title: RCW 28A.315.095

text:
The powers and duties of each regional committee are to:
(1) Hear and approve or disapprove proposals for changes in the organization and extent of school districts in the educational service districts when a hearing on a proposal has been requested under RCW 28A.315.199;
(2) Make an equitable adjustment of the property and other assets and of the liabilities, including bonded indebtedness and excess tax levies as otherwise authorized under this section, as to the old school districts and the new district or districts, if any, involved in or affected by a proposed change in the organization and extent of the school districts;
(3) Make an equitable adjustment of the bonded indebtedness outstanding against any of the old and new districts whenever in its judgment such adjustment is advisable, as to all of the school districts involved in or affected by any change heretofore or hereafter effected, subject to the requirements in RCW 28A.315.265;
(4) Provide that territory transferred from a school district by a change in the organization and extent of school districts, other than changes required pursuant to RCW 28A.315.225, shall either remain subject to, or be relieved of, any one or more excess tax levies that are authorized for the school district under RCW 84.52.053 before the effective date of the transfer of territory from the school district;
(5) Provide that territory transferred to a school district by a change in the organization and extent of school districts, other than changes required pursuant to RCW 28A.315.225, shall either be made subject to, or be relieved of, any one or more excess tax levies that are authorized for the school district under RCW 84.52.053 before the effective date of the transfer of territory to the school district;
(6)(a) Provide that a school district that is annexing or receiving territory from a financially insolvent school district pursuant to RCW 28A.315.225 may submit to the voters of the entire school district, including the territory to be annexed or transferred, a proposition for a replacement or supplemental levy pursuant to RCW 84.52.053(2)(b);
(b) Provide that, if an election under (a) of this subsection has not occurred or has failed, territory transferred from a financially insolvent school district to another school district or districts pursuant to RCW 28A.315.225 must be relieved of any one or more excess tax levies that are authorized for the financially insolvent school district under RCW 84.52.053 before the effective date of the transfer of territory from the financially insolvent school district;
(c) Provide that, if an election under (a) of this subsection has not occurred or has failed, territory transferred from a financially insolvent school district to another school district or districts pursuant to RCW 28A.315.225 must be made subject to any one or more excess tax levies that are authorized for the receiving school district or districts under RCW 84.52.053 before the effective date of the transfer of territory to the receiving school district or districts;
(7) Establish the date by which a committee-approved transfer of territory shall take effect;
(8) Hold and keep a record of a public hearing or public hearings (a) on every proposal for the formation of a new school district or for the transfer from one existing district to another of any territory in which children of school age reside or for annexation of territory when the conditions set forth in RCW 28A.315.225 prevail; and (b) on every proposal for adjustment of the assets and of the liabilities of school districts provided for in this chapter. Three members of the regional committee or two members of the committee and the educational service district superintendent may be designated by the committee to hold any public hearing that the committee is required to hold. The regional committee shall cause notice to be given, at least ten days prior to the date appointed for any such hearing, in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the geographical boundaries of the school districts affected by the proposed change or adjustment. In addition notice may be given by radio and television, or either thereof, when in the committee's judgment the public interest will be served thereby; and
(9) Prepare and submit to the superintendent of public instruction from time to time or, upon his or her request, reports and recommendations respecting the urgency of need for school plant facilities, the kind and extent of the facilities required, and the development of improved local school administrative units and attendance areas in the case of school districts that seek state assistance in providing school plant facilities.
[ 2012 c 186 s 3; 1999 c 315 s 301.]
Notes:
Effective date—2012 c 186: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.

catchline: Regional committees—Powers and duties.


doc_type: statute

jurisdiction: wa

title: RCW 28A.315.105

text:
(1) There is hereby created in each educational service district a committee which shall be known as the regional committee on school district organization, which committee shall be composed of not less than seven nor more than nine registered voters of the educational service district, the number to correspond with the number of board member districts established for the governance of the educational service district in which the regional committee is located.
(2) Members of each regional committee shall be appointed to serve a four-year term by the educational service district board of the district in which the regional committee is located. One member of the regional committee shall be appointed from each such educational service district board member district. Appointed members of regional committees must be registered voters and reside in the educational service district board member district from which they are appointed. Members of regional committees who were elected before June 12, 2008, may serve the remainder of their four-year terms. Vacancies occurring for any reason, including at the end of the term of any member of a regional committee who was elected before June 12, 2008, shall be filled by appointment by the educational service district board of directors as provided in this section.
(3) In the event of a change in the number of educational service districts or in the number of educational service district board members pursuant to chapter 28A.310 RCW, a new regional committee shall be appointed for each affected educational service district at the expiration of the terms of the majority of the members of the regional committee. Those persons who were serving on a regional committee within an educational service district affected by a change in the number of districts or board members shall continue to constitute the regional committee for the educational service district within which they are registered to vote until the majority of a new board has been appointed.
(4) No appointed member of a regional committee may continue to serve on the committee if he or she ceases to be a registered voter of the educational service district board member district or if he or she is absent from three consecutive meetings of the committee without an excuse acceptable to the committee.
[ 2008 c 159 s 4; 1985 c 385 s 2; 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.57.030. Prior: 1947 c 266 s 11, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 4693-30, part; prior: 1941 c 248 s 3, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 s 4709-3, part. Formerly RCW 28A.315.040, 28A.57.030, 28.57.030, part.]
Notes:
Severability—1985 c 385: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.

license: public-domain-government-work

rule_set: Revised Code of Washington

catchline: Regional committees—Appointment and terms of members—New regional committees.

code: rcw

unit: section

court: Washington State Legislature


title: RCW 28A.315.115

text:
Persons possessing the status of any of the following positions shall not be eligible to be a member of a regional committee: The superintendent of public instruction, a member of the state board of education, an educational service district superintendent, a member of a board of directors of a school district, a member of an educational service district board, a member of a governing board of either a private school or a private school district which conducts any grades kindergarten through twelve, officers appointed by any such governing board, and employees of a school district, an educational service district, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, a private school, or a private school district.
[ 1985 c 385 s 3; 1975 1st ex.s. c 275 s 79; 1969 ex.s. c 176 s 115; 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.57.031. Prior: 1947 c 226 s 11, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 4693-30, part; prior: 1941 c 248 s 3, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 s 4709-3, part. Formerly RCW 28A.315.050, 28A.57.031, 28.57.030, part.]
Notes:
Severability—1985 c 385: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.
Rights preserved—Severability—1969 ex.s. c 176: See notes following RCW 28A.310.010.


title: RCW 28A.315.155

text:
Members of each regional committee shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
[ 1985 c 385 s 7; 1969 ex.s. c 176 s 118; 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.57.035. Prior: 1947 c 266 s 11, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 4693-30, part; prior: 1941 c 248 s 3, part; Rem. Supp. 1941 s 4709-3, part. Formerly RCW 28A.315.090, 28A.57.035, 28.57.030, part.]
Notes:
Severability—1985 c 385: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.
Rights preserved—Severability—1969 ex.s. c 176: See notes following RCW 28A.310.010.

catchline: Regional committees—Members' expenses reimbursed.


title: RCW 28A.315.165

text:
Each regional committee shall organize by electing from its membership a chair and a vice chair. The educational service district superintendent shall be the secretary of the committee. Meetings of the committee shall be held upon call of the chair or of a majority of the members thereof. A majority of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
[ 1990 c 33 s 297; 1985 c 385 s 8; 1975 1st ex.s. c 275 s 82; 1969 ex.s. c 176 s 119; 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.57.040. Prior: 1947 c 266 s 12; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 4693-31; prior: 1941 c 248 s 4; Rem. Supp. 1941 s 4709-4. Formerly RCW 28A.315.100, 28A.57.040, 28.57.040.]
Notes:
Severability—1985 c 385: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.
Rights preserved—Severability—1969 ex.s. c 176: See notes following RCW 28A.310.010.

catchline: Regional committees—Organization, meetings, quorum.


title: RCW 28A.315.175

text:
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.
[ 2006 c 263 s 501; 1999 c 315 s 302.]
Notes:
Findings—Purpose—Part headings not law—2006 c 263: See notes following RCW 28A.150.230.

catchline: Superintendent of public instruction—Powers and duties.


title: RCW 28A.315.185

text:
To the extent funds are appropriated, the superintendent of public instruction, in cooperation with the educational service districts and the Washington state school directors' association, shall conduct an annual training meeting for the regional committees, educational service district superintendents, and local school district superintendents and boards of directors. Training may also be provided upon request.
[ 2006 c 263 s 509; 1999 c 315 s 303.]
Notes:
Findings—Purpose—Part headings not law—2006 c 263: See notes following RCW 28A.150.230.

catchline: Annual training.


