Title 28A — Title 28A COMMON SCHOOL PROVISIONS
76 chapters · 1,542 sections in this title.
RCW 28A.300.469 State financial education learning standards.
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Standards in K-12 personal finance education developed by a national coalition for personal financial literacy that includes partners from business, finance, government, academia, education, and state affiliates are adopted as the state financial education learning standards.[ 20…
RCW 28A.300.471 Medical emergency response and automated external defibrillator program.
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(1) An automated external defibrillator is often a critical component in the chain of survival for a cardiac arrest victim.(2) The office of the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with school districts and stakeholder groups, shall develop guidance for a medica…
RCW 28A.300.473 Medical use of cannabis-infused products—Suspension of policies that authorize student use on school grounds.
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(1) The superintendent of public instruction and school districts must suspend implementation of RCW 28A.210.325 and 69.51A.225 if:(a) The federal government issues a communication after July 28, 2019, that suggests that federal education funding will be withheld if the state con…
RCW 28A.300.474 Substance use prevention and awareness materials—Distribution.
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(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall collaborate with the department of health, the health care authority, other state agencies, and educational service districts to develop age-appropriate substance use prevention and awareness materials for school an…
RCW 28A.300.475 Comprehensive sexual health education.
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(1)(a)(i) In accordance with the requirements of this section, every public school shall provide comprehensive sexual health education to each student by the 2022-23 school year. The curriculum, instruction, and materials used to provide the comprehensive sexual health education …
RCW 28A.300.476 Physical, social, and emotional support staff—Report.
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(1) By February 1, 2023, and by February 1st every odd-numbered year thereafter, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall submit, in accordance with RCW 43.01.036, to the appropriate committees of the legislature a report analyzing the implementation of RCW 28…
RCW 28A.300.477 Social-emotional learning committee.
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(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the social-emotional learning committee is created to promote and expand social-emotional learning. Social-emotional learning will help students build awareness and skills in managing emotions, set…
RCW 28A.300.478 Social-emotional learning standards and benchmarks.
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(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall review the recommendations of the social-emotional learning work group convened as directed in the 2017 omnibus appropriations act and the recommendations of the social-emotional learning committee created in RCW 28…
RCW 28A.300.479 Social-emotional learning resources.
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Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office of the superintendent of public instruction must create and publish on its website a list of resources available for professional development of school district staff on the following topics…
RCW 28A.300.480 Civic education travel grant program.
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(1) The civic education travel grant program is created to provide travel grants to students participating in statewide, regional, national, or international civic education competitions or events.(2) The superintendent of public instruction shall allocate grants under the progra…
RCW 28A.300.485 Enhanced civics education demonstration sites.
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Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall select two school districts that are diverse in size and in geographic and demographic makeup to serve as demonstration sites for enhanced c…
RCW 28A.300.490 Task force on gangs in schools—Reports.
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(1) A task force on gangs in schools is created to examine current adult and youth gang activities that are affecting school safety. The task force shall work under the guidance of the office of the superintendent of public instruction's school safety center, the school safety an…
RCW 28A.300.500 Longitudinal student data system.
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(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction is authorized to establish a longitudinal student data system for and on behalf of school districts in the state. The primary purpose of the data system is to better aid research into programs and interventions that are m…
RCW 28A.300.505 School data systems—Standards—Reporting format.
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(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall develop standards for school data systems that focus on validation and verification of data entered into the systems to ensure accuracy and compatibility of data. The standards shall address but are not limited to t…
RCW 28A.300.507 K-12 data governance group—Duties—Reports.
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(1) A K-12 data governance group shall be established within the office of the superintendent of public instruction to assist in the design and implementation of a K-12 education data improvement system for financial, student, and educator data. It is the intent that the data sys…
RCW 28A.300.510 After-school mathematics support program—Reports.
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(1) The after-school mathematics support program is created to study the effects of intentional, skilled mathematics support included as part of an existing after-school activity program.(2) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall provide grants to selected c…
RCW 28A.300.520 Policies to support children of incarcerated parents.
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(1) The superintendent of public instruction shall review current policies and assess the adequacy and availability of programs targeted at children who have a parent who is incarcerated in a department of corrections facility. The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt…
RCW 28A.300.525 Students in department of children, youth, and families out-of-home care—Report on educational experiences.
