board for vocational education in the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed to mean the workforce training and education coordinating board, except that reference to the state board for vocational education in RCW 49.04.030 shall mean the state board for community and technical colleges. (2)(a) The board shall consist of nine voting members appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate, as follows: Three representatives of business, three representatives of labor, and, serving as ex officio members, the superintendent of public instruction, the executive director of the state board for community and technical colleges, and the commissioner of the employment security department. The chair of the board shall be a nonvoting member selected by the governor with the consent of the senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. In selecting the chair, the governor shall seek a person who understands the future economic needs of the state and nation and the role that the state's training system has in meeting those needs. Each voting member of the board may appoint a designee to function in his or her place with the right to vote. In making appointments to the board, the governor shall seek to ensure geographic, ethnic, and gender diversity and balance. The governor shall also seek to ensure diversity and balance by the appointment of persons with disabilities. (b) The business representatives shall be selected from among nominations provided by a statewide business organization representing a cross section of industries. However, the governor may request, and the organization shall provide, an additional list or lists from which the governor shall select the business representatives. The nominations and selections shall reflect the cultural diversity of the state, including women, people with disabilities, and racial and ethnic minorities, and diversity in sizes of businesses. (c) The labor representatives shall be selected from among nominations provided by statewide labor organizations. However, the governor may request, and the organizations shall provide, an additional list or lists from which the governor shall select the labor representatives. The nominations and selections shall reflect the cultural diversity of the state, including women, people with disabilities, and racial and ethnic minorities. (d) Each business member may cast a proxy vote or votes for any business member who is not present and who authorizes in writing the present member to cast such vote. (e) Each labor member may cast a proxy vote for any labor member who is not present and who authorizes in writing the present member to cast such vote. (f) The chair shall appoint to the board one nonvoting member to represent racial and ethnic minorities, women, and people with disabilities. The nonvoting member appointed by the chair shall serve for a term of four years with the term expiring on June 30th of the fourth year of the term. (g) The business members of the board shall serve for terms of four years, the terms expiring on June 30th of the fourth year of the term except that in the case of initial members, one shall be appointed to a two-year term and one appointed to a three-year term. (h) The labor members of the board shall serve for terms of four years, the terms expiring on June 30th of the fourth year of the term except that in the case of initial members, one shall be appointed to a two-year term and one appointed to a three-year term. (i) Any vacancies among board members representing business or labor shall be filled by the governor with nominations provided by statewide organizations representing business or labor, respectively. (j) The board shall adopt bylaws and shall meet at least bimonthly and at such other times as determined by the chair who shall give reasonable prior notice to the members or at the request of a majority of the voting members. (k) Members of the board shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.040 and shall receive travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 . (l) The board shall be formed and ready to assume its responsibilities under this chapter by October 1, 1991. (m) The director of the board shall be appointed by the governor from a list of three names submitted by a committee made up of the business and labor members of the board. However, the governor may request, and the committee shall provide, an additional list or lists from which the governor shall select the director. The governor may dismiss the director only with the approval of a majority vote of the board. The board, by a majority vote, may dismiss the director with the approval of the governor. (3) The state board for vocational education is hereby abolished and its powers, duties, and functions are hereby transferred to the workforce training and education coordinating board. All references to the director or the state board for vocational education in the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed to mean the director or the workforce training and education coordinating board.
RCW 28A.630.145 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 630 / Section 145
RCW 28A.630.145: Regional apprenticeship preparation pilot program.
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office of the superintendent of public instruction and educational service districts shall establish the regional apprenticeship preparation pilot program. (2) The purpose of the pilot program is to identify common best practices and processes for establishing regional apprenticeship preparation programs that support postsecondary success for students and strengthen community engagement in schools and school districts. (3) The pilot program must consist of five sites: Three located west of the crest of the Cascade mountains; and two located east of the crest of the Cascade mountains. The office of the superintendent of public instruction and educational service districts must ensure that the sites are geographically dispersed, with one western Washington site located in a school district with a collaboratively developed regional apprenticeship pathways program, and a second western Washington site located in a school district with a preapprenticeship program recognized by the Washington state apprenticeship and training council after July 1, 2021, but before September 1, 2021. The eastern Washington sites must also be geographically dispersed and at least one eastern Washington site must be located in an educational service district with rural communities that lack convenient access to skill centers or other workforce development facilities or programs. (4) In implementing the pilot program, the educational service districts must: (a) Ensure that the pilot program is: (i) An education-based apprenticeship preparation program recognized by the Washington state apprenticeship and training council; and (ii) Developed as a collaborative partnership involving local school districts, charter schools, state-tribal compact schools, community or technical colleges, local labor unions, local Washington state apprenticeship and training council registered apprenticeship programs, and local industry groups; (b) Provide students with dual credit opportunities to meet high school graduation requirements and earn credit toward a postsecondary degree or industry recognized credential; (c) Provide students with preferred or direct entry into an aligned state registered apprenticeship program; and (d) Provide data requested by the office of the superintendent of public instruction to support the evaluation required by RCW 28A.630.155 . (5) For the purposes of this section, "apprenticeship preparation program," also referred to as a preapprenticeship program, means an apprenticeship preparation program that is recognized by the Washington state apprenticeship and training council. (6) This section expires June 30, 2027.
RCW 28A.343.010 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 343 / Section 010
RCW 28A.343.010: Director candidates in undivided districts—Indication of term sought—How elected.
Status: in_force

Whenever the directors to be elected in a school district that is not divided into directors' districts are not all to be elected for the same term of years, the county auditor shall distinguish them and designate the same as provided for in RCW 29A.24.020 , and assign position numbers thereto as provided in RCW 28A.343.320 and each candidate shall indicate on his or her declaration of candidacy the term for which he or she seeks to be elected and position number for which he or she is filing. The candidate receiving the largest number of votes for each position shall be deemed elected.
RCW 28A.600.020 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 600 / Section 020
RCW 28A.600.020: Exclusion of student from classroom—Written disciplinary procedures—Long-term suspension or expulsion.
Status: in_force

(1) The rules adopted pursuant to RCW 28A.600.010 shall be interpreted to ensure that the optimum learning atmosphere of the classroom is maintained, and that the highest consideration is given to the judgment of qualified certificated educators regarding conditions necessary to maintain the optimum learning atmosphere. (2) Any student who creates a disruption of the educational process in violation of the building disciplinary standards while under a teacher's immediate supervision may be excluded by the teacher from his or her individual classroom and instructional or activity area for all or any portion of the balance of the school day, or up to the following two days, or until the principal or designee and teacher have conferred, whichever occurs first. Except in emergency circumstances, the teacher first must attempt one or more alternative forms of corrective action. In no event without the consent of the teacher may an excluded student return to the class during the balance of that class or activity period or up to the following two days, or until the principal or his or her designee and the teacher have conferred. (3) In order to preserve a beneficial learning environment for all students and to maintain good order and discipline in each classroom, every school district board of directors shall provide that written procedures are developed for administering discipline at each school within the district. Such procedures shall be developed with the participation of parents and the community, and shall provide that the teacher, principal or designee, and other authorities designated by the board of directors, make every reasonable attempt to involve the parent or guardian and the student in the resolution of student discipline problems. Such procedures shall provide that students may be excluded from their individual classes or activities for periods of time in excess of that provided in subsection (2) of this section if such students have repeatedly disrupted the learning of other students. The procedures must be consistent with the rules of the superintendent of public instruction and must provide for early involvement of parents in attempts to improve the student's behavior. (4) The procedures shall assure, pursuant to RCW 28A.400.110 , that all staff work cooperatively toward consistent enforcement of proper student behavior throughout each school as well as within each classroom. (5)(a) A principal shall consider imposing long-term suspension or expulsion as a sanction when deciding the appropriate disciplinary action for a student who, after July 27, 1997: (i) Engages in two or more violations within a three-year period of RCW 9A.46.120 , 28A.600.455 , 28A.600.460 , 28A.635.020 , 28A.600.020 , 28A.635.060 , or 9.41.280 ; or (ii) Engages in one or more of the offenses listed in RCW 13.04.155 . (b) The principal shall communicate the disciplinary action taken by the principal to the school personnel who referred the student to the principal for disciplinary action. (6) Any corrective action involving a suspension or expulsion from school for more than ten days must have an end date of not more than the length of an academic term, as defined by the school board, from the time of corrective action. Districts shall make reasonable efforts to assist students and parents in returning to an educational setting prior to and no later than the end date of the corrective action. Where warranted based on public health or safety, a school may petition the superintendent of the school district, pursuant to policies and procedures adopted by the office of the superintendent of public instruction, for authorization to exceed the academic term limitation provided in this subsection. The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt rules outlining the limited circumstances in which a school may petition to exceed the academic term limitation, including safeguards to ensure that the school district has made every effort to plan for the student's return to school. School districts shall report to the office of the superintendent of public instruction the number of petitions made to the school board and the number of petitions granted on an annual basis. (7) Nothing in this section prevents a public school district, educational service district, the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth, or the state school for the blind if it has suspended or expelled a student from the student's regular school setting from providing educational services to the student in an alternative setting or modifying the suspension or expulsion on a case-by-case basis. An alternative setting should be comparable, equitable, and appropriate to the regular education services a student would have received without the exclusionary discipline. Example alternative settings include alternative high schools, one-on-one tutoring, and online learning.
RCW 28A.660.080 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 660 / Section 080
RCW 28A.660.080: Application—Conditional scholarship and loan repayment agreements.
Status: in_force

Nothing in RCW 28B.102.020 , 28B.102.030 , 28B.102.045 , 28B.102.055 , 28B.102.080 through 28B.102.160 , 43.79A.040 , or sections 210 and 226, chapter 295, Laws of 2019 modifies or otherwise affects conditional scholarship or loan repayment agreements under this chapter or chapter 28B.102 RCW existing before May 8, 2019.
RCW 28A.413.020 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 413 / Section 020
RCW 28A.413.020: Paraeducator board.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The paraeducator board is created, consisting of nine members to be appointed to four-year terms. (b) Vacancies on the board must be filled by appointment or reappointment as described in subsection (2) of this section to terms of four years. (c) No person may serve as a member of the board for more than two consecutive full four-year terms. (d) The governor must biennially appoint the chair of the board. No board member may serve as chair for more than four consecutive years. (2) Appointments to the board must be made as follows, subject to confirmation by the senate: (a) The superintendent of public instruction shall appoint a basic education paraeducator, a special education paraeducator, an English language learner paraeducator, a teacher, a principal, and a representative of the office of the superintendent of public instruction; (b) The Washington state parent teacher association shall appoint a parent whose child receives instructional support from a paraeducator; (c) The state board for community and technical colleges shall appoint a representative of the community and technical college system; and (d) The student achievement council shall appoint a representative of a four-year institution of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016 . (3) The professional educator standards board shall administer the board. (4) Each member of the board must be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.240 and must be reimbursed for travel expenses incurred in carrying out the duties of the board in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 . (5) Members of the board may create informal advisory groups as needed to inform the board's work. (6) The governor may remove a member of the board for neglect of duty, misconduct, malfeasance or misfeasance in office, or for incompetency or unprofessional conduct as defined in chapter 18.130 RCW. In such a case, the governor shall file with the secretary of state a statement of the causes for and the order of removal from the board, and the secretary of state shall send a certified copy of the statement of causes and order of removal to the last known post office address of the member.
RCW 28B.67.030 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 67 / Section 030
RCW 28B.67.030: Employment training finance account.
Status: in_force