title: RCW 28A.315.195

text:
(1) A proposed change in school district organization by transfer of territory from one school district to another may be initiated by a petition in writing presented to the educational service district superintendent:
(a) Signed by at least fifty percent plus one of the active registered voters residing in the territory proposed to be transferred; or
(b) Signed by a majority of the members of the board of directors of one of the districts affected by a proposed transfer of territory and providing documentation that, before signing the petition, the board of directors took the following actions:
(i) Communicated the proposed transfer to the board of directors of the affected district or districts and provided an opportunity for the board of the affected district or districts to respond; and
(ii) Communicated the proposed transfer to the registered voters residing in the territory proposed to be transferred, provided notice of a public hearing regarding the proposal, and provided the voters an opportunity to comment on the proposal at the public hearing.
(2) The petition shall state the name and number of each district affected, describe the boundaries of the territory proposed to be transferred, and state the reasons for desiring the change and the number of children of school age, if any, residing in the territory.
(3) The educational service district superintendent shall not complete any transfer of territory under this section that involves ten percent or more of the common school student population of the entire district from which the transfer is proposed, unless the educational service district superintendent has first called and held a special election of the voters of the entire school district from which the transfer of territory is proposed. The purpose of the election is to afford those voters an opportunity to approve or reject the proposed transfer. A simple majority shall determine approval or rejection.
(4) The superintendent of public instruction may establish rules limiting the frequency of petitions that may be filed pertaining to territory included in whole or in part in a previous petition.
(5) A petition to transfer territory must be processed in accordance with RCW 28A.315.199 and 28A.315.205.
[ 2012 c 186 s 4; 2008 c 159 s 1; 2006 c 263 s 502; 2003 c 413 s 2; 1999 c 315 s 401.]
Notes:
Effective date—2012 c 186: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.
Findings—Purpose—Part headings not law—2006 c 263: See notes following RCW 28A.150.230.

catchline: Transfer of territory by petition—Requirements—Rules.


title: RCW 28A.315.199

text:
(1) Upon receipt of a petition to transfer territory pursuant to RCW 28A.315.195 or to dissolve a financially insolvent school district pursuant to RCW 28A.315.225, the educational service district superintendent shall notify in writing the affected districts that:
(a) Each school district board of directors, whether or not initiating a proposed transfer of territory or dissolution, must enter into negotiations with the affected district or districts;
(b) In the case of a citizen-initiated petition, the affected districts must negotiate on the entire proposed transfer of territory;
(c) The districts have ninety calendar days in which to agree to the proposed transfer of territory or to agree on the annexation of a financially insolvent district;
(d) Districts negotiating an agreement regarding annexation of a dissolving financially insolvent district may not agree to not dissolve a financially insolvent district;
(e) The agreement between at least one contiguous district and a financially insolvent district regarding the annexation of the dissolving district and the distribution of assets and liabilities is subject to approval by the financial oversight committee;
(f) The districts may request and shall be granted by the educational service district superintendent one thirty-day extension to try to reach agreement; and
(g) Any district involved in the negotiations may at any time during the ninety-day period notify the educational service district superintendent in writing that agreement will not be possible.
(2) If the negotiating school boards cannot come to agreement about the proposed transfer of territory, or cannot agree how to annex a financially insolvent district, the educational service district superintendent, if requested by the affected districts, shall appoint a mediator. The mediator has thirty days to work with the affected school districts to see if an agreement can be reached on the proposed transfer of territory.
(3) If the affected school districts cannot come to agreement about the proposed transfer of territory, or cannot agree how to annex a financially insolvent district, and the districts do not request the services of a mediator or the mediator was unable to bring the districts to agreement, any affected district may file with the educational service district superintendent a written request for a hearing by the regional committee.
(4) If the affected school districts cannot come to agreement about the proposed transfer of territory initiated by citizen petition, and the districts do not request the services of a mediator or the mediator was unable to bring the districts to agreement, the district in which the citizens who filed the petition reside must file with the educational service district superintendent a written request for a hearing by the regional committee, unless a majority of the citizen petitioners request otherwise.
(5) Upon receipt of a notice under subsection (3) or (4) of this section, the educational service district superintendent must notify the chair of the regional committee in writing within ten days.
(6) Costs incurred by school districts under this section shall be reimbursed by the state from such funds as are appropriated for this purpose.
[ 2012 c 186 s 5.]
Notes:
Effective date—2012 c 186: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.

catchline: Transfer of territory or dissolution of financially insolvent school district by petition—Notification to affected districts—Mediation—Request for hearing—Notification to regional committee—Costs.


title: RCW 28A.315.205

text:
(1) The chair of the regional committee shall schedule a hearing on the proposed transfer of territory or dissolution petition at a location in the educational service district within sixty calendar days of being notified under RCW 28A.315.199 (3) or (4).
(2) Within thirty calendar days of the hearing under subsection (1) of this section, or final hearing if more than one is held by the committee, the committee shall issue its written findings and decision to approve or disapprove the proposed transfer of territory or the dissolution and annexation of a financially insolvent district. The educational service district superintendent shall transmit a copy of the committee's decision to the superintendents of the affected school districts within ten calendar days.
(3) In carrying out the purposes of RCW 28A.315.015 and in making decisions as authorized under RCW 28A.315.095(1), the regional committee shall base its judgment upon whether and to the extent the proposed change in school district organization complies with RCW 28A.315.015(2) and rules adopted by the superintendent of public instruction under chapter 34.05 RCW.
(4) The rules under subsection (3) of this section shall provide for giving consideration to all of the following:
(a) Student educational opportunities as measured by the percentage of students performing at each level of the statewide mandated assessments and data regarding student attendance, graduation, and dropout rates;
(b) The safety and welfare of pupils. For the purposes of this subsection, "safety" means freedom or protection from danger, injury, or damage and "welfare" means a positive condition or influence regarding health, character, and well-being;
(c) The history and relationship of the property affected to the students and communities affected, including, for example, the impact of the growth management act and current or proposed urban growth areas, city boundaries, and master planned communities;
(d) Whether or not geographic accessibility warrants a favorable consideration of a recommended change in school district organization, including remoteness or isolation of places of residence and time required to travel to and from school; and
(e) All funding sources of the affected districts, equalization among school districts of the tax burden for general fund and capital purposes through a reduction in disparities in per pupil valuation when all funding sources are considered, improvement in the economies in the administration and operation of schools, and the extent the proposed change would potentially reduce or increase the individual and aggregate transportation costs of the affected school districts.
(5)(a)(i) A petitioner or school district may appeal a decision by the regional committee to the superintendent of public instruction based on the claim that the regional committee failed to follow the applicable statutory and regulatory procedures or acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner. Any such appeal shall be based on the record and the appeal must be filed within thirty days of the final decision of the regional committee. The appeal shall be heard and determined by an administrative law judge in the office of administrative hearings, based on the standards in (a)(ii) of this subsection.
(ii) If the administrative law judge finds that all applicable procedures were not followed or that the regional committee acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner, the administrative law judge shall refer the matter back to the regional committee with an explanation of his or her findings. The regional committee shall rehear the proposal.
(iii) If the administrative law judge finds that all applicable procedures were followed or that the regional committee did not act in an arbitrary and capricious manner, depending on the appeal, the educational service district shall be notified and directed to implement the changes.
(iv) The administrative law judge shall expedite review and issuance of a decision on an appeal of a decision approving the dissolution and annexation of a financially insolvent district.
(b) Any school district or citizen petitioner affected by a final decision of the regional committee may seek judicial review of the committee's decision in accordance with RCW 34.05.570. Judicial review of a regional committee decision approving dissolution and annexation of a financially insolvent district must be expedited.
[ 2012 c 186 s 6; 2008 c 159 s 2; 2006 c 263 s 503; 2003 c 413 s 1; 1999 c 315 s 402.]
Notes:
Effective date—2012 c 186: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.
Findings—Purpose—Part headings not law—2006 c 263: See notes following RCW 28A.150.230.

catchline: Transfer of territory or dissolution by petition—Regional committee responsibilities—Rules—Appeals.


title: RCW 28A.315.215

text:
(1) Upon receipt by the educational service district superintendent of a written agreement by two or more school districts to the transfer of territory between the affected districts, or an agreement approved by the financial oversight committee regarding the annexation of a financially insolvent district, the superintendent shall make an order establishing all approved changes involving the alteration of the boundaries of the affected districts. The order shall also establish all approved terms of the equitable adjustment of assets and liabilities involving the affected districts, with the effective date of such alterations to the boundaries. For school districts that are dissolved and annexed pursuant to RCW 28A.315.225, the order shall provide that any excess tax levy approved, including previously approved and imposed excess levies by the school district annexing or receiving the transferred territory from the financially insolvent school district and replacement and supplemental levies voted upon by voters of the entire newly established territory before the effective date of the dissolution by the school district receiving the transferred territory from the dissolved school district shall, in the cases of previously approved and imposed excess levies of the annexing or receiving school district, be imposed on the newly annexed, or dissolved territory, and in the case of replacement or supplemental levies, the entire newly established territory, pursuant to RCW 84.09.030. The superintendent shall file his or her action with each county auditor, each county treasurer, each county assessor, the office of the secretary of state, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, and the superintendents of all school districts affected by the action.
(2)(a) Upon receipt by the educational service district superintendent of a written decision by the regional committee approving the transfer of territory between two or more school districts, or the dissolution and annexation of a financially insolvent school district, the superintendent shall make an order establishing all approved changes involving the alteration of the boundaries of the affected districts, with the effective date of such alterations to the boundaries. The effective date of boundary alterations shall be no later than sixty days prior to the first day candidates may file for office for the next succeeding general or special election.
(b) The order may not be implemented before the period of appeal authorized under RCW 28A.315.205(5)(a)(i) has ended.
(c) The order shall also establish all approved terms of the equitable adjustment of assets and liabilities involving the affected districts.
(d) For school districts that are dissolved and annexed pursuant to RCW 28A.315.225, the order must provide that any excess tax levy approved, including previously approved and imposed excess levies by the school district annexing or receiving the transferred territory from the financially insolvent school district and replacement and supplemental levies voted upon by voters of the entire newly established territory before the effective date of the dissolution by the school district receiving the transferred territory from the dissolved school district shall, in the cases of previously approved and imposed excess levies of the annexing or receiving school district, be imposed on the newly annexed, or dissolved territory, and in the case of replacement or supplemental levies, the entire newly established territory, pursuant to RCW 84.09.030.
(e) The superintendent shall file his or her action with each county auditor, the office of the secretary of state, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, each county treasurer, each county assessor, and the superintendents of all school districts affected by the action.
[ 2012 c 186 s 7; 1999 c 315 s 403.]
Notes:
Effective date—2012 c 186: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.

