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Washington Statutes, Title 72

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Title 72, STATE INSTITUTIONS

33 chapters · 477 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 72477 Ch 72.09, Department of corrections.115 Ch 72.01, Administration.43 Ch 72.23, Public and private facilities for me…40 Ch 72.40, State schools for blind, deaf, senso…30 Ch 72.05, Children and youth services.23 Ch 72.36, Soldiers' and veterans' homes and ve…21 Ch 72.66, Furloughs for prisoners.20 Ch 72.68, Transfer, removal, transportation—De…18 Ch 72.02, Adult corrections.17 Ch 72.64, Labor and employment of prisoners.16 Ch 72.65, Work release program.16 Ch 72.20, Maple Lane school.9 Ch 72.10, Health care services—Department of c…8 Ch 72.41, Board of trustees—School for the blind.8

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RCW 72.36.120 Deposit of veteran income—Expenditures and revenue control.
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All income of residents of a state veterans' home, other than the personal needs allowance and income from therapeutic employment, shall be deposited in the state general fund—local and be available to apply against the cost of care provided by the state veterans' homes. The resi…
RCW 72.36.140 Medicaid qualifying operations.
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Qualifying operations at state veterans' homes operated by the department of veterans affairs, may be provided under the state's medicaid reimbursement system as administered by the department of social and health services. The department of veterans affairs may contract with the…
RCW 72.36.145 Reduction in allowable income—Certification of qualifying operations.
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No reduction in the allowable income provided for in current department rules may take effect until the effective date of certification of qualifying operations at state veterans' homes for participation in the state's medicaid reimbursement system. [ 1993 sp.s. c 3 s 10.] Notes:…
RCW 72.36.150 Resident council—Generally—Rules.
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The department of veterans affairs shall provide by rule for the annual election of a resident council for each state veterans' home. The council shall annually elect a chair from among its members, who shall call and preside at council meetings. The resident council shall serve …

RCW 72.36.160 Personal needs allowance.

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The legislature finds that to meet the objectives of RCW 72.36.1601, the personal needs allowance for all nursing care residents of the state veterans' homes shall be an amount approved by the federal health care financing authority, but not less than ninety dollars or more than …

RCW 72.36.1601 Findings.

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The legislature finds that continued operation of state veterans' homes is necessary to meet the needs of eligible veterans for shelter, personal and nursing care, and related services; that certain residents of veterans' homes or services provided to them may be eligible for par…

RCW 72.36.900 Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

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For the purposes of this chapter, the terms spouse, marriage, marital, husband, wife, widow, widower, next of kin, and family shall be interpreted as applying equally to state registered domestic partnerships or individuals in state registered domestic partnerships as well as to …

RCW 72.40.010 Schools established—Purpose—Direction.

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There are established at Vancouver, Clark county, a school which shall be known as the state school for the blind, and a separate school which shall be known as the *state school for the deaf. The primary purpose of the state school for the blind and the *state school for the dea…

RCW 72.40.015 Center for deaf and hard of hearing youth—Functions.

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(1) The Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth is established to provide statewide leadership for the coordination and delivery of educational services to children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The activities of the center shall be under the authority of the dire…

RCW 72.40.019 Center for deaf and hard of hearing youth—Appointment of director—Qualifications.

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The governor shall appoint a director for the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth. The director shall have a master's or higher degree from an accredited college or university in school administration or deaf education, five or more years of experience teaching o…

RCW 72.40.0191 Center for deaf and hard of hearing youth—Director's powers and duties.

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In addition to any other powers and duties prescribed by law, the director of the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth: (1) Shall be responsible for the supervision and management of the center, including the *state school for the deaf, and the property of various…

RCW 72.40.020 State school for the blind—Appointment of superintendent—Qualifications.

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The governor shall appoint a superintendent for the state school for the blind. The superintendent shall have a master's degree from an accredited college or university in school administration or blind education, five years of experience teaching blind students in the classroom,…

RCW 72.40.022 Superintendent of the state school for the blind—Powers and duties.

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In addition to any other powers and duties prescribed by law, the superintendent of the state school for the blind: (1) Shall have full control of the school and the property of various kinds. (2) May establish criteria, in addition to state certification, for teachers at the sch…

RCW 72.40.024 Superintendents and director—Additional powers and duties.

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In addition to the powers and duties under RCW 72.40.022 and 72.40.0191, the superintendent of the school for the blind and the director of the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth, or the director's designee, shall: (1) Monitor the location and educational placem…

RCW 72.40.028 Teachers' qualifications—Salaries—Provisional certification.

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All teachers employed by the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth and the state school for the blind shall meet all certification requirements and the programs shall meet all accreditation requirements and conform to the standards defined by law or by rule of the …

RCW 72.40.031 School year—School term—Legal holidays—Use of schools.

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The school year for the state school for the blind and the *state school for the deaf shall commence on the first day of July of each year and shall terminate on the 30th day of June of the succeeding year. The regular school term shall be for a period of nine months and shall co…

RCW 72.40.040 Who may be admitted.