(1) All payments received from a participant in the Washington customized employment training program created in RCW 28B.67.020 must be deposited into the employment training finance account, which is hereby created in the custody of the state treasurer. Only the state board for community and technical colleges may authorize expenditures from the account and no appropriation is required for expenditures. The money in the account must be used solely for training allowances under the Washington customized employment training program created in RCW 28B.67.020 and for providing up to seventy-five thousand dollars per year for training, marketing, and facilitation services to increase the use of the program. The deposit of payments under this section from a participant ceases when the board specifies that the participant has met the monetary obligations of the program. During the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer from the employment training finance account to the state general fund such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance in the account. (2) All revenue solicited and received under the provisions of RCW 28B.67.020 (4) must be deposited into the employment training finance account to provide training allowances. (3) The definitions in RCW 28B.67.010 apply to this section.
RCW 28C.18.166 — Washington Code / Title 28C / Chapter 18 / Section 166
RCW 28C.18.166: Opportunity internship program—List of consortium graduates—Notifying office of student financial assistance of Washington college grant eligibility.
Status: in_force

On an annual basis, each opportunity internship consortium shall provide the board with a list of the opportunity internship graduates from the consortium. The board shall compile the lists from all consortia and shall notify the office of student financial assistance of the eligibility of each graduate on the lists to receive a Washington college grant under chapter 28B.92 RCW if the graduate enrolls in a postsecondary program of study within one year of high school graduation.
RCW 28A.710.901 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 710 / Section 901
RCW 28A.710.901: Effective date—2016 c 241.
Status: in_force

This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [April 3, 2016].
RCW 28A.210.330 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 210 / Section 330
RCW 28A.210.330: Students with diabetes—Individual health plans—Designation of professional to consult and coordinate with parents and health care provider—Training and supervision of school district personnel.
Status: in_force

(1) School districts shall provide individual health plans for students with diabetes, subject to the following conditions: (a) The board of directors of the school district shall adopt policies to be followed for students with diabetes. The policies shall include, but need not be limited to: (i) The acquisition of parent requests and instructions; (ii) The acquisition of orders from licensed health professionals prescribing within the scope of their prescriptive authority for monitoring and treatment at school; (iii) The provision for storage of medical equipment and medication provided by the parent; (iv) The provision for students to perform blood glucose tests, administer insulin, treat hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, and have easy access to necessary supplies and equipment to perform monitoring and treatment functions as specified in the individual health plan. The policies shall include the option for students to carry on their persons the necessary supplies and equipment and the option to perform monitoring and treatment functions anywhere on school grounds including the students' classrooms, and at school-sponsored events; (v) The establishment of school policy exceptions necessary to accommodate the students' needs to eat whenever and wherever necessary, have easy, unrestricted access to water and bathroom use, have provisions made for parties at school when food is served, eat meals and snacks on time, and other necessary exceptions as described in the individual health plan; (vi) The assurance that school meals are never withheld because of nonpayment of fees or disciplinary action; (vii) A description of the students' school day schedules for timing of meals, snacks, blood sugar testing, insulin injections, and related activities; (viii) The development of individual emergency plans; (ix) The distribution of the individual health plan to appropriate staff based on the students' needs and staff level of contact with the students; (x) The possession of legal documents for parent-designated adults to provide care, if needed; and (xi) The updating of the individual health plan at least annually or more frequently, as needed; and (b) The board of directors, in the course of developing the policies in (a) of this subsection, shall seek advice from one or more licensed physicians or nurses or diabetes educators who are nationally certified. (2)(a) For the purposes of this section, "parent-designated adult" means a volunteer, who may be a school district employee, who receives additional training from a health care professional or expert in diabetic care selected by the parents, and who provides care for the child consistent with the individual health plan. (b) To be eligible to be a parent-designated adult, a school district employee not licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW shall file, without coercion by the employer, a voluntary written, current, and unexpired letter of intent stating the employee's willingness to be a parent-designated adult. If a school employee who is not licensed under chapter 18.79 RCW chooses not to file a letter under this section, the employee shall not be subject to any employer reprisal or disciplinary action for refusing to file a letter. (3) The board of directors shall designate a professional person licensed under chapter 18.71 , 18.57, or 18.79 RCW as it applies to registered nurses and *advanced registered nurse practitioners, to consult and coordinate with the student's parents and health care provider, and train and supervise the appropriate school district personnel in proper procedures for care for students with diabetes to ensure a safe, therapeutic learning environment. Training may also be provided by a diabetes educator who is nationally certified. Parent-designated adults who are school employees are required to receive the training provided under this subsection. Parent-designated adults who are not school employees shall show evidence of comparable training. The parent-designated adult must also receive additional training as established in subsection (2)(a) of this section for the additional care the parents have authorized the parent-designated adult to provide. The professional person designated under this subsection is not responsible for the supervision of the parent-designated adult for those procedures that are authorized by the parents.
RCW 28A.525.025 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 525 / Section 025
RCW 28A.525.025: School facilities citizen advisory panel—Membership—Travel expenses—Technical advisory group.
Status: in_force

(1) To maintain citizen oversight on issues pertaining to school facilities and funding for school construction, a school facilities citizen advisory panel shall be created by the state board of education. The panel shall advise and make recommendations to the superintendent of public instruction regarding school facilities, funding for school construction, joint planning and financing of educational facilities, facility plans and programs for nonhigh school districts, and determinations of remote and necessary schools. (2) The membership of the school facilities citizen advisory panel shall be as follows: (a) One member of the state board of education; (b) Two school district directors representing school districts of various sizes and geographic locations, who are appointed by the state board of education and selected from a list of five names submitted to the board by the Washington state school directors' association; and (c) Four additional citizen members appointed by the state board of education. (3) Members of the panel shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 . (4) In addition to the school facilities citizen advisory panel, the superintendent of public instruction may convene a technical advisory group including representatives from school business officers, building and construction contracting and trade organizations, architecture and engineering organizations, and other organizations with expertise in school facilities.
RCW 28B.50.271 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 271
RCW 28B.50.271: Opportunity grant program.
Status: in_force

(1) The college board shall develop and implement a workforce education program known as the opportunity grant program to provide financial and other assistance for students enrolled at qualified institutions of higher education in opportunity grant-eligible programs of study as described in RCW 28B.50.273 . Students enrolled in the opportunity grant program are eligible for: (a) Funding for tuition and mandatory fees at the public community and technical college rate, prorated if the credit load is less than full time, paid directly to the educational institution; and (b) An additional one thousand dollars per academic year for books, tools, and supplies, prorated if the credit load is less than full time. (2) Funding under subsection (1)(a) and (b) of this section is limited to a maximum forty-five credits or the equivalent in an opportunity grant-eligible program of study, including required related courses. No student may receive opportunity grant funding for more than forty-five credits or for more than three years from initial receipt of grant funds in one or a combination of programs. (3) Grants awarded under this section are subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose.
RCW 28A.410.060 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 410 / Section 060
RCW 28A.410.060: Fee for certification—Disposition.
Status: in_force

The fee for any certificate, or any renewal thereof, issued by the authority of the state of Washington, and authorizing the holder to teach or perform other professional duties in the public schools of the state shall be not less than one dollar or such reasonable fee therefor as the Washington professional educator standards board by rule shall deem necessary therefor. The fee must accompany the application and cannot be refunded unless the application is withdrawn before it is finally considered. The educational service district superintendent, or other official authorized to receive such fee, shall within thirty days transmit the same to the treasurer of the county in which the office of the educational service district superintendent is located, to be by him or her placed to the credit of said school district or educational service district: PROVIDED, That if any school district collecting fees for the certification of professional staff does not hold a professional training institute separate from the educational service district then all such moneys shall be placed to the credit of the educational service district. Such fees shall be used solely for the purpose of precertification professional preparation, program evaluation, professional in-service training programs, and provision of certification services by educational service districts, in accordance with rules of the Washington professional educator standards board herein authorized.
RCW 28B.76.650 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 76 / Section 650
RCW 28B.76.650: Office to coordinate state participation within student exchange compact programs—Advice to governor, legislature.
Status: in_force

The office shall periodically advise the governor and the legislature of the policy implications of the state of Washington's participation in the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education student exchange programs as they affect long-range planning for post-secondary education, together with recommendations on the most efficient way to provide high cost or special educational programs to Washington residents.
RCW 28A.320.209 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 320 / Section 209
RCW 28A.320.209: State policy of protection of students' safety, education access, and privacy—Technical assistance provided by superintendent.
Status: in_force

(1) It is the policy of the state of Washington that policies and procedures adopted by school districts under this title must prioritize the protection of every student's safety, access to an academic environment free of discrimination, access to the state's statutory program of basic education as defined in RCW 28A.150.203 , and privacy, to the fullest extent possible, except as required by state or federal law. This policy serves as a supplement to school district policies and procedures established under this title, both before and after May 20, 2025, and must be considered an integral part of those school district policies and procedures. (2) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall develop technical assistance and related materials to assist school districts with the implementation of subsection (1) of this section. The assistance and related materials must include a summary of: The privacy rights of minors; and the licensure or other professional requirements for school district employment classifications, if any, related to protecting student privacy. (3) The office of the superintendent of public instruction may enforce and obtain compliance with subsection (1) of this section by using the process established in RCW 28A.300.0712 to the extent there is a valid complaint and subsequent finding of willful noncompliance with state law as defined in RCW 28A.300.0711 . (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 28A.160.250 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 160 / Section 250
RCW 28A.160.250: Supplemental transportation allocation—Health care and pension benefits.
Status: in_force