catchline: Transfer of territory or annexation of financially insolvent district by agreement or order—Approval—Order—Previously approved and imposed excess tax levies.


title: RCW 28A.315.221

text:
(1) The superintendent of public instruction shall convene a financial oversight committee:
(a) At the request of the board of directors of a financially insolvent district;
(b) When the superintendent of public instruction determines a district is financially insolvent, after first consulting with the educational service district where the district is located and notifying the district the committee will be convened; or
(c) When a district has been on binding conditions pursuant to RCW 28A.505.110 for two consecutive years and does not have a satisfactory financial plan.
(2) The financial oversight committee comprises two representatives from the office of the superintendent of public instruction, one representative from an educational service district where a financially insolvent school district is not located, and one nonvoting representative from the educational service district where the financially insolvent school district is located.
(3) The financial oversight committee shall review the financial condition of a financially insolvent school district. In conducting its review, the committee shall hold a public hearing in the financially insolvent school district or educational service district in order to receive public comment on any proposed financial plans. If the financial oversight committee feels that dissolution of the financially insolvent school district is a valid option, it shall receive input at the public hearing on options for dissolving said school district.
(4) After holding a public hearing as provided in subsection (3) of this section, the financial oversight committee must make a recommendation to the superintendent of public instruction to either dissolve a financially insolvent school district or to place a district under enhanced financial monitoring to reduce the risk of dissolution due to insolvency. The superintendent of public instruction must implement financial oversight committee recommendations via enhanced financial oversight, which will be monitored by the educational service district.
(5) Enhanced financial oversight may include, but is not limited to, the following types of actions, which the superintendent of public instruction is expressly authorized to implement and enforce:
(a) Appointment of a special administrator to: Oversee and carry out financial conditions imposed on the district as recommended by the financial oversight committee; and approve temporary interfund loan transactions authorized under RCW 28A.320.340 as appropriate;
(b) Review, approval, and limitations on a school district's authority to enter into contracts;
(c) Review, approval, and limitations on hiring and personnel actions;
(d) Liquidation or disposition of fixed assets and contractual liabilities by any reasonable and documented method provided the liquidation or disposition of fixed assets and contractual liabilities is reasonably necessary before filing a dissolution petition; and
(e) Directing the sale of real property or assets of the school district and directing the deposit of proceeds from such sale into a fund as selected by the committee.
(6) Any new, amended, or renewed contract entered into by a school district that is subject to enhanced financial monitoring that has not been approved by the educational service district or special administrator, or that is inconsistent with conditions imposed on the district pursuant to this section, is null and void.
(7) Any action taken by a school district subject to enhanced financial monitoring that is likely to affect the district's finances is null and void if the action was not approved by the educational service district or special administrator or if the action is inconsistent with conditions imposed on the district pursuant to this section.
(8) The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt rules to carry out the provisions in this section, which may include, but are not limited to, identifying the responsibilities and authority of the financial oversight committee, the educational service district, the special administrator, and the school district and the implementation of enhanced financial oversight.
[ 2025 c 384 s 5; 2012 c 186 s 8.]
Notes:
Effective date—2012 c 186: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.

catchline: Financial oversight committee—Membership—Review of financially insolvent districts—Enhanced financial monitoring—Rules.


title: RCW 28A.315.225

text:
(1) In case any school district has an average enrollment of fewer than five kindergarten through eighth grade pupils during the preceding three consecutive school years or has not made a reasonable effort to maintain, during the preceding school year at least the minimum term of school required by law, the educational service district superintendent shall report that fact to the regional committee, which committee shall dissolve the school district and annex the territory thereof to some other district or districts. For the purposes of this section, in addition to any other finding, "reasonable effort" shall be deemed to mean the attempt to make up whatever days are short of the legal requirement by conducting of school classes on any days to include available holidays, though not to include Saturdays and Sundays, prior to June 15th of that year. School districts operating an extended school year program, most commonly implemented as a 45-15 plan, shall be deemed to be making a reasonable effort. In the event any school district has suffered any interruption in its normal school calendar due to a strike or other work stoppage or slowdown by any of its employees that district shall not be subject to this section.
(2) A financially insolvent school district may be dissolved and annexed to one or more contiguous districts, in accordance with an agreement between the insolvent district and at least one other contiguous district, that has been approved by the financial oversight committee, or in accordance with the decision of the regional committee. A financially insolvent district may file bankruptcy only if it is recommended by the financial oversight committee.
(3)(a) A petition to dissolve a financially insolvent school district may be filed with the educational service district superintendent by the superintendent of public instruction if, before signing and filing the petition, the financial oversight committee was convened and recommended that the district be dissolved.
(b) A petition for dissolution under this subsection (3) must include the name of the financially insolvent district, the legal boundaries of the district, the names of contiguous school districts, the basis for concluding the district is financially insolvent, a map with legal description of the proposed annexation of the financially insolvent school district to one or more contiguous school districts, and any proposed equitable adjustments of assets and liabilities for the affected districts. The proposed annexation and equitable adjustment of assets and liabilities must be based on the factors in RCW 28A.315.015(2), 28A.315.205(4), and 28A.315.245.
(c) The superintendent of public instruction, at the recommendation of the financial oversight committee, may take the following actions upon filing a petition to dissolve a financially insolvent school district: Authorize liquidation or disposition of fixed assets and contractual liabilities by any reasonable and documented method.
(d) A petition to dissolve a financially insolvent school district shall be processed in accordance with RCW 28A.315.199 and 28A.315.205.
(4) The superintendent of public instruction may request an appropriation to address matters associated with the dissolution of a financially insolvent school district.
(5) The superintendent of public instruction may adopt rules governing actions that may be taken to prevent a school district from being dissolved and to assist in the orderly and timely dissolution and annexation of school districts that are unable to avoid financial insolvency.
(6) In case any territory is not a part of any school district, the educational service district superintendent shall present to the regional committee a proposal for the annexation of the territory to some contiguous district or districts.
[ 2015 c 82 s 1; 2012 c 186 s 9; 1999 c 315 s 501.]
Notes:
Effective date—2015 c 82: "This act takes effect September 1, 2015." [ 2015 c 82 s 2.]
Effective date—2012 c 186: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.

catchline: Dissolution and annexation of certain districts—Dissolution of financially insolvent districts—Annexation of nondistrict property.


title: RCW 28A.315.229

text:
(1) As of the effective date of dissolution of a financially insolvent district, all existing employment contracts and collective bargaining agreements of the financially insolvent district shall be extinguished.
(2) School districts that annex or receive territory from a financially insolvent district have full authority to constitute their workforces, and have no duty to bargain with, or observe the former wages and working conditions of, any former employees of a financially insolvent district who may be hired; rather, any employees hired from a financially insolvent district become part of the appropriate bargaining units, if any, of the annexing or receiving district, and their wages and working conditions are defined by the terms of the annexing or receiving district's bargaining agreements or other policies or conditions of employment.
(3) Certificated employees of a district that is dissolved due to financial insolvency have no continuing contract or appeal rights under RCW 28A.405.210 through 28A.405.380 or other law, nor do certificated or classified employees of a district dissolved due to financial insolvency have any resort to grievance or arbitration under a collective bargaining agreement, and any inconsistent provision of any individual contract or collective bargaining agreement is null and void. Sufficient cause for nonrenewal or discharge of such certificated and classified personnel is deemed to exist by sole virtue of the employer district's dissolution for financial insolvency. Notice of nonrenewal or discharge under such circumstances may be given by the educational service district superintendent without regard to date. Any appeal must be addressed to the educational service district board on an expedited basis according to rules established by the superintendent of public instruction, and must be confined to the issue of whether the employer district is dissolved for reasons of financial insolvency. There is no judicial review for the educational service district board's decisions in these matters.
[ 2012 c 186 s 10.]
Notes:
Effective date—2012 c 186: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.

catchline: Employment contracts and collective bargaining agreements in dissolved financially insolvent districts.