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The education data center shall include in its reporting as part of the P-20 education data project the educational experiences and progress of students in out-of-home care with the department of children, youth, and families. This data should be disaggregated in the smallest uni…
RCW 28A.300.530 Individuals with dyslexia—Identification and instruction—Handbook—Reports.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 1295-S.SL) ***(1) Within available resources, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the school districts that participated in the Lorraine Wojahn dyslexia pilot program, and with an international nonprofit organiz…
RCW 28A.300.535 Transgender student policy and procedure—Healthy youth survey.
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The office of the superintendent of public instruction, in collaboration with the health care authority, the department of health, and the liquor and cannabis board, must review and align the healthy youth survey with the model transgender student policy and procedure developed u…
RCW 28A.300.537 Adverse childhood experiences—Healthy youth survey.
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(1)(a) The health care authority, in collaboration with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, the department of health, and the liquor and cannabis board, must incorporate questions related to adverse childhood experiences into the healthy youth survey that are …
RCW 28A.300.540 Homeless students—Uniform process to track expenditures for transporting—Rules—Information to be posted on website—Reports—Video on identifying homeless students—Best practices.
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(1) For the purposes of this section, "unaccompanied homeless student" means a student who is not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian and is homeless as defined in RCW 43.330.702(2).(2) By December 31, 2010, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall…
RCW 28A.300.542 Students experiencing homelessness—Grant process to identify students and district capacity for support—Award criteria—Districts' responsibilities—Report.
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(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall create a competitive grant process to evaluate and award state-funded grants to school districts to increase identification of students …
RCW 28A.300.544 Students in foster care, experiencing homelessness, or in or exiting juvenile rehabilitation facilities—Work group—Report.
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(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction, in collaboration with the department of children, youth, and families, the office of homeless youth prevention and protection programs of the department of commerce, and the student achievement council, shall convene a w…
RCW 28A.300.545 Condensed compliance report form—Audit of districts submitting condensed compliance report forms.
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(1) The superintendent of public instruction shall develop a condensed compliance report form for second-class districts by August 1, 2011. The report form shall allow districts the option of indicating one of the following for each funded program:(a) The district has complied or…
RCW 28A.300.550 Innovation schools—Identification—Website—Publicity.
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(1) The legislature finds that innovation schools accomplish the following objectives:(a) Provide students and parents with a diverse array of educational options;(b) Promote active and meaningful parent and community involvement and partnership with local schools;(c) Serve as la…
RCW 28A.300.555 Finding—Grants to improve readiness to learn.
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(1) The legislature finds that helping children to arrive at school ready to learn is an important part of improving student learning.(2) To the extent funds are appropriated, the superintendent of public instruction shall award grants to community-based consortiums that submit c…
RCW 28A.300.560 Data on college credit through dual credit courses—Posting on website.
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In addition to data on student enrollment in dual credit courses, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall collect and post on the Washington state report card website the rates at which students earn college credit through a dual credit course, using the foll…
RCW 28A.300.565 Grants to implement emergency response systems.
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Subject to funds appropriated specifically for this purpose, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall allocate grants to school districts on a competitive basis for the purpose of implementing emergency response systems using evolving technology to expedite th…
RCW 28A.300.570 Support of reading and early literacy.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 1295-S.SL) ***In support of reading and early literacy, the office of the superintendent of public instruction is responsible for:(1) Continuing to work collaboratively with state and regional partners such as the department of children, youth, and fam…
RCW 28A.300.575 Washington state seal of biliteracy.
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(1) The Washington state seal of biliteracy is established to recognize public high school graduates who have attained a high level of proficiency in English and in one or more world languages other than English. Beginning with the 2025-26 school year, school districts shall awar…
RCW 28A.300.577 Dual and tribal language education programs—Grants and further support—Rules—Definitions.
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(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall administer a grant program to support school districts and state-tribal education compact schools establishing and expanding dual language education.(a) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this s…
RCW 28A.300.578 Literacy supports—American Indian and Alaska Native students.
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Beginning with the 2025-26 school year, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall provide school districts and state-tribal education compact schools with program guidance, technical assistance, and professional learning to serve American Indian and Alaska Nati…
RCW 28A.300.580 Phone interpretation services—Posting vendor information on website.
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(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction and the office of the education ombuds shall post information on the agency's website regarding the phone interpretation vendors on contract with the state of Washington, including contact information.(2) School districts…
RCW 28A.300.585 Computer science learning standards.