(1) A school district that experiences an increase in costs to a pupil transportation services contract as compared to prior year contract costs as a result of the provisions in RCW 28A.160.140 is eligible for supplemental transportation allocations as described in this section. (2) Beginning September 1, 2024, school districts that provide pupil transportation through a contract with a nongovernmental entity under RCW 28A.160.140 must annually provide the office of the superintendent of public instruction with the following information: (a) A breakdown of the total contract cost increase, including a detailed explanation of the increase by expenditure type demonstrating dollar equivalency as required in RCW 28A.160.140 (2)(a)(i) and percentage equivalency as required in RCW 28A.160.140 (2)(a)(ii), as defined by the office of the superintendent of public instruction, and amount; (b) A breakdown of cost from the contractor that shows the cost to provide health care and pension benefits to employees prior to June 6, 2024, and the cost to provide health care and pension benefits to employees after the implementation of benefits as described in RCW 28A.160.140 ; (c) The amount of funding received through transportation allocations under RCW 28A.160.150 through 28A.160.192 prior to the implementation of school employee benefits under chapter 41.05 RCW and the amount of funding received through the same transportation allocations for the period immediately following the implementation of school employee benefits under chapter 41.05 RCW, to determine the amount of funding for health care that is already being included in allocations. (3) The office of the superintendent of public instruction may suspend the reporting requirements under subsection (2) of this section on or after September 1, 2027, for districts that do not request supplemental transportation allocations under this section. (4) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office of the superintendent of public instruction must reimburse a school district for the increased cost that is directly attributable to increased benefits as required under chapter 313, Laws of 2024, using the following formula: The total contract cost increase, less any amounts not attributable to benefits required under RCW 28A.160.140 , less the amount the allocation was increased based on the actual cost increase through the transportation funding formula.
RCW 28A.225.010 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 225 / Section 010
RCW 28A.225.010: Attendance mandatory—Age—Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(1) All parents in this state of any child eight years of age and under eighteen years of age shall cause such child to attend the public school of the district in which the child resides and such child shall have the responsibility to and therefore shall attend for the full time when such school may be in session unless: (a) The child is attending an approved private school for the same time or is enrolled in an extension program as provided in RCW 28A.195.010 (4); (b) The child is receiving home-based instruction as provided in subsection (4) of this section; (c) The child is attending an education center as provided in chapter 28A.205 RCW; (d) The school district superintendent of the district in which the child resides shall have excused such child from attendance because the child is physically or mentally unable to attend school, is attending a residential school operated by the department of social and health services or the department of children, youth, and families, is incarcerated in an adult correctional facility, or has been temporarily excused upon the request of his or her parents for purposes agreed upon by the school authorities and the parent: PROVIDED, That such excused absences shall not be permitted if deemed to cause a serious adverse effect upon the student's educational progress: PROVIDED FURTHER, That students excused for such temporary absences may be claimed as full-time equivalent students to the extent they would otherwise have been so claimed for the purposes of RCW 28A.150.250 and 28A.150.260 and shall not affect school district compliance with the provisions of RCW 28A.150.220 ; (e) The child is excused from school subject to approval by the student's parent for a reason of faith or conscience, or an organized activity conducted under the auspices of a religious denomination, church, or religious organization, for up to two days per school year without any penalty. Such absences may not mandate school closures. Students excused for such temporary absences may be claimed as full-time equivalent students to the extent they would otherwise have been so claimed for the purposes of RCW 28A.150.250 and 28A.150.260 and may not affect school district compliance with the provisions of RCW 28A.150.220 ; or (f) The child is sixteen years of age or older and: (i) The child is regularly and lawfully employed and either the parent agrees that the child should not be required to attend school or the child is emancipated in accordance with chapter 13.64 RCW; (ii) The child has already met graduation requirements in accordance with state board of education rules and regulations; or (iii) The child has received a certificate of educational competence under rules and regulations established by the state board of education under RCW 28A.305.190 . (2) A parent for the purpose of this chapter means a parent, guardian, or person having legal custody of a child. (3) An approved private school for the purposes of this chapter and chapter 28A.200 RCW shall be one approved under regulations established by the state board of education pursuant to RCW 28A.305.130 . (4) For the purposes of this chapter and chapter 28A.200 RCW, instruction shall be home-based if it consists of planned and supervised instructional and related educational activities, including a curriculum and instruction in the basic skills of occupational education, science, mathematics, language, social studies, history, health, reading, writing, spelling, and the development of an appreciation of art and music, provided for a number of hours equivalent to the total annual program hours per grade level established for approved private schools under RCW 28A.195.010 and 28A.195.040 and if such activities are: (a) Provided by a parent who is instructing his or her child only and are supervised by a certificated person. A certificated person for purposes of this chapter and chapter 28A.200 RCW shall be a person certified under chapter 28A.410 RCW. For purposes of this section, "supervised by a certificated person" means: The planning by the certificated person and the parent of objectives consistent with this subsection; a minimum each month of an average of one contact hour per week with the child being supervised by the certificated person; and evaluation of such child's progress by the certificated person. The number of children supervised by the certificated person shall not exceed thirty for purposes of this subsection; or (b) Provided by a parent who is instructing his or her child only and who has either earned forty-five college-level quarter credit hours or its equivalent in semester hours or has completed a course in home-based instruction at a postsecondary institution or a vocational-technical institute; or (c) Provided by a parent who is deemed sufficiently qualified to provide home-based instruction by the superintendent of the local school district in which the child resides. (5) The legislature recognizes that home-based instruction is less structured and more experiential than the instruction normally provided in a classroom setting. Therefore, the provisions of subsection (4) of this section relating to the nature and quantity of instructional and related educational activities shall be liberally construed.
RCW 28A.420.060 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 420 / Section 060
RCW 28A.420.060: Establishment of commission.
Status: in_force