title: RCW 28A.315.235

text:
(1) A proposed change in school district organization by consolidation of territory from two or more school districts to form a new school district may be initiated by:
(a) A written petition presented to the educational service district superintendent signed by ten or more registered voters residing:
(i) In each whole district and in each part of a district proposed to be included in any single new district; or
(ii) In the territory of a proposed new district that comprises a part of only one or more districts and approved by the boards of directors of the affected school districts;
(b) A written petition presented to the educational service district superintendent signed by ten percent or more of the registered voters residing in such affected areas or area without the approval of the boards of directors of the affected school districts.
(2) The petition shall state the name and number of each district involved in or affected by the proposal to form the new district and shall describe the boundaries of the proposed new district. No more than one petition for consolidation of the same two school districts or parts thereof shall be considered during a school fiscal year.
(3) The educational service district superintendent may not complete any consolidation of territory under this section unless he or she has first called and held a special election of the voters of the affected districts to afford those voters an opportunity to approve or reject the proposed consolidation. A simple majority shall determine approval or rejection.
(4) If a proposed change in school district organization by consolidation of territory has been approved under this section, the educational service district superintendent shall make an order establishing all approved changes involving the alteration of the boundaries of the affected districts. The order shall also establish all approved terms of the equitable adjustment of assets and liabilities involving the affected districts. The superintendent shall certify his or her action to each county auditor, each county treasurer, each county assessor, and the superintendents of all school districts affected by the action.
[ 1999 c 315 s 601.]

catchline: Consolidation—Petition.


title: RCW 28A.315.245

text:
In determining an equitable adjustment of assets and liabilities, the negotiating school districts and the regional committee shall consider the following factors:
(1) The number of school-age children residing in each school district and in each part of a district involved or affected by the proposed change in school district organization;
(2) The assessed valuation of the property located in each school district and in each part of a district involved or affected by the proposed change in school district organization;
(3) The purpose for which the bonded indebtedness of any school district involved or affected by the proposed change in school district organization was incurred;
(4) The history and relationship of the property affected to the students and communities affected by the proposed change in school district organization;
(5) Additional burdens to the districts affected by the proposed change in school district organization as a result of the proposed organization;
(6) The value, location, and disposition of all improvements located in the school districts involved or affected by the proposed change in school district organization;
(7) The consideration of all other sources of funding; and
(8) Any other factors that in the judgment of the school districts or regional committee are important or essential to the making of an equitable adjustment of assets and liabilities.
[ 1999 c 315 s 701.]

catchline: Adjustment of assets and liabilities.


title: RCW 28A.315.255

text:
(1) The fact of the issuance of bonds by a school district, heretofore or hereafter, does not prevent changes in the organization and extent of school districts, regardless of whether or not such bonds or any part thereof are outstanding at the time of change.
(2) In case of any change:
(a) The bonded indebtedness outstanding against any school district involved in or affected by such change shall be adjusted equitably among the old school districts and the new district or districts, if any, involved or affected; and
(b) The property and other assets and the liabilities other than bonded indebtedness of any school district involved in or affected by any such change shall also be adjusted in the manner and to the effect provided for in this section, except if all the territory of an old school district is included in a single new district or is annexed to a single existing district, in which event the title to the property and other assets and the liabilities other than bonded indebtedness of the old district vests in and becomes the assets and liabilities of the new district or of the existing district, as applicable.
[ 1999 c 315 s 702.]

catchline: Adjustment of indebtedness.


title: RCW 28A.315.265

text:
If adjustments of bonded indebtedness are made between or among school districts in connection with the alteration of the boundaries of the school districts under this chapter, the order of the educational service district superintendent establishing the terms of adjustment of bonded indebtedness shall provide and specify:
(1) In every case where bonded indebtedness is transferred from one school district to another school district:
(a) That such bonded indebtedness is assumed by the school district to which it is transferred;
(b) That thereafter such bonded indebtedness shall be the obligation of the school district to which it is transferred;
(c) That, if the terms of adjustment so provide, any bonded indebtedness thereafter incurred by such transferee school district through the sale of bonds authorized before the date its boundaries were altered shall be the obligation of such school district including the territory added thereto; and
(d) That taxes shall be levied thereafter against the taxable property located within such school district as it is constituted after its boundaries were altered, the taxes to be levied at the times and in the amounts required to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonded indebtedness assumed or incurred, as the same become due and payable.
(2) In computing the debt limitation of any school district from which or to which bonded indebtedness has been transferred, the amount of transferred bonded indebtedness at any time outstanding:
(a) Shall be an offset against and deducted from the total bonded indebtedness, if any, of the school district from which the bonded indebtedness was transferred; and
(b) Shall be deemed to be bonded indebtedness solely of the transferee school district that assumed the indebtedness.
(3) In every case where adjustments of bonded indebtedness do not provide for transfer of bonded indebtedness from one school district to another school district:
(a) That the existing bonded indebtedness of each school district, the boundaries of which are altered and any bonded indebtedness incurred by each such school district through the sale of bonds authorized before the date its boundaries were altered is the obligation of the school district in its reduced or enlarged form, as the case may be; and
(b) That taxes shall be levied thereafter against the taxable property located within each such school district in its reduced or enlarged form, as the case may be, at the times and in the amounts required to pay the principal of and interest on such bonded indebtedness as the same become due and payable.
(4) If a change in school district organization approved by the regional committee concerns a proposal to form a new school district or if a change in school district organization includes a proposal for adjustment of voted general obligation bonded indebtedness, a special election of the voters residing within the territory of the proposed new district, or of the school district involved in a proposal for adjustment of bonded indebtedness as the case may be, shall be held for the purpose of affording those voters an opportunity to approve or reject such proposals as concern or affect them.
(5) In a case involving both the question of the formation of a new school district and the question of adjustment of bonded indebtedness, the questions may be submitted to the voters either in the form of a single proposition or as separate propositions, whichever seems expedient to the educational service district superintendent. When the regional committee has passed appropriate resolutions for the questions to be submitted and the educational service district superintendent has given notice thereof to the county auditor, the special election shall be called and conducted, and the returns canvassed as in regular school district elections.
[ 2012 c 186 s 11; 1999 c 315 s 703.]
Notes:
Effective date—2012 c 186: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.

catchline: Adjustment of bonded indebtedness—Order—Special elections.


title: RCW 28A.315.275

text:
Notice of special elections as provided for in RCW 28A.315.265 shall be given by the county auditor as provided in RCW 29A.52.355. The notice of election shall state the purpose for which the election has been called and contain a description of the boundaries of the proposed new district and a statement of any terms of adjustment of bonded indebtedness on which to be voted.
[ 2015 c 53 s 6; 1999 c 315 s 704.]

catchline: Notice of elections.


title: RCW 28A.315.285

text:
(1) If a special election is held to vote on a proposal or alternate proposals to form a new school district, the votes cast by the registered voters in each component district shall be tabulated separately. Any such proposition shall be considered approved only if it receives a majority of the votes cast in each separate district voting thereon.
(2) If a special election is held to vote on a proposal for adjustment of bonded indebtedness, the entire vote cast by the registered voters of the proposed new district or of the established district as the case may be shall be tabulated. Any such proposition shall be considered approved if three-fifths or more of all votes cast thereon are in the affirmative and forty percent of the voters who voted at the last preceding general election cast a ballot.
(3) In the event of approval of a proposition or propositions voted on at a special election, the educational service district superintendent shall:
(a) Make an order establishing such new school district or such terms of adjustment of bonded indebtedness or both, as were approved by the registered voters and shall also order such other terms of adjustment, if there are any, of property and other assets and of liabilities other than bonded indebtedness as have been approved by the state council; and
(b) Certify his or her action to the county and school district officials specified in RCW 28A.315.215. The educational service district superintendent may designate, with the approval of the superintendent of public instruction, a name and number different from that of any component thereof, but must designate the new district by name and number different from any other district in existence in the county.
(4) The educational service district superintendent shall fix as the effective date of any order or orders he or she is required to make by this chapter, the date specified in the order of final approval of any change in the organization and extent of school districts or of any terms of adjustment of the assets and liabilities of school districts subject, for taxing purposes, to the redrawing of taxing district boundaries under RCW 84.09.030, by the regional committee.
(5) Upon receipt of certification under this section, the superintendent of each school district that is included in the new district shall deliver to the superintendent of the new school district those books, papers, documents, records, and other materials pertaining to the territory transferred.
[ 2012 c 186 s 12; 1999 c 315 s 705.]
Notes:
Effective date—2012 c 186: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.


title: RCW 28A.315.295

text:
If a proposal for the formation of a new school district and for adjustment of bonded indebtedness, or either, is rejected by the registered voters at a special election, the matter is terminated.
[ 1999 c 315 s 706.]

catchline: Rejection of proposal.