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Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall adopt computer science learning standards developed by a nationally recognized computer science education organization.[ 2015 1st sp.s. c 3 s 1.]Notes:
RCW 28A.300.587 Computer science report.
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Beginning June 30, 2020, and by each June 30th thereafter, each school district shall submit to the office of the superintendent of public instruction, and the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall post conspicuously on its website, a report for the preceding a…
RCW 28A.300.590 Educational outcomes—Program of education for dependent youth—Responsibilities of department of social and health services, superintendent of public instruction, and nongovernmental entity—Reports.
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(1) As used in this section, "outcome" or "outcomes" means measuring the differences in high school graduation rates and postsecondary enrollment between youth served by the education coordination program described in this section and those who would have otherwise been eligible …
RCW 28A.300.592 Educational outcomes—On-site individualized education services for dependent students—Public-private partnership—Reports.
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(1) As used in this section, "outcome" or "outcomes" means measuring the differences in high school graduation rates and postsecondary enrollment and completion between youth served by the programs described in this section, and those who would have otherwise been eligible for th…
RCW 28A.300.606 Teacher and administrator professional learning—Working with paraeducators.
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(1) The superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the paraeducator board created in RCW 28A.413.020 and the professional educator standards board, shall design a training program for teachers and administrators as it relates to their role working with paraeducato…
RCW 28A.300.615 Substitute teachers—Hiring and compensation reporting.
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(1) By October 1st of each year, a school district must report to the office of the superintendent of public instruction:(a) The number of substitute teachers hired per school year;(b) The number of hours worked by each substitute teacher;(c) The number of substitute teachers tha…
RCW 28A.300.620 Mentor training program goals—Professional development curricula.
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(1) In fiscal year 2017, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, in collaboration with the professional educator standards board and institutions of higher education with professional educator standards board-approved teacher preparation programs, shall develop me…
RCW 28A.300.630 School safety center.
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(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the superintendent of public instruction shall establish a school safety center as provided in this section.(2) The center, working in conjunction with the regional school safety centers establishe…
RCW 28A.300.635 School safety and student well-being advisory committee.
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(1) The school safety and student well-being advisory committee is established within the office of the superintendent of public instruction. The purpose of the committee is to advise the superintendent, the office of the superintendent of public instruction's school safety cente…
RCW 28A.300.640 School-based threat assessment program—Model policy and procedure.
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(1) The Washington state school directors' association, in collaboration with the office of the superintendent of public instruction, shall develop a model policy and procedure to establish a school-based threat assessment program that meets the requirements of RCW 28A.320.123. T…
RCW 28A.300.645 Monitoring and data collection—Comprehensive safe school plans, student distress, and school-based threat assessment programs.
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(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, in order to ensure that public schools and school districts are meeting the requirements of RCW 28A.320.125 relating to comprehensive safe school plans, RCW 28A.320.127 related to plans for recogni…
RCW 28A.300.650 School resource officer training—Materials—Grant program—Report.
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(1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, by January 1, 2020, the state school safety center, established in RCW 28A.300.630, in collaboration with the school safety and student well-being advisory committee, established in RCW 28A.300.635…
RCW 28A.300.690 Special education—Authorized entities.
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(1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction may authorize private schools approved by the state board of education under RCW 28A.305.130, other private in-state entities, and any out-of-state entities to contract with school districts under RCW 28A.155.060 to provi…
RCW 28A.300.700 Dyslexia screening tools.
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(1) By September 1, 2019, the superintendent of public instruction, after considering recommendations from the dyslexia advisory council convened under *RCW 28A.300.710, must identify screening tools and resources that, at a minimum, meet the following best practices to:(a) Satis…
RCW 28A.300.720 Dyslexia recommendations.
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*** CHANGE IN 2026 *** (SEE 1295-S.SL) ***(1) By June 1, 2021, the superintendent of public instruction must review the dyslexia advisory council's recommendations required under *RCW 28A.300.710 and make available to school districts:(a) Best practices for school district implem…
RCW 28A.300.730 Dyslexia rules.
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(1) The superintendent of public instruction may adopt rules to implement RCW 28A.300.700, * 28A.300.710, 28A.300.720, 28A.320.250, 28A.320.260, 28A.320.270, and ** 28A.165.035.(2) The rules may include, but are not limited to, the following:(a) A timeline for school districts an…