(1) The interstate compact member states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the interstate teacher mobility compact commission: (a) The commission is a joint interstate governmental agency comprised of states that have enacted the interstate teacher mobility compact. (b) Nothing in this interstate compact shall be construed to be a waiver of sovereign immunity. (2) Membership, voting, and meetings. (a) Each member state shall have and be limited to one delegate to the commission, who shall be given the title of commissioner. (b) The commissioner shall be the primary administrative officer of the state licensing authority or their designee. (c) Any commissioner may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the state from which the commissioner is appointed. (d) The member state shall fill any vacancy occurring in the commission within 90 days. (e) Each commissioner shall be entitled to one vote about the promulgation of rules and creation of bylaws and shall otherwise have an opportunity to participate in the business and affairs of the commission. A commissioner shall vote in person or by such other means as provided in the bylaws. The bylaws may provide for commissioners' participation in meetings by telephone or other means of communication. (f) The commission shall meet at least once during each calendar year. Additional meetings shall be held as set forth in the bylaws. (g) The commission shall establish by rule a term of office for commissioners. (3) The commission shall have the following powers and duties: (a) Establish a code of ethics for the commission; (b) Establish the fiscal year of the commission; (c) Establish bylaws for the commission; (d) Maintain its financial records in accordance with the bylaws of the commission; (e) Meet and take such actions as are consistent with the provisions of this interstate compact, the bylaws, and rules of the commission; (f) Promulgate uniform rules to implement and administer this interstate compact. The rules shall have the force and effect of law and shall be binding in all member states. In the event the commission exercises its rule-making authority in a manner that is beyond the scope of the purposes of the compact, or the powers granted hereunder, then such an action by the commission shall be invalid and have no force and effect of law; (g) Bring and prosecute legal proceedings or actions in the name of the commission, provided that the standing of any member state licensing authority to sue or be sued under applicable law shall not be affected; (h) Purchase and maintain insurance and bonds; (i) Borrow, accept, or contract for services of personnel including, but not limited to, employees of a member state, or an associated nongovernmental organization that is open to membership by all states; (j) Hire employees, elect or appoint officers, fix compensation, define duties, grant such individuals appropriate authority to carry out the purposes of the compact, and establish the commission's personnel policies and programs relating to conflicts of interest, qualifications of personnel, and other related personnel matters; (k) Lease, purchase, accept appropriate gifts or donations of, or otherwise own, hold, improve, or use, any property, real, personal, or mixed, provided that at all times the commission shall avoid any appearance of impropriety; (l) Sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon, or otherwise dispose of any property real, personal, or mixed; (m) Establish a budget and make expenditures; (n) Borrow money; (o) Appoint committees, including standing committees composed of members and such other interested persons as may be designated in this interstate compact, rules, or bylaws; (p) Provide and receive information from, and cooperate with, law enforcement agencies; (q) Establish and elect an executive committee; (r) Establish and develop a charter for an executive information governance committee to advise on facilitating exchange of information, use of information, data privacy, and technical support needs, and provide reports as needed; (s) Perform such other functions as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this interstate compact consistent with the state regulation of teacher licensure; and (t) Determine whether a state's adopted language is materially different from the model compact language such that the state would not qualify for participation in the compact. (4) The executive committee of the interstate teacher mobility compact commission. (a) The executive committee shall have the power to act on behalf of the commission according to the terms of this interstate compact. (b) The executive committee shall be composed of eight voting members: The commission chair, vice chair, and treasurer; and five members who are elected by the commission from the current membership: (i) Four voting members representing geographic regions in accordance with commission rules; and (ii) One at large voting member in accordance with commission rules. (c) The commission may add or remove members of the executive committee as provided in commission rules. (d) The executive committee shall meet at least once annually. (e) The executive committee shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (i) Recommend to the entire commission changes to the rules or bylaws, changes to the compact legislation, fees paid by interstate compact member states such as annual dues, and any compact fee charged by the member states on behalf of the commission; (ii) Ensure commission administration services are appropriately provided, contractual or otherwise; (iii) Prepare and recommend the budget; (iv) Maintain financial records on behalf of the commission; (v) Monitor compliance of member states and provide reports to the commission; and (vi) Perform other duties as provided in rules or bylaws. (f) Meetings of the commission. (i) All meetings shall be open to the public, and public notice of meetings shall be given in accordance with commission bylaws. (ii) The commission or the executive committee or other committees of the commission may convene in a closed, nonpublic meeting if the commission or executive committee or other committees of the commission must discuss: (A) Noncompliance of a member state with its obligations under the compact; (B) The employment, compensation, discipline, or other matters, practices, or procedures related to specific employees or other matters related to the commission's internal personnel practices and procedures; (C) Current, threatened, or reasonably anticipated litigation; (D) Negotiation of contracts for the purchase, lease, or sale of goods, services, or real estate; (E) Accusing any person of a crime or formally censuring any person; (F) Disclosure of trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential; (G) Disclosure of information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy; (H) Disclosure of investigative records compiled for law enforcement purposes; (I) Disclosure of information related to any investigative reports prepared by or on behalf of or for use of the commission or other committee charged with responsibility of investigation or determination of compliance issues pursuant to the compact; (J) Matters specifically exempted from disclosure by federal or member state statutes; and (K) Other matters as set forth by commission bylaws and rules. (iii) If a meeting, or portion of a meeting, is closed pursuant to this provision, the commission's legal counsel or designee shall certify that the meeting may be closed and shall reference each relevant exempting provision. (iv) The commission shall keep minutes of commission meetings and shall provide a full and accurate summary of actions taken, and the reasons therefore, including a description of the views expressed. All documents considered in connection with an action shall be identified in such minutes. All minutes and documents of a closed meeting shall remain under seal, subject to release by a majority vote of the commission or order of a court of competent jurisdiction. (g) Financing of the commission. (i) The commission shall pay, or provide for the payment of, the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization, and ongoing activities. (ii) The commission may accept all appropriate donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and services, and receive, utilize, and dispose of the same, provided that at all times the commission shall avoid any appearance of impropriety or conflict of interest. (iii) The commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment from each member state or impose fees on other parties to cover the cost of the operations and activities of the commission, in accordance with the commission rules. (iv) The commission shall not incur obligations of any kind prior to securing the funds adequate to meet the same; nor shall the commission pledge the credit of any of the member states, except by and with the authority of the member state. (v) The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the commission shall be subject to accounting procedures established under commission bylaws. All receipts and disbursements of funds of the commission shall be reviewed annually in accordance with commission bylaws, and a report of the review shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the commission. (h) Qualified immunity, defense, and indemnification. (i) The members, officers, executive director, employees, and representatives of the commission shall be immune from suit and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for any claim for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil liability caused by or arising out of any actual or alleged act, error or omission that occurred, or that the person against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided, that nothing in this subsection (4)(h)(i) shall be construed to protect any such person from suit or liability for any damage, loss, injury, or liability caused by the intentional or willful or wanton misconduct of that person. (ii) The commission shall defend any member, officer, executive director, employee, or representative of the commission in any civil action seeking to impose liability arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred within the scope of commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, or that the person against whom the claim is made had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of commission employment, duties, or responsibilities; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit that person from retaining his or her own counsel; and provided further, that the actual or alleged act, error, or omission did not result from that person's intentional or willful or wanton misconduct. (iii) The commission shall indemnify and hold harmless any member, officer, executive director, employee, or representative of the commission for the amount of any settlement or judgment obtained against that person arising out of any actual or alleged act, error, or omission that occurred within the scope of commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, or that such person had a reasonable basis for believing occurred within the scope of commission employment, duties, or responsibilities, provided that the actual or alleged act, error, or omission did not result from the intentional or willful or wanton misconduct of that person.
RCW 28A.175.145 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 175 / Section 145
RCW 28A.175.145: PASS program—Awards.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Subject to funds appropriated for this purpose or otherwise available in the account established in RCW 28A.175.155 , beginning in the 2011-12 school year and each year thereafter, a high school that demonstrates improvement in its dropout prevention score compared to the baseline school year as calculated under RCW 28A.175.140 may receive a PASS program award as provided under this section. The legislature intends to recognize and reward continuous improvement by using a baseline year for calculating eligibility for PASS program awards so that a high school retains previously earned award funds from one year to the next unless its performance declines. (b) The office of the superintendent of public instruction must determine the amount of PASS program awards based on appropriated funds and eligible high schools. The intent of the legislature is to provide an award to each eligible high school commensurate with the degree of improvement in the high school's dropout prevention score and the size of the high school. The office must establish a minimum award amount. If funds available for PASS program awards are not sufficient to provide an award to each eligible high school, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall establish objective criteria to prioritize awards based on eligible high schools with the greatest need for additional dropout prevention and intervention services. The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall encourage and may require a high school receiving a PASS program award to demonstrate an amount of community matching funds or an amount of in-kind community services to support dropout prevention and intervention. (c) Ninety percent of an award under this section must be allocated to the eligible high school to be used for dropout prevention activities in the school as specified in subsection (2) of this section. The principal of the high school shall determine the use of funds after consultation with parents and certificated and classified staff of the school. (d) Ten percent of an award under this section must be allocated to the school district in which the eligible high school is located to be used for dropout prevention activities as specified in subsection (2) of this section in the high school or in other schools in the district. (e) The office of the superintendent of public instruction may withhold distribution of award funds under this section to an otherwise eligible high school or school district if the superintendent of public instruction issues a finding that the school or school district has willfully manipulated the dropout prevention indicators under RCW 28A.175.140 , for example by expelling, suspending, transferring, or refusing to enroll students at risk of dropping out of school or at risk of low achievement. (2) High schools and school districts may use PASS program award funds for any programs or activities that support the development of a dropout prevention, intervention, and reengagement system as described in RCW 28A.175.074 , offered directly by the school or school district or under contract with education agencies or community-based organizations, including but not limited to educational service districts and workforce development councils. Such programs or activities may include but are not limited to the following: (a) Strategies to close the educational opportunity and achievement gaps among groups of students as disaggregated by the categories and subcategories in RCW 28A.300.042 (1) and (3); (b) Use of graduation coaches as defined in RCW 28A.175.150 ; (c) Opportunity internship activities under RCW 28C.18.164 ; (d) Dropout reengagement programs provided by community-based organizations or community and technical colleges; (e) Comprehensive guidance and planning programs as defined under RCW 28A.600.045 , including but not limited to the navigation 101 program; (f) Reduced class sizes, extended school day, extended school year, and tutoring programs for students identified as at risk of dropping out of school, including instruction to assist these students in meeting graduation requirements in mathematics and science; (g) Outreach and counseling targeted to students identified as at risk of dropping out of school, or who have dropped out of school, to encourage them to consider learning alternatives such as preapprenticeship programs, skill centers, running start, technical high schools, and other options for completing a high school diploma; (h) Preapprenticeship programs under RCW 49.04.190 ; (i) Mentoring programs for students; (j) Development and use of dropout early warning data systems; (k) Counseling, resource and referral services, and intervention programs to address social, behavioral, and health factors associated with dropping out of school; (l) Implementing programs for in-school suspension or other strategies to avoid excluding middle and high school students from the school whenever possible; (m) Parent engagement activities such as home visits and off-campus parent support group meetings related to dropout prevention and reengagement; and (n) Early learning programs for prekindergarten students. (3) High schools and school districts are encouraged to implement dropout prevention and reengagement strategies in a comprehensive and systematic manner, using strategic planning, school improvement plans, evaluation and feedback, and response to intervention tools.
RCW 28B.92.100 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 92 / Section 100
RCW 28B.92.100: Theology student denied aid.
Status: in_force

No aid shall be awarded to any student who is pursuing a degree in theology.
RCW 28A.660.020 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 660 / Section 020
RCW 28A.660.020: Program design—Funding—Reports.
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Alternative route programs are partnerships between Washington professional educator standards board-approved preparation programs, Washington school districts, and other partners as appropriate. Program design of alternative route programs must evolve over time to reflect innovations and improvements in educator preparation. (b) The Washington professional educator standards board must construct rules that address the competitive grant process and program design. (2) As provided in RCW 28A.410.210 , it is the duty of the Washington professional educator standards board to establish policies for the approval of nontraditional preparation programs and to provide oversight and accountability related to the quality of these programs. In establishing and amending rules for alternative route programs, the Washington professional educator standards board shall: (a) Uphold design criteria for alternative route programs that are innovative and reflect evidence-based practice; (b) Ensure that approved partnerships reflect district engagement in their resident alternative route program as an integral part of their future workforce development, as well as school and student learning improvement strategies; (c) Issue certificates necessary for student teachers to serve as substitute teachers in classrooms within the residency school for up to ten days per school year; (d) Prioritize program designs tailored to the needs of experienced paraeducators and candidates of high academic attainment in, or with occupational industry experience relevant to, the subject area they intend to teach. In doing so the program designs must take into account school district demand for certain teacher credentials; (e) Expand access and opportunity for individuals to become teachers statewide; and (f) Give preference in admissions to applicants for alternative route programs who are eligible veterans or national guard members and who meet the entry requirements for the alternative route program. (3) Beginning December 1, 2017, and by December 1st each odd-numbered year thereafter, the Washington professional educator standards board shall report to the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate the following outcomes as indicators that alternative route programs are meeting legislative intent through the regulation and oversight of the Washington professional educator standards board. In considering administrative rules for, and reporting outcomes of, alternative route programs, the Washington professional educator standards board shall examine the following data on alternative route program participants: (a) The number and percentage hired as certificated teachers; (b) The percentage from underrepresented populations; (c) Three-year and five-year retention rates of participants hired as certificated teachers; (d) The average hiring dates; and (e) The percentage hired by districts in which the participants completed their alternative route programs. (4) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, alternative route programs may apply for program funds to pay stipends to trained mentor teachers of interns during the mentored internship. The per intern amount of mentor stipend provided by state funds shall not exceed five hundred dollars.
RCW 28A.343.400 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 343 / Section 400
RCW 28A.343.400: Compensation—Waiver.
Status: in_force

Each member of the board of directors of a school district may receive compensation of fifty dollars per day or portion thereof for attending board meetings and for performing other services on behalf of the school district, not to exceed four thousand eight hundred dollars per year, if the district board of directors has authorized by board resolution, at a regularly scheduled meeting, the provision of such compensation. A board of directors of a school district may authorize such compensation only from locally collected excess levy funds available for that purpose, and compensation for board members shall not cause the state to incur any present or future funding obligation. Any director may waive all or any portion of his or her compensation under this section as to any month or months during his or her term of office, by a written waiver filed with the district as provided in this section. The waiver, to be effective, must be filed any time after the director's election and before the date on which the compensation would otherwise be paid. The waiver shall specify the month or period of months for which it is made. The compensation provided in this section shall be in addition to any reimbursement for expenses paid to such directors by the school district.
RCW 28A.320.242 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 320 / Section 242
RCW 28A.320.242: Teacher hiring data—Reports.
Status: in_force

By June 15th of each year, a school district shall report to the office of the superintendent of public instruction the number of classroom teachers hired in the previous school year and the district projects will be hired in the following school year, disaggregated by content area.
RCW 28B.10.916 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 916
RCW 28B.10.916: Supplemental instructional materials for students with print access disability.
Status: in_force