title: RCW 28A.315.305

text:
(1) Each school district involved in or affected by any change made in the organization and extent of school districts under this chapter retains its corporate existence insofar as is necessary for the purpose, until the bonded indebtedness outstanding against it on and after the effective date of the change has been paid in full. This section may not be construed to prevent, after the effective date of the change, such adjustments of bonded indebtedness as are provided for in this chapter.
(2) The county legislative authority shall provide, by appropriate levies on the taxable property of each school district, for the payment of the bonded indebtedness outstanding against it after any of the changes or adjustments under this chapter have been effected.
(3) In case any such changes or adjustments involve a joint school district, the tax levy for the payment of any bonded indebtedness outstanding against the joint district, after the changes or adjustments are effected, shall be made and the proceeds thereof shall be transmitted, credited, and paid out in conformity with the provisions of law applicable to the payment of the bonded indebtedness of joint school districts.
(4) In case any such changes or adjustments involve the dissolution or annexation of a financially insolvent school district pursuant to RCW 28A.315.225:
(a) The board of directors of a receiving or annexing school district, or the educational service district superintendent as identified in RCW 84.52.020 must certify a tax levy by November 30th in each calendar year that there is outstanding voted bonded indebtedness to pay the principal of and interest on such outstanding voted bonded indebtedness for the following calendar year;
(b) The county treasurer in the county in which the financially insolvent school district is located must collect the levy, the proceeds of which must be deposited into a debt service fund established and overseen by the annexing school district as determined by the financial oversight committee or regional committee to pay the principal of and interest on the dissolved district's outstanding bonded indebtedness as it becomes due;
(c) For outstanding voted bonded indebtedness of the financially insolvent school district, the board of directors of the receiving or annexing school district may determine that all or any portion of the voted bonded indebtedness be refunded pursuant to chapter 39.53 RCW, in which case the board of directors of the annexing or receiving district shall act as the governing body of the financially insolvent school district and is expressly empowered to take all action it deems necessary to accomplish such refunding; and
(d) Any balance in the debt service fund of the financially insolvent school district remaining after all such voted bonded indebtedness is paid must be transferred to the general fund of the receiving or annexing school district.
[ 2012 c 186 s 13; 1999 c 315 s 707.]
Notes:
Effective date—2012 c 186: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.

catchline: School district organizational changes—Corporate existence—Payment of bonded indebtedness—Levy authority—Levy requirements for dissolved or annexed financially insolvent school districts.


title: RCW 28A.315.308

text:
The duties in this chapter imposed upon and required to be performed by a regional committee and by an educational service district superintendent in connection with a change in the organization and extent of school districts and/or with the adjustment of the assets and liabilities of school districts and with all matters related to such change or adjustment whenever territory lying in more than one educational service district is involved shall be performed by the regional committee and by the superintendent of the educational service district in which is located the part of the proposed or enlarged school district having the largest number of common school pupils residing therein. Proposals for changes in the organization and extent of school districts and proposed terms of adjustment of assets and liabilities thus prepared and approved shall be submitted to the superintendent of public instruction.
[ 2008 c 159 s 6; 2006 c 263 s 612; 1985 c 385 s 25; 1975 1st ex.s. c 275 s 95; 1973 c 47 s 2; 1969 ex.s. c 176 s 131; 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.57.240. Prior: 1947 c 266 s 26; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 4693-45. Formerly RCW 28A.323.020, 28A.315.360, 28A.57.240, 28.57.240.]
Notes:
Findings—Purpose—Part headings not law—2006 c 263: See notes following RCW 28A.150.230.
Severability—1985 c 385: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.
Severability—1973 c 47: See note following RCW 28A.323.010.
Rights preserved—Severability—1969 ex.s. c 176: See notes following RCW 28A.310.010.

catchline: School district organization changes—Adjustment of school district assets and liabilities—School districts in two or more educational service districts.


title: RCW 28A.315.311

text:
All proceedings that have been taken by any school district, educational service district governing body, or commission, or any officers thereof, for the purpose of effecting a dissolution, annexation, consolidation, or transfer of territory from one or more school districts to one or more other school districts, including but not limited to reorganizing boundaries and making an equitable adjustment of the property and other assets and of the liabilities, including bonded indebtedness and excess tax levies, are hereby validated, ratified, approved, and confirmed, notwithstanding any lack of power, other than constitutional, of the school district, educational service district, or the governing body or commission or officers thereof to effect such changes in organization of school districts.
[ 2012 c 186 s 14.]
Notes:
Effective date—2012 c 186: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.

catchline: Validation of proceedings to effect dissolution, annexation, consolidation, or transfer of territory between districts.


title: RCW 28A.315.315

text:
(1) An appeal may be taken, as provided for in RCW 28A.645.010, to the superior court of the county in which a school district or any part thereof is situated on any question of adjustment of property and other assets and of liabilities provided for in this chapter. Judicial appeal must be expedited. If the court finds the terms of the adjustment in question not equitable, the court shall make an adjustment that is equitable.
(2) In the case of any financially insolvent school district that is required to transfer territory pursuant to RCW 28A.315.225, no lawsuit may be maintained challenging the imposition of excess tax levies on the territory transferred or annexed pursuant to an order of the superintendent of the educational service district under RCW 28A.315.215 unless that lawsuit is served and filed no later than thirty days after the date of the order.
[ 2012 c 186 s 15; 1990 c 33 s 305; 1983 c 3 s 34; 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.57.120. Prior: 1947 c 266 s 40; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 4693-59. Formerly RCW 28A.315.210, 28A.57.120, 28.57.120.]
Notes:
Effective date—2012 c 186: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.
Boundary change, copy of decision to county assessor: RCW 28A.645.040.

catchline: Appeal.


title: RCW 28A.315.325

text:
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.
[ 2011 c 45 s 22.]
Notes:
Conflict with federal requirements—2011 c 45: See note following RCW 28A.330.250.

catchline: Condensed compliance reports—Second-class districts.


title: RCW 28A.315.902

text:
The superintendent of public instruction may adopt rules to implement chapter 186, Laws of 2012.
[ 2012 c 186 s 25.]
Notes:
Effective date—2012 c 186: See note following RCW 28A.315.025.

catchline: Rule-making authority—2012 c 186.


title: RCW 28A.320.010

text:
A school district shall constitute a body corporate and shall possess all the usual powers of a public corporation, and in that name and style may sue and be sued and transact all business necessary for maintaining school and protecting the rights of the district, and enter into such obligations as are authorized therefor by law.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.58.010. Prior: (i) 1909 c 97 p 287 s 7, part; RRS s 4782, part; prior: 1897 c 118 s 44, part; 1891 c 127 s 11, part; 1890 p 366 s 30, part. Formerly RCW 28.58.040, part. (ii) 1947 c 266 s 6, part; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 4693-25, part; prior: 1909 c 97 p 265 s 2, part. Formerly RCW 28A.58.010, 28.57.135, 28.58.010.]

catchline: Corporate powers.


title: RCW 28A.320.015

text:
(1) The board of directors of each school district may exercise the following:
(a) The broad discretionary power to determine and adopt written policies not in conflict with other law that provide for the development and implementation of programs, activities, services, or practices that the board determines will:
(i) Promote the education and daily physical activity of kindergarten through twelfth grade students in the public schools; or
(ii) Promote the effective, efficient, or safe management and operation of the school district;
(b) Such powers as are expressly authorized by law; and
(c) Such powers as are necessarily or fairly implied in the powers expressly authorized by law.
(2) Before adopting a policy under subsection (1)(a) of this section, the school district board of directors shall comply with the notice requirements of the open public meetings act, chapter 42.30 RCW, and shall in addition include in that notice a statement that sets forth or reasonably describes the proposed policy. The board of directors shall provide a reasonable opportunity for public written and oral comment and consideration of the comment by the board of directors.
[ 2005 c 360 s 7; 1992 c 141 s 301.]
Notes:
Findings—Intent—2005 c 360: See note following RCW 36.70A.070.
Findings—Part headings—Severability—1992 c 141: See note following RCW 28A.410.040.

catchline: School boards of directors—Powers—Notice of adoption of policy.


title: RCW 28A.320.019

text:
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.
[ 2011 c 45 s 23.]
Notes:
Conflict with federal requirements—2011 c 45: See note following RCW 28A.330.250.


title: RCW 28A.320.020

text:
Every school district shall be liable for any debts legally due, and for judgments against the district, and such district shall pay any such judgment or liability out of the proper school funds to the credit of the district.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.58.020. Prior: 1909 c 97 p 287 s 4; RRS s 4779; prior: 1897 c 118 s 41; 1890 p 365 s 27. Formerly RCW 28A.58.020, 28.58.020.]

catchline: Liability for debts and judgments.


title: RCW 28A.320.025

text:
(1) The board of directors may change the name of the school district if:
(a) Either ten percent of the registered voters of the district file a petition requesting that the name of the school district be changed and submit the proposed new name with the request to the board or the board passes a motion to hold a hearing to change the school district name;
(b) After receiving the petition or adopting the motion, the board holds a hearing within one month after the petition was submitted to the board. The board shall publish notice of the hearing and the proposed new name once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the school district. At the hearing, other names may be proposed and considered by the board without additional notice requirements; and
(c) A majority of the board votes to adopt the new name.
(2) If the board adopts the new name, the new name shall be recorded in the school district office and with the educational service district superintendent, the superintendent of public instruction, the state board of education, and the secretary of state.
[ 1999 c 101 s 1.]

catchline: School district name change.


