Source: https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=28A.400.303
Timestamp: 2019-09-16 00:55:00
Document Index: 675192759

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 20', '§ 1', '§ 220', '§ 1', '§ 29', '§ 1', '§ 3', '§ 2']

RCW 28A.400.303: Record checks for employees and certain volunteers and contractors—Cost.
RCWs > Title 28A > Chapter 28A.400 > Section 28A.400.303
28A.400.302 << 28A.400.303 >> 28A.400.305
(1) School districts, educational service districts, the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth, the state school for the blind, and their contractors hiring employees who will have regularly scheduled unsupervised access to children or developmentally disabled persons shall require a record check through the Washington state patrol criminal identification system under RCW 43.43.830 through 43.43.834, 10.97.030, and 10.97.050 and through the federal bureau of investigation before hiring an employee. The record check shall include a fingerprint check using a complete Washington state criminal identification fingerprint card. The requesting entity may provide a copy of the record report to the applicant at the applicant's request. When necessary, applicants may be employed on a conditional basis pending completion of the investigation. If the applicant has had a record check within the previous two years, the district, the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth, the state school for the blind, or contractor may waive the requirement. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the district, pursuant to chapter 41.59 or 41.56 RCW, the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth, the state school for the blind, or contractor hiring the employee shall determine who shall pay costs associated with the record check.
(3)(a) School districts, educational service districts, the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth, the state school for the blind, federal bureau of Indian affairs-funded schools, charter schools established under chapter 28A.710 RCW, schools that are the subject of a state-tribal education compact under chapter 28A.715 RCW, and their contractors may use the process in subsection (1) of this section to perform record checks for any prospective volunteer who will have regularly scheduled unsupervised access to children under eighteen years of age or developmentally disabled persons, during the course of his or her involvement with the school or organization under circumstances where access will or may involve the following:
[ 2019 c 266 § 20. Prior: 2017 3rd sp.s. c 33 § 1; 2017 3rd sp.s. c 6 § 220; 2014 c 50 § 1; 2009 c 381 § 29; 2007 c 35 § 1; 2001 c 296 § 3; 1992 c 159 § 2.]