(1) An individual, firm, partnership or corporation that publishes or manufactures instructional materials for students attending any public or private institution of higher education in the state of Washington shall provide to the public or private institution of higher education, for use by students attending the institution, any instructional material in an electronic format mutually agreed upon by the publisher or manufacturer and the public or private institution of higher education. Computer files or electronic versions of printed instructional materials shall be provided; video materials must be captioned or accompanied by transcriptions of spoken text; and audio materials must be accompanied by transcriptions. These supplemental materials shall be provided to the public or private institution of higher education at no additional cost and in a timely manner, upon receipt of a written request as provided in subsection (2) of this section. (2) A written request for supplemental materials must: (a) Certify that a student with a print access disability attending or registered to attend a public or participating private institution of higher education has purchased the instructional material or the public or private institution of higher education has purchased the instructional material for use by a student with a print access disability; (b) Certify that the student has a print access disability that substantially prevents him or her from using standard instructional materials; (c) Certify that the instructional material is for use by the student in connection with a course in which he or she is registered or enrolled at the public or private institution of higher education; and (d) Be signed by the coordinator of services for students with disabilities at the public or private institution of higher education or by the college or campus official responsible for monitoring compliance with the Americans with disabilities act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) at the public or private institution of higher education. (3) An individual, firm, partnership or corporation specified in subsection (1) of this section may also require that, in addition to the requirements in subsection (2) of this section, the request include a statement signed by the student agreeing to both of the following: (a) He or she will use the instructional material provided in specialized format solely for his or her own educational purposes; and (b) He or she will not copy or duplicate the instructional material provided in specialized format for use by others. (4) A public or private institution of higher education that provides a specialized format version of instructional material pursuant to this section may not require that the student return the specialized format version of the instructional material, except that if the institution has determined that it is not required to allow the student to retain the material under the Americans with disabilities act or other applicable laws, and the material was translated or transcribed into a specialized format at the expense of the institution and the cost to reproduce a copy of the translation or transcription is greater than one hundred dollars, the institution may require that the student return the specialized format version. (5) If a public or private institution of higher education provides a student with the specialized format version of an instructional material, the media must be copy-protected or the public or private institution of higher education shall take other reasonable precautions to ensure that students do not copy or distribute specialized format versions of instructional materials in violation of the copyright revision act of 1976, as amended (17 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq.). (6) For purposes of this section: (a) "Instructional material or materials" means textbooks and other materials that are required or essential to a student's success in a postsecondary course of study in which a student with a disability is enrolled. The determination of which materials are "required or essential to student success" shall be made by the instructor of the course in consultation with the official making the request in accordance with guidelines issued pursuant to subsection (10) of this section. The term specifically includes both textual and nontextual information. (b) "Print access disability" means a condition in which a person's independent reading of, reading comprehension of, or visual access to materials is limited or reduced due to a sensory, neurological, cognitive, physical, psychiatric, or other disability recognized by state or federal law. The term is applicable, but not limited to, persons who are blind, have low vision, or have reading disorders or physical disabilities. (c) "Structural integrity" means all instructional material, including but not limited to the text of the material, sidebars, the table of contents, chapter headings and subheadings, footnotes, indexes, glossaries, graphs, charts, illustrations, pictures, equations, formulas, and bibliographies. Structural order of material shall be maintained. Structural elements, such as headings, lists, and tables must be identified using current markup and tools. If good faith efforts fail to produce an agreement between the publisher or manufacturer and the public or private institution of higher education, as to an electronic format that will preserve the structural integrity of instructional materials, the publisher or manufacturer shall provide the instructional material in a verified and valid HTML format and shall preserve as much of the structural integrity of the instructional materials as possible. (d) "Specialized format" means Braille, audio, or digital text that is exclusively for use by blind or other persons with print access disabilities. (7) Nothing in this section is to be construed to prohibit a public or private institution of higher education from assisting a student with a print access disability through the use of an electronic version of instructional material gained through this section or by transcribing or translating or arranging for the transcription or translation of the instructional material into specialized formats that provide persons with print access disabilities the ability to have increased independent access to instructional materials. If such specialized format is made, the public or private institution of higher education may share the specialized format version of the instructional material with other students with print access disabilities for whom the public or private institution of higher education is authorized to request electronic versions of instructional material. The addition of captioning to video material by a Washington public or private institution of higher education does not constitute an infringement of copyright. (8) A specialized format version of instructional materials developed at one public or private institution of higher education in Washington state may be shared for use by a student at another public or private institution of higher education in Washington state for whom the latter public or private institution of higher education is authorized to request electronic versions of instructional material. (9) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to authorize any use of instructional materials that would constitute an infringement of copyright under the copyright revision act of 1976, as amended (17 U.S.C. Sec. 101 et seq.). (10) The governing boards of public and participating private institutions of higher education in Washington state shall each adopt guidelines consistent with this section for its implementation and administration. At a minimum, the guidelines shall address all of the following: (a) The designation of materials deemed "required or essential to student success"; (b) The determination of the availability of technology for the conversion of materials pursuant to subsection (5) of this section and the conversion of mathematics and science materials pursuant to subsection (6)(c) of this section; (c) The procedures and standards relating to distribution of files and materials pursuant to this section; (d) The guidelines shall include procedures for granting exceptions when it is determined that an individual, firm, partnership or corporation that publishes or manufactures instructional materials is not technically able to comply with the requirements of this section; and (e) Other matters as are deemed necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this section. (11) A violation of this chapter constitutes an unfair practice under chapter 49.60 RCW, the law against discrimination. All rights and remedies under chapter 49.60 RCW, including the right to file a complaint with the human rights commission and to bring a civil action, apply.
RCW 28B.50.805 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 805
RCW 28B.50.805: Programs that support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs or career and technical education programs—Selection of colleges—Development of courses leading to a high-demand applied baccalaureate degree.
Status: in_force

Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose and in addition to other applied baccalaureate degree programs and pursuant to the criteria in RCW 28B.50.810 , the college board shall select community or technical colleges to develop and offer two programs that support the continuation of high quality science, technology, engineering, and mathematics programs or career and technical education programs offered to students in kindergarten through twelfth grade who are prepared and aspire to continue in these high-demand areas in college and the workforce. Subject to available funding, a college selected under this section may develop the curriculum for and design and deliver courses leading to a high-demand applied baccalaureate degree.
RCW 28B.10.923 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 923
RCW 28B.10.923: Online learning technologies—Common learning management system for institutions of higher education.
Status: in_force

All institutions of higher education are encouraged to use common online learning technologies including, but not limited to, existing learning management and web conferencing systems currently managed and governed by the state board for community and technical colleges; and share professional development materials and activities related to effective use of these tools. The state board for community and technical colleges may adjust existing vendor licenses to accommodate and provide enterprise services for any interested institutions of higher education. The common learning management system shall be designed in a way that allows for easy sharing of courses, learning objects, and other digital content among the institutions of higher education. Institutions of higher education may begin migration to these common systems immediately. The state board for community and technical colleges shall convene representatives from each four-year institution of higher education to develop a shared fee structure.
RCW 28A.300.370 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 370
RCW 28A.300.370: World War II oral history project.
Status: in_force

(1) The World War II oral history project is established for the purpose of providing oral history presentations, documentation, and other materials to assist the office of the superintendent of public instruction and educators in the development of a curriculum for use in kindergarten through twelfth grade. (2) To the extent funds are appropriated or donated, the project shall be administered by the office of the superintendent of public instruction. The office shall convene an advisory committee to assist in the design and implementation of the project. The committee shall be composed of members of the World War II memorial educational foundation, the department of veterans affairs, the secretary of state's office, and legislators involved with and interested in the development of the oral history project. The committee may select its own chair and may expand its membership to include the services of other individuals, agencies, or organizations on the basis of need. The office shall provide staffing and administrative support to the advisory committee. (3) The project will preserve for the education of Washington's school children the memories and history of our state's citizens who served their state and country as members of the armed forces or through national or community contributions during World War II. The project is intended to preserve these memories and history through audiotapes, videotapes, films, stories, printed transcripts, digitally, and through other appropriate methods. (4) Any funding provided to the program through the omnibus appropriations act for the 2005-2007 biennium shall be used to record the memories of women who meet the requirements of subsection (3) of this section. (5) As part of the project, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall identify the requirements regarding instructional guides to help educators use the preserved material in age and grade appropriate ways. (6) In its administration of the project, the office may carry out its responsibilities through contracts with filming and taping specialists, mini-grants to schools, contracts with the World War II memorial educational foundation, and through other means recommended by the foundation. (7) By December 1, 2000, and every second year thereafter in which the project has received funding, the office shall report on the results of the project to the governor and the house of representatives and senate committees on education. The December 2000 report shall include, but need not be limited to, identification of the project's implementation strategies and resource requirements, and any curriculum standards developed through the project.
RCW 28C.18.040 — Washington Code / Title 28C / Chapter 18 / Section 040
RCW 28C.18.040: Director's duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The director shall serve as chief executive officer of the board who shall administer the provisions of this chapter, employ such personnel as may be necessary to implement the purposes of this chapter, and utilize staff of existing operating agencies to the fullest extent possible. (2) The director shall not be the chair of the board. (3) Subject to the approval of the board, the director shall appoint necessary deputy and assistant directors and other staff who shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter 41.06 RCW. The director's appointees shall serve at the director's pleasure on such terms and conditions as the director determines but subject to chapter 42.52 RCW. (4) The director shall appoint and employ such other employees as may be required for the proper discharge of the functions of the board. (5) The director shall, as permissible under P.L. 101-392, as amended, integrate the staff of the council on vocational education, and contract with the state board for community and technical colleges for assistance for adult basic skills and literacy policy development and planning as required by P.L. 100-297, as amended.
RCW 28A.540.010 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 540 / Section 010
RCW 28A.540.010: High school facilities defined.
Status: in_force

High school facilities shall mean buildings for occupancy by grades nine through twelve and equipment and furniture for such buildings and shall include major alteration or major remodeling of buildings and the acquisition of new sites and of additions to existing sites, and improvement of sites but only when included as a part of a general plan for the construction, equipping and furnishing of a building or of an alteration or addition to a building. The term shall also (1) include that portion of any building, alteration, equipment, furniture, site and improvement of site allocated to grade nine when included in a plan for facilities to be occupied by grades seven through nine and (2) includes such facilities for grades seven and eight when included in a plan as aforesaid, if the regional committee on school district organization finds that students of these grades who reside in any nonhigh school districts involved are now attending school in the high school district involved under an arrangement which likely will be continued.
RCW 28B.20.277 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 20 / Section 277
RCW 28B.20.277: Mathematics, engineering, and science achievement program—Establishment and administration through university.
Status: in_force

See RCW 28A.188.082 .
RCW 28B.50.465 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 50 / Section 465
RCW 28B.50.465: Cost-of-living increases—Academic employees.
Status: in_force

(1) Academic employees of community and technical college districts shall be provided an annual salary cost-of-living increase in accordance with this section. (a) Every fiscal year each college district shall receive a cost-of-living allocation sufficient to increase academic employee salaries, including mandatory salary-related benefits, by the rate of the yearly increase in the cost-of-living index. (b) A college district shall distribute its cost-of-living allocation for salaries and salary-related benefits in accordance with the district's salary schedules, collective bargaining agreements, and other compensation policies. No later than the end of the fiscal year, each college district shall certify to the college board that it has spent funds provided for cost-of-living increases on salaries and salary-related benefits. (c) The college board shall include any funded cost-of-living increase in the salary base used to determine cost-of-living increases for academic employees in subsequent years. (d) The state shall fully fund the cost-of-living increase set forth in this section. (2) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Academic employee" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 28B.52.020 . (b) "Cost-of-living index" means, beginning with the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium, 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.10.930 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 10 / Section 930
RCW 28B.10.930: Comprehensive cancer care collaborative arrangements—Nonstate entity.
Status: in_force