title: RCW 28A.320.030

text:
The board of directors of any school district may accept, receive and administer for scholarship and student aid purposes such gifts, grants, conveyances, devises and bequests of personal or real property, in trust or otherwise, for the use or benefit of the school district or its students; and sell, lease, rent or exchange and invest or expend the same or the proceeds, rents, profits and income thereof according to the terms and conditions thereof, if any, for the foregoing purposes; and enter into contracts and adopt regulations deemed necessary by the board to provide for the receipt and expenditure of the foregoing.
[ 1974 ex.s. c 8 s 1. Formerly RCW 28A.58.030.]

catchline: Gifts, conveyances, etc., for scholarship and student aid purposes, receipt and administration.


title: RCW 28A.320.035

text:
(1) The board of directors of a school district may contract with other school districts, educational service districts, public or private organizations, agencies, schools, or individuals to implement the board's powers and duties. The board of directors of a school district may contract for goods and services, including but not limited to contracts for goods and services as specifically authorized in statute or rule, as well as other educational, instructional, and specialized services. When a school district board of directors contracts for educational, instructional, or specialized services, the purpose of the contract must be to improve student learning or achievement.
(2) A contract under subsection (1) of this section may not be made with a religious or sectarian organization or school where the contract would violate the state or federal Constitution.
[ 1997 c 267 s 1.]

catchline: Contracting out—Board's powers and duties—Goods and services.


title: RCW 28A.320.040

text:
Every board of directors shall have power to make such bylaws for their own government, and the government of the common schools under their charge, as they deem expedient, not inconsistent with the provisions of this title, or rules and regulations of the superintendent of public instruction or the state board of education.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.58.110. Prior: 1909 c 97 p 287 s 6; RRS s 4781; prior: 1897 c 118 s 43; 1890 p 366 s 29. Formerly RCW 28A.58.110, 28.58.110.]

catchline: Bylaws for board and school government.


title: RCW 28A.320.046

text:
The meetings of school district boards of directors are subject to the requirements of RCW 42.30.035(2).
[ 2023 c 67 s 4.]
Notes:
Effective date—2023 c 67: See note following RCW 42.30.035.

catchline: Recording of board of directors' meetings.


title: RCW 28A.320.050

text:
The actual expenses of school directors in going to, returning from and attending upon directors' meetings or other meetings called or held pursuant to statute shall be paid. Likewise, the expenses of school superintendents and other school representatives chosen by the directors to attend any conferences or meetings or to attend to any urgent business at the behest of the state superintendent of public instruction or the board of directors shall be paid. The board of directors may pay the actual and necessary expenses for travel, lodging and meals a superintendent candidate incurs when he or she attends an employment interview in the school district. The school directors, school superintendents, other school representatives or superintendent candidates may be advanced sufficient sums to cover their anticipated expenses in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the state auditor and which shall substantially conform to the procedures provided in RCW 43.03.150 through 43.03.210.
[ 1977 c 73 s 1; 1969 ex.s. c 26 s 2; 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.58.310. Prior: 1961 c 268 s 15; prior: 1919 c 90 s 6, part; 1909 c 97 p 287 s 8, part; RRS s 4783, part. Formerly RCW 28A.58.310, 28.58.310.]

catchline: Reimbursement of expenses of directors, other school representatives, and superintendent candidates—Advancing anticipated expenses.


title: RCW 28A.320.055

text:
Each school district, charter school, and state-tribal compact school must publish on its website a copy of its public school employee collective bargaining agreements by September 1, 2014, and thereafter must update the website within thirty days of approval, renewal, or amendment of any such agreement.
[ 2014 c 211 s 2.]
Notes:
Intent—2014 c 211: "It is the legislature's intent to improve the transparency of certain public school data and expenditure information that may currently be available as a public record but is not easily accessible to the general public. For example, there is not a consistent policy for providing easy access to information about either public school employee collective bargaining agreements or associated student body program funds." [ 2014 c 211 s 1.]

catchline: Employee collective bargaining agreements—Publication on school website.


title: RCW 28A.320.060

text:
Any school district board of directors and educational service district board are authorized to purchase insurance to protect and hold personally harmless any director, officer, employee or agent of the respective school district or educational service district from any action, claim or proceeding instituted against him or her arising out of the performance or failure of performance of duties for or employment with such institution and to hold him or her harmless from any expenses connected with the defense, settlement or monetary judgments from such actions.
[ 1990 c 33 s 330; 1975 1st ex.s. c 275 s 116; 1972 ex.s. c 142 s 2. Formerly RCW 28A.58.630.]

catchline: Officers, employees or agents of school districts or educational service districts, insurance to protect and hold personally harmless.


title: RCW 28A.320.070

text:
Any school district board of directors is authorized to enter into agreements with the board of directors of other school districts and/or educational service districts to form a self-insurance group for the purpose of qualifying as a self-insurer under chapter 51.14 RCW.
[ 1982 c 191 s 10. Formerly RCW 28A.58.410.]
Notes:
Severability—1982 c 191: See note following RCW 28A.335.210.
School districts as self-insurers: RCW 51.14.150 and 51.14.160.

catchline: School district as self-insurer—Authority.


title: RCW 28A.320.080

text:
Every board of directors, unless otherwise specifically provided by law, shall:
(1) Provide for the expenditure of a reasonable amount for suitable commencement exercises;
(2) In addition to providing free instruction in lip reading for children disabled by defective hearing, make arrangements for free instruction in lip reading to adults disabled by defective hearing whenever in its judgment such instruction appears to be in the best interests of the school district and adults concerned;
(3) Join with boards of directors of other school districts or an educational service district pursuant to RCW 28A.310.180(3), or both such school districts and educational service district in buying supplies, equipment and services by establishing and maintaining a joint purchasing agency, or otherwise, when deemed for the best interests of the district, any joint agency formed hereunder being herewith authorized and empowered to issue interest bearing warrants in payment of any obligation owed: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That those agencies issuing interest bearing warrants shall assign accounts receivable in an amount equal to the amount of the outstanding interest bearing warrants to the county treasurer issuing such interest bearing warrants: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the joint purchasing agency shall consider the request of any one or more private schools requesting the agency to jointly buy supplies, equipment, and services including but not limited to school bus maintenance services, and, after considering such request, may cooperate with and jointly make purchases with private schools of supplies, equipment, and services, including but not limited to school bus maintenance services, so long as such private schools pay in advance their proportionate share of the costs or provide a surety bond to cover their proportionate share of the costs involved in such purchases;
(4) Consider the request of any one or more private schools requesting the board to jointly buy supplies, equipment and services including but not limited to school bus maintenance services, and, after considering such request, may provide such joint purchasing services: PROVIDED, That such private schools pay in advance their proportionate share of the costs or provide a surety bond to cover their proportionate share of the costs involved in such purchases; and
(5) Prepare budgets as provided for in chapter 28A.505 RCW.
[ 1995 c 77 s 21; 1990 c 33 s 331; 1986 c 77 s 1; 1983 c 125 s 1; 1981 c 308 s 1; 1979 ex.s. c 66 s 2; 1971 c 26 s 1; 1969 c 53 s 2; 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.58.107. Prior: 1969 c 53 s 1, part; 1967 ex.s. c 29 s 1, part; 1967 c 12 s 1, part; 1965 ex.s. c 49 s 1, part; 1963 c 104 s 1, part; 1963 c 5 s 1, part; 1961 c 305 s 1, part; 1961 c 237 s 1, part; 1961 c 66 s 1, part; 1955 c 68 s 2, part; prior: 1943 c 52 s 1, part; 1941 c 179 s 1, part; 1939 c 131 s 1, part; 1925 ex.s. c 57 s 1, part; 1919 c 89 s 3, part; 1915 c 44 s 1, part; 1909 c 97 p 285 s 2, part; 1907 c 240 s 5, part; 1903 c 104 s 17, part; 1901 c 41 s 3, part; 1897 c 118 s 40, part; 1890 p 364 s 26, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 4776, part. Formerly RCW 28A.58.107, 28.58.100(7), (13) and (14).]
Notes:
Severability—1981 c 308: "If any provision of this amendatory act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 1981 c 308 s 3.]
Severability—1979 ex.s. c 66: See note following RCW 28A.310.180.

catchline: Commencement exercises—Lip reading instruction—Joint purchasing, including issuing interest bearing warrants and agreements with private schools—Budgets.


title: RCW 28A.320.090

text:
The board of directors of any school district shall have authority to authorize the expenditure of funds for the purpose of preparing and distributing information to the general public to explain the instructional program, operation and maintenance of the schools of the district: PROVIDED, That nothing contained herein shall be construed to authorize preparation and distribution of information to the general public for the purpose of influencing the outcome of a school district election.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 283 s 11. Formerly RCW 28A.58.610, 28.58.610.]
Notes:
Severability—1969 ex.s. c 283: See note following RCW 28A.150.050.

catchline: Preparing and distributing information on district's instructional program, operation and maintenance—Limitation.


title: RCW 28A.320.092

text:
School districts are prohibited from advertising, marketing, and otherwise providing unsolicited information about learning programs offered by the school district, including but not limited to digital learning programs, part-time enrollment opportunities, and other alternative learning programs, to students and their parents who have filed a declaration of intent to cause a child to receive home-based instruction under RCW 28A.200.010. School districts may respond to requests for information that are initiated by a parent. This section does not apply to general mailings or newsletters sent by the school district to all households in the district.
[ 2009 c 190 s 1.]