(1) To facilitate a public-private collaborative arrangement between a comprehensive cancer center and an institution of higher education and maintain the independence of the comprehensive cancer center as a nonprofit private entity, a comprehensive cancer center that is operated in conformance with subsection (3) of this section is not: (a) A state agency, state employer, quasi-government entity, or the functional equivalent of a state entity for any purpose under Washington law; (b) Subject to any obligation or duty of a state agency, state employer, or quasi-government entity under any Washington law; and (c) Subject to state laws or rules and local ordinances, resolutions, or rules specifically applicable to state agencies solely because of an entity's status as a state agency, but is subject to generally applicable state laws and rules and local ordinances, resolutions, and rules. (2) Employees of a comprehensive cancer center that is operated in conformance with subsection (3) of this section are not employees of a state agency, nor have any right or entitlement to any benefits conferred upon employees of a state agency. (3)(a) For purposes of chapter 71, Laws of 2022, and to ensure that a comprehensive cancer center maintains its character as a nonpublic entity, a comprehensive cancer center must not: (i) Perform an exclusively governmental function, but perform cancer research and medical treatment that are traditionally performed by both governmental and nongovernmental entities; (ii) Receive a majority of its operations funding from the government of the state of Washington or its agencies or institutions, but perform research and medical services under contract to both governmental and nongovernmental entities; (iii) Be subject to day-to-day management by any state agency or institution of higher education; and (iv) Be created solely by a state agency or an institution of higher education. (b) For purposes of chapter 71, Laws of 2022, and to ensure that the employees of a comprehensive cancer center are at no times employees of a state agency or institution of higher education, state employer, quasi-government entity, or the functional equivalent of a state entity, no state agency or institution of higher education, nor the employees, designees, or agents of a state agency or institution of higher education, may: (i) Directly exercise employer management over comprehensive cancer center employees' day-to-day operation of the comprehensive cancer center; (ii) Solely determine the compensation, benefits, and working conditions of comprehensive cancer center employees for their comprehensive cancer center employment; or (iii) Engage in collective bargaining, the ratification of collective bargaining agreements as an employer, or other discussion with the exclusive bargaining representatives of the employees of a comprehensive cancer center related to comprehensive cancer center employees. (4) For the purposes of chapter 71, Laws of 2022, the following definitions apply: (a) "Collaborative arrangement" means a written arrangement between a comprehensive cancer center and an institution of higher education, through which the cancer care programs of the comprehensive cancer center and institution of higher education will be aligned and managed. (b) "Comprehensive cancer center" means a comprehensive cancer center as defined in RCW 82.04.4265 that enters into a collaborative arrangement with an institution of higher education and is operated in conformance with this section.
RCW 28B.118.010 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 118 / Section 010
RCW 28B.118.010: Program design and student eligibility.
Status: in_force

The office of student financial assistance shall design the Washington college bound scholarship program in accordance with this section and in alignment with the Washington college grant program in chapter 28B.92 RCW unless otherwise provided in this section. The right of an eligible student to receive a college bound scholarship vest upon enrollment in the program that is earned by meeting the requirements of this section as it exists at the time of the student's enrollment under subsection (2) of this section. (1) "Eligible students" are those students who: (a) Qualify for free or reduced-price lunches. (i) If a student qualifies in the seventh or eighth grade, the student remains eligible even if the student does not receive free or reduced-price lunches thereafter. (ii) Beginning in the 2019-20 academic year, if a student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunches in the ninth grade and was previously ineligible during the seventh or eighth grade while he or she was a student in Washington, the student is eligible for the college bound scholarship program; (b) Are dependent pursuant to chapter 13.34 RCW and: (i) In grade seven through 12; or (ii) Are between the ages of 18 and 21 and have not graduated from high school; or (c) Were dependent pursuant to chapter 13.34 RCW and were adopted between the ages of 14 and 18 with a negotiated adoption agreement that includes continued eligibility for the Washington state college bound scholarship program pursuant to RCW 74.13A.025 . (2)(a) Every eligible student shall be automatically enrolled by the office of student financial assistance, with no action necessary by the student, student's family, or student's guardians. (b) Eligible students and the students' parents or guardians shall be notified of the student's enrollment in the Washington college bound scholarship program and the requirements for award of the scholarship by the office of student financial assistance. To the maximum extent practicable, an eligible student must acknowledge enrollment in the college bound scholarship program and receipt of the requirements for award of the scholarship. (c) The office of the superintendent of public instruction and the department of children, youth, and families must provide the office of student financial assistance with a list of eligible students when requested. The office of student financial assistance must determine the most effective methods, including timing and frequency, to notify eligible students of enrollment in the Washington college bound scholarship program. The office of student financial assistance must take reasonable steps to ensure that eligible students acknowledge enrollment in the college bound scholarship program and receipt of the requirements for award of the scholarship. The office of student financial assistance shall also make available to every school district information, brochures, and posters to increase awareness and to enable school districts to notify eligible students directly or through school teachers, counselors, or school activities. (3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, an eligible student must: (a)(i) Graduate from a public high school under RCW 28A.150.010 or an approved private high school under chapter 28A.195 RCW in Washington, have received a high school equivalency certificate under RCW 28B.50.536 , or have received home-based instruction under chapter 28A.200 RCW; and (ii) For eligible students enrolling in a postsecondary educational institution for the first time beginning with the 2023-24 academic year, graduate with at least a "C" average for consideration of direct admission to a public or private four-year institution of higher education; (b) Have no felony convictions; (c) Be a resident student as defined in RCW 28B.15.012 (2) (a) through (e); and (d) Have a family income that does not exceed 65 percent of the state median family income at the time of high school graduation. (4) An eligible student who is a resident student under RCW 28B.15.012 (2)(e) must also provide the institution, as defined in RCW 28B.15.012 , an affidavit indicating that the individual will file an application to become a permanent resident at the earliest opportunity the individual is eligible to do so and a willingness to engage in any other activities necessary to acquire citizenship, including but not limited to citizenship or civics review courses. (5)(a) For students attending two or four-year institutions of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016 , the value of the award shall be (i) the difference between the student's tuition and required fees, less the value of any state-funded grant, scholarship, or waiver assistance the student receives; (ii) plus $500 for books and materials. (b)(i) For students attending private four-year institutions of higher education in Washington, the award amount shall be the average of awards granted to students in public research universities in Washington or the average of awards granted to students in public research universities in Washington in the 2014-15 academic year, whichever is greater, through the 2026-27 academic year. (ii) Beginning in the 2027-28 academic year, for students attending private four-year not-for-profit institutions of higher education in Washington, the award amount shall be 50 percent of the average of awards for the same academic year granted to students in public research universities in Washington. (c)(i) For students attending private vocational schools in Washington, the award amount shall be the average of awards granted to students in public community and technical colleges in Washington or the average of awards granted to students in public community and technical colleges in Washington in the 2014-15 academic year, whichever is greater, through the 2026-27 academic year. (ii) Beginning in the 2027-28 academic year, for students attending two-year private not-for-profit schools in Washington, the award amount shall be the average of awards granted in the same academic year to students in public community and technical colleges in Washington, or the average of awards granted to students in public community and technical colleges in Washington in the 2014-15 academic year, whichever is greater. (d) Beginning in the 2027-28 academic year, for students attending Western Governors University-Washington, as established in RCW 28B.77.240 , the award shall be $4,650. (6) Eligible students must enroll no later than the fall term, as defined by the institution of higher education, one academic year following high school graduation. College bound scholarship eligibility may not extend beyond six years or 150 percent of the published length of the program in which the student is enrolled or the credit or clock-hour equivalent. (7) Institutions of higher education shall award the student all need-based and merit-based financial aid for which the student would otherwise qualify. The Washington college bound scholarship is intended to replace unmet need, loans, and, at the student's option, work-study award before any other grants or scholarships are reduced. (8) The first scholarships shall be awarded to students graduating in 2012. (9) The eligible student has a property right in the award, but the state of Washington retains legal ownership of tuition units awarded as scholarships under this chapter until the tuition units are redeemed. These tuition units shall remain separately held from any tuition units owned under chapter 28B.95 RCW by a Washington college bound scholarship recipient. (10)(a) The scholarship award must be used within six years of receipt. Any unused scholarship tuition units revert to the Washington college bound scholarship account. (b) Should the recipient terminate his or her enrollment for any reason during the academic year, the unused portion of the scholarship tuition units shall revert to the Washington college bound scholarship account.
RCW 28A.230.085 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 230 / Section 085
RCW 28A.230.085: Curriculum for prevention of sexual abuse on superintendent's website.
Status: in_force

Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall make the curriculum included under RCW 28A.300.160 (1)(b) available on its website.
RCW 28A.315.175 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 315 / Section 175
RCW 28A.315.175: Superintendent of public instruction—Powers and duties.
Status: in_force

The superintendent of public instruction shall: (1) Aid regional committees in the performance of their duties by furnishing them with plans of procedure, standards, data, maps, forms, and other necessary materials and services essential to a study and understanding of the problems of school district organization in their respective educational service districts; and (2) Carry out powers and duties of the superintendent of public instruction relating to the organization and reorganization of school districts.
RCW 28C.04.545 — Washington Code / Title 28C / Chapter 04 / Section 545
RCW 28C.04.545: Washington award for vocational excellence—Fee waivers—Grants.
Status: in_force

(1) The respective governing boards of the public technical colleges shall provide fee waivers for a maximum of two years for those recipients of the Washington award for vocational excellence established under RCW 28C.04.520 through 28C.04.540 who received the award before June 30, 1994. To qualify for the waiver, recipients shall enter the public technical college within three years of receiving the award. An above average rating at the technical college in the first year shall be required to qualify for the second-year waiver. (2) Students named by the workforce training and education coordinating board after June 30, 1994, as recipients of the Washington award for vocational excellence under RCW 28C.04.520 through 28C.04.550 shall be eligible to receive a grant for undergraduate coursework as authorized under RCW 28B.76.670 . (3)(a) Beginning with awards made during the 1998-99 academic year, recipients must complete using the award before the fall term in the sixth year following the date of the award. For these recipients, eligibility for the award is forfeited after this period. (b) All persons awarded a Washington award for vocational excellence before the 1995-96 academic year and who have remaining eligibility on April 19, 1999, must complete using the award before September 2002. For these recipients, eligibility for the award is forfeited after this period. (c) All persons awarded a Washington award for vocational excellence during the 1995-96, 1996-97, and 1997-98 academic years must complete using the award before September 2005. For these recipients, eligibility for the award is forfeited after this period.
RCW 28A.310.220 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 310 / Section 220
RCW 28A.310.220: ESD board—Delegation of powers and duties to superintendent.
Status: in_force