catchline: Unsolicited information about learning programs—Prohibition on providing to persons who file a declaration of intent to cause a child to receive home-based instruction—Exceptions.


title: RCW 28A.320.100

text:
Whenever any action, claim or proceeding is instituted against any director, officer, employee or agent of a school district or educational service district arising out of the performance or failure of performance of duties for, or employment with any such district, the board of directors of the school district or educational service district board, as the case may be, may grant a request by such person that the prosecuting attorney and/or attorney of the district's choosing be authorized to defend said claim, suit or proceeding, and the costs of defense, attorney's fees, and any obligation for payment arising from such action may be paid from the school district's general fund, or in the case of an educational service district, from any appropriation made for the support of the educational service district, to which said person is attached: PROVIDED, That costs of defense and/or judgment against such person shall not be paid in any case where the court has found that such person was not acting in good faith or within the scope of his or her employment with or duties for the district.
[ 1990 c 33 s 332; 1975 1st ex.s. c 275 s 115; 1972 ex.s. c 142 s 1. Formerly RCW 28A.58.620.]

catchline: Actions against officers, employees or agents of school districts and educational service districts—Defense, costs, fees—Payment of obligation.


title: RCW 28A.320.110

text:
For the purpose of obtaining information on school organization, administration, operation, finance and instruction, school districts and educational service districts may contract for or purchase information and research services from public universities, colleges and other public bodies, or from private individuals or agencies. For the same purpose, school districts and educational service district superintendents may become members of any nonprofit organization whose principal purpose is to provide such services. Charges payable for such services and membership fees payable to such organizations may be based on the cost of providing such services, on the benefit received by the participating school districts measured by enrollment, or on any other reasonable basis, and may be paid before, during, or after the receipt of such services or the participation as members of such organizations.
[ 1975 1st ex.s. c 275 s 112; 1971 ex.s. c 93 s 4; 1969 ex.s. c 176 s 142; 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.58.530. Prior: 1963 c 30 s 1. Formerly RCW 28A.58.530, 28.58.530.]
Notes:
Rights preserved—Severability—1969 ex.s. c 176: See notes following RCW 28A.310.010.

catchline: Information and research services.


title: RCW 28A.320.120

text:
As of May 17, 1991, school districts shall not remove facilities, equipment, or property from the jurisdiction or use of the technical colleges. This shall include direct and indirect funds other than those indirect charges provided for in the 1990-91 appropriations act. School districts shall not increase direct or indirect charges for central district administrative support for technical college programs above the percentage rate charged in the 1990-91 school year. This provision on administrative charges for technical college programs shall apply to any state and federal grants, tuition, and other revenues generated by technical college programs. School districts and the superintendent of public instruction shall cooperate fully with the technical colleges and the state board for community and technical colleges with regard to the implementation of chapter 238, Laws of 1991. No employee of a technical college may be discriminated against based on actions or opinions expressed on issues surrounding chapter 238, Laws of 1991. Any dispute related to issues contained in this section shall be resolved under *RCW 28B.50.302.
[ 1991 c 238 s 142.]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: RCW 28B.50.302 was decodified pursuant to 2015 c 55 s 119.

catchline: Cooperation with technical colleges—Jurisdiction over property—Administrative charges—Discrimination against employees of technical colleges prohibited—Dispute resolution.


title: RCW 28A.320.123

text:
(1) At a minimum, a school-based threat assessment program must:
(a) Provide for timely and methodical school-based threat assessment and management;
(b) Be prompted by the behavior of a student rather than some combination of a student's demographic and personal characteristics;
(c) Convene a multidisciplinary, multiagency team, including special education teachers and practicing educational staff associates, to:
(i) Identify and assess the behavior of a student that is threatening, or potentially threatening, to self, other students, staff, school visitors, or school property;
(ii) Gather and analyze information about the student's behavior to determine a level of concern for the threat that focuses on situational variables, rather than the student's demographic or personal characteristics;
(iii) Depending on the determined level of concern, develop and implement intervention strategies to manage the student's behavior in ways that promote a safe, supportive teaching and learning environment, without excluding the student from the school; and
(iv) In the case of the threatening, or potentially threatening, behavior of a student with disabilities, align intervention strategies with the student's individualized education program or plan developed under section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973 by coordinating with the student's individualized education program or section 504 plan team;
(d) Create guidelines for each threat assessment team to collect, report, and review quantitative data on its activities; and
(e) Prohibit suspension or expulsion based merely on threat assessment referral or performance.
(2) By the beginning of the 2020-21 school year, each school district shall adopt a policy and procedure to establish a school-based threat assessment program that meets the requirements of subsection (1) of this section. The school district policy and procedure must be consistent with the model policy and procedure developed under RCW 28A.300.640, and with other school district policies, procedures, and plans addressing safe and supportive learning environments.
(3) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(a) "School-based threat assessment" means the formal process, established by a school district, of evaluating the threatening, or potentially threatening, behavior of a student, and the circumstances surrounding the threat, to uncover any facts or evidence that the threat is likely to be carried out.
(b) "School-based threat management" means the development and implementation of a plan to manage or reduce the threatening, or potentially threatening, behavior of a student in a way that increases the physical and psychological safety of students, staff, and visitors, while providing for the education of all students.
[ 2019 c 333 s 5.]
Notes:
Findings—Intent—2019 c 333: See note following RCW 28A.300.630.
Intent—2019 c 333: See note following RCW 28A.320.124.

catchline: School-based threat assessment program.


title: RCW 28A.320.124

text:
(1) By the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, school districts that have safety and security staff working on school property when students are expected to be present must adopt, and periodically update, a policy and procedure that:
(a) Includes a clear statement regarding safety and security staff duties and responsibilities related to student behavior and discipline that:
(i) Prohibits a school resource officer from becoming involved in formal school discipline situations that are the responsibility of school administrators; and
(ii) Recognizes that trained safety and security staff know when to informally interact with students to reinforce school rules and when to enforce the law;
(b) Clarifies the circumstances under which teachers and school administrators may ask safety and security staff to intervene with a student;
(c) Explains how safety and security staff will be engaged in creating a positive school climate and positive relationships with students; and
(d) Describes the process for families to file complaints with the school and, when applicable, the local law enforcement agency or the company that provides the safety and security staff on contract related to safety and security staff and a process for investigating and responding to complaints.
(2) At the beginning of each school year, school districts that have safety and security staff working on school property must present to and discuss with students, and distribute to students' families, information about the role and responsibilities of safety and security staff.
(3) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(a) "Safety and security staff" means a school resource officer, a school security officer, a campus security officer, and any other commissioned or noncommissioned employee or contractor, whose primary job duty is to provide safety or security services for a public school, as defined in RCW 28A.150.010.
(b) "School resource officer" means a commissioned law enforcement officer in the state of Washington with sworn authority to make arrests, deployed in community-oriented policing, and assigned by the employing police department or sheriff's office to work in schools to build positive relationships with students and address crime and disorder problems, gangs, and drug activities affecting or occurring in or around K-12 schools. School resource officers should focus on keeping students out of the criminal justice system when possible and should not be used to attempt to impose criminal sanctions in matters that are more appropriately handled within the educational system.
[ 2021 c 38 s 5; 2019 c 333 s 12.]
Notes:
Findings—Intent—2021 c 38: See note following RCW 28A.400.345.
Intent—2019 c 333: "It is not the intent of the legislature to require school resource officers to work in schools. If a school district chooses to have a school resource officer program, it is the intent of the legislature to create statewide consistency for the minimum training requirements that school resource officers must receive and ensure that there is a clear agreement between the school district and local law enforcement agency in order to help establish effective partnerships that protect the health and safety of all students." [ 2019 c 333 s 11.]
Findings—Intent—2019 c 333: See note following RCW 28A.300.630.

catchline: School safety and security staff—Policy and procedure—Presentation to students.


title: RCW 28A.320.1241

text:
(1) School districts must annually collect the following information on safety and security staff:
(a) Total number of safety and security staff working in the district and in each school building, and number of days per week that each staff works;
(b) The name of any law enforcement agency or private organization with which the district has an agreement for safety and security services;
(c) A description of each incident where safety and security staff were involved that resulted in student discipline, use of force against a student, or a student arrest. For each student involved in the incident, the description must include:
(i) The student's race, ethnicity, and other demographics; and
(ii) Whether the student has an individualized education program or plan developed under section 504 of the rehabilitation act of 1973;
(d) The number of complaints related to job duties and student interactions filed against safety and security staff; and
(e) Other school safety and security information required by the office of the superintendent of public instruction.
(2)(a) School districts must annually submit any agreements adopted as required by RCW 28A.320.1242 and the information collected as required by this section at the time and in the manner required by the office of the superintendent of public instruction.
(b) The office of the superintendent of public instruction must make the submitted agreements and information publicly available. To the extent possible, information collected under subsection (1)(c) of this section must be disaggregated as provided in RCW 28A.300.042.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "safety and security staff" has the same meaning as in RCW 28A.320.124.
[ 2021 c 38 s 2.]
Notes:
Findings—Intent—2021 c 38: See note following RCW 28A.400.345.