Each educational service district board, by written order filed in the headquarters office, may delegate to the educational service district superintendent any of the powers and duties vested in or imposed upon the board by law or rule or regulation of the state board of education and/or the superintendent of public instruction. Such delegated powers and duties shall not be in conflict with rules or regulations of the superintendent of public instruction or the state board of education and may be exercised by the educational service district superintendent in the name of the board.
RCW 28A.655.300 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 655 / Section 300
RCW 28A.655.300: Global citizens in a global society.
Status: in_force

By September 1, 2021, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall identify existing state learning standards that address the knowledge and skills that all public school students need to be global citizens in a global society with an appreciation for the contributions of diverse cultures. These state learning standards must be periodically updated to incorporate best practices in ethnic studies.
RCW 28A.525.090 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 525 / Section 090
RCW 28A.525.090: Construction management techniques—Rules—Use—Information and training.
Status: in_force

(1) The superintendent of public instruction, considering policy recommendations from the school facilities citizen advisory panel, shall adopt rules for appropriate use of the following construction management techniques: Value engineering, constructibility review, building commissioning, and construction management. Rules adopted under this section shall: (a) Define each technique as it applies to school buildings; (b) Describe the scope of work for each technique; (c) Define the timing for implementing each technique in the construction process; (d) Determine the appropriate size of projects for the use of each technique; and (e) Determine standards for qualification and performance for each technique. (2) Except as provided in rules adopted under subsection (1)(d) of this section, in allocating state moneys provided under this chapter, the superintendent of public instruction shall include in funding for each project, at the state funding assistance percentage, the cost of each of the construction management techniques listed in subsection (1) of this section. (3) When assigning priority and allocating state funds for construction of common school facilities, the superintendent shall consider the adequacy of the construction management techniques used by a district and the compliance with the rules adopted under subsection (1) of this section. (4) Except as provided in rules adopted under subsection (1)(d) of this section, the construction management techniques in subsection (1) of this section shall be used on each project submitted for approval by the superintendent. (5)(a) School districts applying for state funding assistance for school facilities shall: (i) Cause value engineering, constructibility review, and building commissioning to be performed by contract with a professional firm specializing in those construction management techniques; and (ii) Contract or employ personnel to perform professional construction management. (b) All recommendations from the value engineering and constructibility review construction techniques for a school project shall be presented to the school district's board of directors for acceptance or rejection. If the board of directors rejects a recommendation it shall provide a statement explaining the reasons for rejecting the recommendation and include the statement in the application for state funding assistance to the superintendent of public instruction. (6) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall provide: (a) An information and training program for school districts on the use of the construction management techniques; and (b) Consulting services to districts on the benefits and best uses of these construction management techniques.
RCW 28A.650.070 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 650 / Section 070
RCW 28A.650.070: Technology initiatives—Technology levies—Data—Reports.
Status: in_force

(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall collect and analyze the following data: (a) Demographic, distribution, and other data related to technology initiatives; and (b) Biennial survey data on school and school district progress to accomplish the objectives listed in RCW 28A.650.065 (1). (2) By November 1, 2022, and by November 1st every even year thereafter, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall provide a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature, in accordance with RCW 43.01.036 , with: (a) A summary of the technology initiatives data collected under subsection (1) of this section; (b) The status of the state's progress in accomplishing the following: (i) Accelerate student access to learning devices and related goods and services; (ii) expand training programs and technical assistance on using technology to support student learning; and (iii) build the capacity of schools and districts to support digital navigation services for students and their families; (c) Recommendations for improving the administration and oversight of the technology initiatives; and (d) An update on innovative and collaborative activities occurring in communities across the state to support widespread public technology literacy and fluency, as well as student universal access to learning devices. (3) By November 1, 2022, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall survey districts, collect data, and provide a report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature that contains, at a minimum, the following: (a) A list of districts that have a separate technology levy; (b) The total amount of funding generated by the technology levies; and (c) A detailed breakdown on how the funds generated by the technology levies are being used, including, but not limited to, the number of technology devices being purchased with those funds, personnel costs related to servicing and maintaining those devices covered by those funds, and any training or professional development for use of technology provided with those funds. (4) For the purposes of this section, "technology initiatives" means the technology grants awarded by the office of the superintendent of public instruction under RCW 28A.650.065 , and the provision of technology consultation, procurement, and training by educational service districts under RCW 28A.650.060 .
RCW 28B.133.010 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 133 / Section 010
RCW 28B.133.010: Program created.
Status: in_force

The educational assistance grant program for students with dependents is hereby created, subject to the availability of receipts of gifts, grants, or endowments from private sources. The program is created to serve students who demonstrate financial need with dependents eighteen years of age or younger, by assisting them directly through a grant program to pursue a degree or certificate at public or private institutions of higher education, as defined in RCW 28B.92.030 (4) (a) and (b) (i) and (ii), that participate in the Washington college grant program.
RCW 28A.155.060 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 155 / Section 060
RCW 28A.155.060: District authority to contract with authorized entities—Contract requirements—Annual on-site visits—Notice to parents and guardians—Miscellaneous.
Status: in_force

(1) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of RCW 28A.155.020 through 28A.155.050 , the board of directors of every school district shall be authorized to contract with private schools approved by the state board of education under RCW 28A.305.130 , other private in-state entities, and any out-of-state entities authorized by the office of the superintendent of public instruction under RCW 28A.300.690 to provide special education and related services to students with disabilities placed in the authorized entities by school districts. (2) A school district that chooses to contract with an authorized entity must enter into a written contract to establish the responsibilities of the school district and the authorized entity, and set forth the rights of students with disabilities placed in the authorized entity by the school district as a means of providing special education and related services. The contract must include, at a minimum, the following elements: (a) The names of the parties involved and the name of the student placed in the authorized entity by the school district; (b) The locations and settings of the education and related services to be provided; (c)(i) A description of the opportunities for the student to meet a program of basic education that meets the goals of RCW 28A.150.210 , in accordance with an individual assessment of student strengths and needs initially performed by the placing school districts and updated by the authorized entity; and (ii) When applicable, a description of the opportunities for the student to either meet high school graduation requirements under RCW 28A.230.090 or to earn a high school equivalency certificate under RCW 28B.50.536 or laws of the state in which the authorized entity is located; (d) A schedule, of at least once per academic term, for the authorized entity to provide to the school district student progress reports. The progress reports must describe how the student is meeting personalized learning outcomes; (e) The total contract cost and applicable charge and reimbursement systems, including billing and payment procedures; (f) Acknowledgment that the authorized entity is responsible for full reimbursement to the school district of any overpayments determined to have been made by the school district; (g) Acknowledgment that the authorized entity has a list of staff members providing the education and related services and a copy of the license that qualifies each staff member to provide the services; (h) An agreement by the authorized entity to employ or contract with at least one licensed teacher with a special education endorsement; (i) Acknowledgment that the staff of the authorized entity are regularly trained on the following topics: (i) The constitutional and civil rights of students in schools; (ii) Child and adolescent development; (iii) Trauma-informed approaches to working with children and youth; (iv) Cultural competency, diversity, equity, and inclusion, including best practices for interacting with students from particular backgrounds, including English learner, LGBTQ, immigrant, female, and nonbinary students. For the purposes of this subsection, "cultural competency," "diversity," "equity," and "inclusion" have the same meanings as in RCW 28A.415.443 ; (v) Student isolation and restraint requirements under RCW 28A.600.485 ; (vi) The federal family educational rights and privacy act (Title 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g) requirements including limits on access to and dissemination of student records for noneducational purposes; (vii) Recognizing and responding to student mental health issues; and (viii) Educational rights of students with disabilities, the relationship of disability to behavior, and best practices for interacting with students with disabilities; (j) Acknowledgment that the school district and the authorized entity have clearly established their respective responsibilities and processes for student data collection and reporting; (k) Acknowledgment that the authorized entity will promptly submit to the school district any complaints it receives; (l) Acknowledgment that the authorized entity will submit other information required by the school district or the office of the superintendent of public instruction; (m) Acknowledgment that the authorized entity must comply with student isolation and restraint requirements under RCW 28A.600.485 ; (n) Acknowledgment that the authorized entity will notify: (i) The office of the superintendent of public instruction and every school district with which it contracts of any major program changes that occur during the authorization period, including adding or eliminating services or changing the type of programs available to students; (ii) The office of the superintendent of public instruction, every school district with which it contracts, and every parent or guardian of an affected student of any conditions that would affect the authorized entity's ability to continue to provide the contracted services; and (iii) The office of the superintendent of public instruction and every school district with which it contracts of any complaints it receives regarding services to students, as well as any law enforcement incident reports involving the authorized entity and its enrolled students; (o) Acknowledgment that the authorized entity must comply with all relevant Washington state and federal laws that are applicable to the school district; and (p) Acknowledgment that the school district must provide the office of the superintendent of public instruction with the opportunity to review the contract and related documentation upon request. (3)(a) A school district that contracts with an authorized entity under this section shall conduct an annual on-site visit to confirm that the health and safety of the facilities, the staffing qualifications and levels, and the procedural safeguards are sufficient to provide a safe and appropriate learning environment for students. (b) A contracting school district may arrange for another school district to complete the annual on-site visit on its behalf, so long as the school district conducting the on-site visit provides a written report to the contracting school district that documents the results of the on-site visit and any concerns about the learning environment. (4) Each school district contracting with an authorized entity under this section shall provide the following documents to the parents or guardians of each student placed in the authorized entity by the school district: (a) A summary of the school district's and the authorized entity's responsibilities and processes for reporting incidents of student isolation and restraint under RCW 28A.600.485 ; and (b) A copy of the complaint procedure developed by the office of the superintendent of public instruction under RCW 28A.155.240 . (5) Each school district contracting with an authorized entity under this section shall report to the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the office of the Washington state auditor any concerns the school district has about overbilling by the authorized entity. (6) Each school district contracting with an authorized entity under this section shall remain responsible for ensuring that the students with disabilities placed in the authorized entity are: (a) Provided a free appropriate public education in accordance with the federal individuals with disabilities education act, Title 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq. and this chapter; (b) Provided with special education and related services at no cost to the student's parents and in conformance with an individualized education program as required by law, including evaluations and individualized education program team meetings that meet all applicable requirements; and (c) Provided with an opportunity to participate in Washington state and school district assessments. (7) As used in this section, the term "authorized entity" has the same meaning as in RCW 28A.300.690 .
RCW 28B.30.310 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 30 / Section 310
RCW 28B.30.310: Department of natural resources to report annually on university trust lands transactions.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the department of natural resources 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 of the current status of trust land sale contracts and income for the university from trust lands managed by the department.
RCW 28A.600.360 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 600 / Section 360
RCW 28A.600.360: Running start program—Enrollment in postsecondary institution—Determination of high school credits—Application toward graduation requirements.
Status: in_force

A school district shall grant academic credit to a pupil enrolled in a course for high school credit if the pupil successfully completes the course. If no comparable course is offered by the school district, the school district superintendent shall determine how many credits to award for the course. The determination shall be made in writing before the pupil enrolls in the course. The credits shall be applied toward graduation requirements and subject area requirements. Evidence of the successful completion of each course in an institution of higher education shall be included in the pupil's secondary school records and transcript. The transcript shall also note that the course was taken at an institution of higher education.
RCW 28C.04.530 — Washington Code / Title 28C / Chapter 04 / Section 530
RCW 28C.04.530: Washington award for vocational excellence—Board's duties.
Status: in_force

(1) The workforce training and education coordinating board shall have the responsibility for the development and administration of the Washington award for vocational excellence program. The workforce training and education coordinating board shall develop the program in consultation with other state agencies and private organizations having interest and responsibility in vocational education, including but not limited to: The state board for community and technical colleges, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, a voluntary professional association of vocational educators, and representatives from business, labor, and industry. (2) The workforce training and education coordinating board shall establish a planning committee to develop the criteria for screening and selecting the students who will receive the award. This criteria shall include but not be limited to the following characteristics: Proficiency in their chosen fields, attendance, attitude, character, leadership, and civic contributions.
RCW 28A.604.040 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 604 / Section 040
RCW 28A.604.040: Comprehensive information security program—Deletion of student personal information.
Status: in_force

(1) School service providers must maintain a comprehensive information security program that is reasonably designed to protect the security, privacy, confidentiality, and integrity of student personal information. The information security program should make use of appropriate administrative, technological, and physical safeguards. (2) School service providers must delete student personal information within a reasonable period of time if the relevant educational institution requests deletion of the data under the control of the educational institution unless: (a) The school service provider has obtained student consent or the consent of the student's parent or guardian to retain information related to that student; or (b) The student has transferred to another educational institution and that educational institution has requested that the school service provider retain information related to that student.
RCW 28B.70.010 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 70 / Section 010
RCW 28B.70.010: Ratification of compact.
Status: in_force

The western regional higher education compact, recommended by the western governors' conference on November 10, 1950, for adoption by the states or territories of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Alaska and Hawaii, is hereby ratified and approved and the adherence of this state to the provisions of this compact, upon its ratification and approval by any four or more of such states or territories in addition to this state, is hereby declared.
RCW 28A.405.310 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 405 / Section 310
RCW 28A.405.310: Adverse change in contract status of certificated employee, including nonrenewal of contract—Hearings—Procedure.
Status: in_force

(1) Any employee receiving a notice of probable cause for discharge or adverse effect in contract status pursuant to RCW 28A.405.300 , or any employee, with the exception of provisional employees as defined in RCW 28A.405.220 , receiving a notice of probable cause for nonrenewal of contract pursuant to RCW 28A.405.210 , shall be granted the opportunity for a hearing pursuant to this section. (2) In any request for a hearing pursuant to RCW 28A.405.300 or 28A.405.210 , the employee may request either an open or closed hearing. The hearing shall be open or closed as requested by the employee, but if the employee fails to make such a request, the hearing officer may determine whether the hearing shall be open or closed. (3) The employee may engage counsel who shall be entitled to represent the employee at the prehearing conference held pursuant to subsection (5) of this section and at all subsequent proceedings pursuant to this section. At the hearing provided for by this section, the employee may produce such witnesses as he or she may desire. (4) In the event that an employee requests a hearing pursuant to RCW 28A.405.300 or 28A.405.210 , a hearing officer shall be appointed in the following manner: Within fifteen days following the receipt of any such request the board of directors of the district or its designee and the employee or employee's designee shall each appoint one nominee. The two nominees shall jointly appoint a hearing officer who shall be a member in good standing of the Washington state bar association or a person adhering to the arbitration standards established by the public employment relations commission and listed on its current roster of arbitrators. Should said nominees fail to agree as to who should be appointed as the hearing officer, either the board of directors or the employee, upon appropriate notice to the other party, may apply to the presiding judge of the superior court for the county in which the district is located for the appointment of such hearing officer, whereupon such presiding judge shall have the duty to appoint a hearing officer who shall, in the judgment of such presiding judge, be qualified to fairly and impartially discharge his or her duties. Nothing herein shall preclude the board of directors and the employee from stipulating as to the identity of the hearing officer in which event the foregoing procedures for the selection of the hearing officer shall be inapplicable. The district shall pay all fees and expenses of any hearing officer selected pursuant to this subsection. (5) Within five days following the selection of a hearing officer pursuant to subsection (4) of this section, the hearing officer shall schedule a prehearing conference to be held within such five day period, unless the board of directors and employee agree on another date convenient with the hearing officer. The employee shall be given written notice of the date, time, and place of such prehearing conference at least three days prior to the date established for such conference. (6) The hearing officer shall preside at any prehearing conference scheduled pursuant to subsection (5) of this section and in connection therewith shall: (a) Issue such subpoenas or subpoenas duces tecum as either party may request at that time or thereafter; and (b) Authorize the taking of prehearing depositions at the request of either party at that time or thereafter; and (c) Provide for such additional methods of discovery as may be authorized by the civil rules applicable in the superior courts of the state of Washington; and (d) Establish the date for the commencement of the hearing, to be within ten days following the date of the prehearing conference, unless the employee requests a continuance, in which event the hearing officer shall give due consideration to such request. (7) The hearing officer shall preside at any hearing and in connection therewith shall: (a) Make rulings as to the admissibility of evidence pursuant to the rules of evidence applicable in the superior court of the state of Washington. (b) Make other appropriate rulings of law and procedure. (c) Within ten days following the conclusion of the hearing transmit in writing to the board and to the employee, findings of fact and conclusions of law and final decision. If the final decision is in favor of the employee, the employee shall be restored to his or her employment position and shall be awarded reasonable attorneys' fees. (8) Any final decision by the hearing officer to nonrenew the employment contract of the employee, or to discharge the employee, or to take other action adverse to the employee's contract status, as the case may be, shall be based solely upon the cause or causes specified in the notice of probable cause to the employee and shall be established by a preponderance of the evidence at the hearing to be sufficient cause or causes for such action. (9) All subpoenas and prehearing discovery orders shall be enforceable by and subject to the contempt and other equity powers of the superior court of the county in which the school district is located upon petition of any aggrieved party. (10) A complete record shall be made of the hearing and all orders and rulings of the hearing officer and school board.
RCW 28A.640.040 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 640 / Section 040
RCW 28A.640.040: Civil relief for violations.
Status: in_force

Any person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter, or aggrieved by the violation of any regulation or guideline adopted hereunder, shall have a right of action in superior court for civil damages and such equitable relief as the court shall determine.
RCW 28B.122.040 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 122 / Section 040
RCW 28B.122.040: Awards.
Status: in_force

The office may award aerospace training student loans to eligible students from the funds available in the aerospace training student loan account for this program. The amount of the student loan awarded an individual may not exceed tuition and fees for the program of study.
RCW 28A.410.340 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 410 / Section 340
RCW 28A.410.340: Military spouses—Agency responsibilities.
Status: in_force

The agency responsible for educator certification shall, as set forth in chapter 18.340 RCW: (1) Adopt rules for expedited professional certification for military spouses; (2) Identify a contact or coordinator to assist military spouse applicants and licensees; (3) Provide training to each board member on the culture of military spouses, the military spouse experience, and issues related to military spouse career paths; and (4) Maintain a military spouse assistance web page.
RCW 28C.30.070 — Washington Code / Title 28C / Chapter 30 / Section 070
RCW 28C.30.070: Employing minors.
Status: in_force

Where applicable, career awareness and exploration, career connected learning, career launch programs, and career preparation programs are subject to RCW 49.12.121 and 49.12.123 regarding employing minors.
RCW 28A.190.040 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 190 / Section 040
RCW 28A.190.040: Educational programs for residential school residents—Duties and authority of department of children, youth, and families and residential school superintendent.
Status: in_force

The duties and authority of the department of social and health services or the department of children, youth, and families and of each superintendent or chief administrator of a residential school to support each program of education conducted by a school district pursuant to RCW 28A.190.030 , shall include the following: (1) The provision of transportation for residential school students to and from the sites of the program of education through the purchase, lease or rental of school buses and other vehicles as necessary; (2) The provision of safe and healthy building and playground space for the conduct of the program of education through the construction, purchase, lease or rental of such space as necessary; (3) The provision of furniture, vocational instruction machines and tools, building and playground fixtures, and other equipment and fixtures for the conduct of the program of education through construction, purchase, lease or rental as necessary; (4) The provision of heat, lights, telephones, janitorial services, repair services, and other support services for the vehicles, building and playground spaces, equipment and fixtures provided for in this section; (5) The employment, supervision and control of persons to transport students and to maintain the vehicles, building and playground spaces, equipment and fixtures, provided for in this section; (6) Clinical and medical evaluation services necessary to a determination by the school district of the educational needs of residential school students; and (7) Such other support services and facilities as are reasonably necessary for the conduct of the program of education.
RCW 28A.160.170 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 160 / Section 170
RCW 28A.160.170: Student transportation allocation—District's reports to superintendent.
Status: in_force

Each district shall submit three times each year to the superintendent of public instruction during October, February, and May of each year a report containing the following: (1)(a) The number of eligible students transported to and from school as provided for in RCW 28A.160.150 , along with identification of stop locations and school locations, and (b) the number of miles driven for pupil transportation services as authorized in RCW 28A.160.150 the previous school year; and (2) Other operational data and descriptions as required by the superintendent to determine allocation requirements for each district. The superintendent shall require that districts separate the costs of operating the program for the transportation of eligible students to and from school as defined by RCW 28A.160.160 (3), non-to-and-from-school pupil transportation costs, and costs to provide expanded services under RCW 28A.160.185 (1) in the annual financial statement. The cost, quantity, and type of all fuel purchased by school districts for use in to-and-from-school transportation shall be included in the annual financial statement. Each district shall submit the information required in this section on a timely basis as a condition of the continuing receipt of school transportation moneys.
RCW 28B.85.080 — Washington Code / Title 28B / Chapter 85 / Section 080
RCW 28B.85.080: Suspension or modification of requirements authorized.
Status: in_force

The council may suspend or modify any of the requirements under this chapter in a particular case if the council finds that: (1) The suspension or modification is consistent with the purposes of this chapter; and (2) The education to be offered addresses a substantial, demonstrated need among residents of the state or that literal application of this chapter would cause a manifestly unreasonable hardship.
RCW 28A.300.106 — Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 106
RCW 28A.300.106: Native education public-private partnership account.
Status: in_force

The Native education public-private partnership account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. The purpose of the account is to support the activities of the office of Native education within the office of the superintendent of public instruction under RCW 28A.300.105 . Receipts from any appropriations made by the legislature for the purposes of RCW 28A.300.105 , federal funds, gifts or grants from the private sector or foundations, and other sources must be deposited into the account. Only the superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.