catchline: School safety and security staff—Collected agreements and information.


title: RCW 28A.320.1242

text:
(1)(a) If a law enforcement agency or security guard company supplies safety and security staff to work on school property when students are expected to be present, the school district must annually review and adopt an agreement with the law enforcement agency or security guard company that meets the requirements of this section. The agreement must:
(i) Meet the requirements described in RCW 28A.320.124(1);
(ii) Include a jointly determined hiring and placement process and a performance evaluation process; and
(iii) Either confirm that the safety and security staff have training series documentation provided under RCW 28A.310.515(4) or describe the plan for safety and security staff to complete the training series described in RCW 28A.400.345(2).
(b) The agreement review and adoption process must involve parents, students, and community members.
(2) For purposes of this section, "safety and security staff" has the same meaning as in RCW 28A.320.124.
[ 2021 c 38 s 6.]
Notes:
Findings—Intent—2021 c 38: See note following RCW 28A.400.345.

catchline: School safety and security staff—Agreements with law enforcement agencies or security guard companies.


title: RCW 28A.320.125

text:
(1) The legislature considers it to be a matter of public safety for public schools and staff to have current safe school plans and procedures in place, fully consistent with federal law. The legislature further finds and intends, by requiring safe school plans to be in place, that school districts will become eligible for federal assistance. The legislature further finds that schools are in a position to serve the community in the event of an emergency resulting from natural disasters or human-induced disasters.
(2) Schools and school districts shall consider the guidance and resources provided by the state school safety center, established under RCW 28A.300.630, and the regional school safety centers, established under RCW 28A.310.510, when developing their own individual comprehensive safe school plans. Each school district shall adopt and implement a safe school plan. The plan shall:
(a) Include required school safety policies and procedures;
(b) Address emergency mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery;
(c) Include provisions for assisting and communicating with students and staff, including those with special needs or disabilities;
(d) Include a family-student reunification plan, including procedures for communicating the reunification plan to staff, students, families, and emergency responders;
(e) Use the training guidance provided by the Washington emergency management division of the state military department in collaboration with the state school safety center in the office of the superintendent of public instruction, established under RCW 28A.300.630, and the school safety and student well-being advisory committee, established under RCW 28A.300.635;
(f) Require the building principal to be certified on the incident command system;
(g) Take into account the manner in which the school facilities may be used as a community asset in the event of a community-wide emergency;
(h) Set guidelines for requesting city or county law enforcement agencies, local fire departments, emergency service providers, and county emergency management agencies to meet with school districts and participate in safety-related drills; and
(i) Include how substitute teachers and other temporary employees receive necessary information about safe school plans, including school safety policies and procedures and the three basic functional drill responses described in subsection (5) of this section.
(3) To the extent funds are available, school districts shall annually:
(a) Review and update safe school plans in collaboration with local emergency response agencies;
(b) Conduct an inventory of all hazardous materials;
(c) Update information to reflect current plans, including:
(i) Identifying all staff members who are trained on the national incident management system, trained on the incident command system, or are certified on the incident command system; and
(ii) Identifying school transportation procedures for evacuation, to include bus staging areas, evacuation routes, communication systems, parent-student reunification sites, and secondary transportation agreements; and
(d) Provide information to all staff on the use of emergency supplies and notification and alert procedures.
(4) School districts are encouraged to work with local emergency management agencies and other emergency responders to conduct one tabletop exercise, one functional exercise, and two full-scale exercises within a four-year period.
(5)(a) Due to geographic location, schools have unique safety challenges. It is the responsibility of school principals and administrators to assess the threats and hazards most likely to impact their school, and to practice three basic functional drills, shelter-in-place, lockdown, and evacuation, as these drills relate to those threats and hazards. Some threats or hazards may require the use of more than one basic functional drill.
(b) Schools shall conduct at least one safety-related drill per month, including summer months when school is in session with students. These drills must teach students three basic functional drill responses:
(i) "Shelter-in-place," used to limit the exposure of students and staff to hazardous materials, such as chemical, biological, or radiological contaminants, released into the environment by isolating the inside environment from the outside;
(ii) "Lockdown," used to isolate students and staff from threats of violence, such as suspicious trespassers or armed intruders, that may occur in a school or in the vicinity of a school. Lockdown drills may not include live simulations of or reenactments of active shooter scenarios that are not trauma-informed and age and developmentally appropriate; and
(iii) "Evacuation," used to move students and staff away from threats, such as fires, oil train spills, lahars, or tsunamis.
(c) The drills described in (b) of this subsection must incorporate the following requirements:
(i) A pedestrian evacuation drill for schools in mapped lahars or tsunami hazard zones; and
(ii) An earthquake drill using the state-approved earthquake safety technique "drop, cover, and hold."
(d) Schools shall document the date, time, and type (shelter-in-place, lockdown, or evacuate) of each drill required under this subsection (5), and maintain the documentation in the school office.
(e) This subsection (5) is intended to satisfy all federal requirements for comprehensive school emergency drills and evacuations.
(6) Educational service districts are encouraged to apply for federal emergency response and crisis management grants with the assistance of the superintendent of public instruction and the Washington emergency management division of the state military department.
(7) The superintendent of public instruction may adopt rules to implement provisions of this section. These rules may include, but are not limited to, provisions for evacuations, lockdowns, or other components of a comprehensive safe school plan.
(8)(a) Whenever a first responder agency notifies a school of a situation that may necessitate an evacuation or lockdown, the agency must determine if other known schools in the vicinity are similarly threatened. The first responder agency must notify every other known school in the vicinity for which an evacuation or lockdown appears reasonably necessary to the agency's incident commander unless the agency is unable to notify schools due to duties directly tied to responding to the incident occurring. For purposes of this subsection, "school" includes a private school under chapter 28A.195 RCW.
(b) A first responder agency and its officers, agents, and employees are not liable for any act, or failure to act, under this subsection unless a first responder agency and its officers, agents, and employees acted with willful disregard.
[ 2024 c 21 s 1; 2022 c 77 s 1; 2021 c 223 s 1. Prior: 2019 c 333 s 10; 2019 c 84 s 1; 2017 c 165 s 1; 2013 c 14 s 1; 2009 c 578 s 10; 2007 c 406 s 1; 2002 c 205 s 2.]
Notes:
Effective date—2021 c 223: "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 July 1, 2021." [ 2021 c 223 s 4.]
Findings—Intent—2019 c 333: See note following RCW 28A.300.630.
Intent—2019 c 333: See note following RCW 28A.320.124.
Findings—2002 c 205: "Following the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the government's primary role in protecting the health, safety, and well-being of its citizens has been underscored. The legislature recognizes that there is a need to focus on the development and implementation of comprehensive safe school plans for each public school. The legislature recognizes that comprehensive safe school plans for each public school are an integral part of rebuilding public confidence. In developing these plans, the legislature finds that a coordinated effort is essential to ensure the most effective response to any type of emergency. Further, the legislature recognizes that comprehensive safe school plans for each public school are of paramount importance and will help to assure students, parents, guardians, school employees, and school administrators that our schools provide the safest possible learning environment." [ 2002 c 205 s 1.]
Severability—2002 c 205: "If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected." [ 2002 c 205 s 5.]
Effective dates—2002 c 205 ss 2, 3, and 4: "(1) Sections 2 and 4 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and take effect immediately [March 27, 2002].
(2) Section 3 of this act takes effect September 1, 2002." [ 2002 c 205 s 6.]

catchline: Safe school plans—Requirements—Duties of school districts and schools—Drills—Rules—First responder agencies.


title: RCW 28A.320.126

text:
(1) School districts must work collaboratively with local law enforcement agencies, public safety answering points, and safety and security staff as defined in RCW 28A.320.124 to develop an emergency response system using evolving technology to expedite the response and arrival of law enforcement in the event of a threat or emergency at a school. "Emergency response system" includes at least one of the following:
(a) Panic or alert buttons that are tied to school administration, school district staff, and emergency response providers;
(b) Live video feed with law enforcement, school district, and school access;
(c) Live audio feed with law enforcement, school district, and school access;
(d) Remote control access to doors;
(e) Live interactive two-way communications; or
(f) A system that complies with applicable state building code requirements for group E occupancies for emergency response systems developed under this section or systems developed as part of a safe school plan under RCW 28A.320.125.
(2) Each school district must submit a progress report on its implementation of an emergency response system as required under this section to the office of the superintendent of public instruction by October 1, 2025. By December 1, 2025, the office of the superintendent of public instruction must compile the information submitted by school districts and report to the legislature on the types of emergency response systems used by school districts.
(3) This section governs school operation and management under RCW 28A.710.040 and 28A.715.020 and applies to charter schools established under chapter 28A.710 RCW and state-tribal education compact schools subject to chapter 28A.715 RCW.
[ 2025 c 347 s 1; 2019 c 333 s 16; 2013 c 233 s 1.]
Notes:
Short title—2025 c 347: "This act may be known and cited as Alyssa's law." [ 2025 c 347 s 2.]
Findings—Intent—2019 c 333: See note following RCW 28A.300.630.
Intent—2019 c 333: See note following RCW 28A.320.124.

catchline: Emergency response system.