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(1) The schools shall be free to residents of the state who are blind/visually impaired or deaf/hearing impaired, or with other disabilities where a vision or hearing disability is the major need for services from age three through the end of the school year in which those studen…

RCW 72.40.050 Admission of nonresidents.

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(1) The superintendents may admit to their respective schools visually or hearing impaired children from other states as appropriate, but the parents or guardians of such children or other state will be required to pay annually or quarterly in advance a sufficient amount to cover…

RCW 72.40.060 Duty of school districts.

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It shall be the duty of all school districts in the state, to report to their respective educational service districts the names of all visually or hearing impaired youth residing within their respective school districts who are between the ages of three and 22 years. [ 2025 c 25…

RCW 72.40.070 Duty of educational service districts.

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It shall be the duty of each educational service district to make a full and specific report of visually impaired or deaf or hard of hearing youth to the superintendent of the school for the blind or the director of the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth, or the…

RCW 72.40.080 Duty of parents.

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It shall be the duty of the parents or the guardians of all such visually or hearing impaired youth to send them each year to the proper school. Full and due consideration shall be given to the parent's or guardian's preference as to which program the child should attend. The edu…

RCW 72.40.090 Weekend transportation—Expense.

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state school for the blind and the *school for the deaf may arrange and provide for weekend transportation to and from schools. This transportation shall be at no cost to students and parents, as allowed within the appropriations al…

RCW 72.40.100 Penalty.

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Any parent, guardian, or educational service district superintendent who, without proper cause, fails to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, upon the complaint of any officer or citizen of the county or s…

RCW 72.40.110 Employees' hours of labor.

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Employees' hours of labor shall follow all state merit rules as they pertain to various work classifications and current collective bargaining agreements. [ 1993 c 147 s 6; 1985 c 378 s 12.] Notes: Severability—Effective date—1985 c 378: See notes following RCW 72.01.050.

RCW 72.40.120 Center for deaf and hard of hearing youth—School for the blind—Appropriations.

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Any appropriation for the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth or the school for the blind shall be made directly to the center or the school for the blind. [ 2019 c 266 s 7; 2009 c 381 s 8; 1991 c 65 s 1.] Notes: Findings—Intent—Transfer of powers, duties, and pr…

RCW 72.40.200 Safety of students and protection from child abuse and neglect.

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The Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth and the state school for the blind shall promote the personal safety of students and protect the children who attend from child abuse and neglect as defined in RCW 26.44.020. [ 2019 c 266 s 8; 2009 c 381 s 9; 2000 c 125 s 1…

RCW 72.40.210 Reports to parents—Requirement.

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The director of the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth and the superintendent of the state school for the blind or their designees shall immediately report to the persons indicated the following events: (1) To the child's parent, custodian, or guardian: (a) The …

RCW 72.40.220 Behavior management policies, procedures, and techniques.

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(1) The director of the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth, or the director's designee, and the superintendent of the state school for the blind shall maintain in writing and implement behavior management policies and procedures that accomplish the following: (a…

RCW 72.40.230 Staff orientation and training.

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(1) The *state school for the deaf and the state school for the blind shall ensure that all staff, within two months of beginning employment, complete a minimum of fifteen hours of job orientation which shall include, but is not limited to, presentation of the standard operating …

RCW 72.40.240 Residential staffing requirement.

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The residential program at the *state school for the deaf and the state school for the blind shall employ residential staff in sufficient numbers to ensure the physical and emotional needs of the residents are met. Residential staff shall be on duty in sufficient numbers to ensur…

RCW 72.40.250 Protection from child abuse and neglect—Supervision of employees and volunteers—Procedures.

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In addition to the powers and duties under RCW 72.40.022 and 72.40.024, the director of the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth, or the director's designee, and the superintendent of the state school for the blind shall: (1) Develop written procedures for the sup…

RCW 72.40.260 Protection from child abuse and neglect—Student instruction.

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In consideration of the needs and circumstances of the program, the *state school for the deaf and the state school for the blind shall provide instruction to all students in techniques and procedures which will enable the students to protect themselves from abuse and neglect. Su…

RCW 72.40.270 Protection from sexual victimization—Policy.

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(1) The schools shall implement a policy for the children who reside at the schools protecting those who are vulnerable to sexual victimization by other children who are sexually aggressive and residing at the schools. The policy shall include, at a minimum, the following element…

RCW 72.40.280 Monitoring of residential program by department of social and health services—Recommendations—Comprehensive child health and safety reviews—Access to records and documents—Safety standards.

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(1) The department of social and health services must periodically monitor the residential program at the *state school for the deaf, including but not limited to examining the residential-related policies and procedures as well as the residential facilities. The department of so…

RCW 72.40.290 Center for deaf and hard of hearing youth account.

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The center for deaf and hard of hearing youth account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from contracts, grants, gifts, conveyances, devises, and bequests of real or personal property, or payments received from RCW 72.40.0191 (14) and (15) and 72.40.05…

RCW 72.40.300 School for the blind account.

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The school for the blind account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from contracts, grants, gifts, conveyances, devises, and bequests of real or personal property, or payments received from RCW 72.40.022 (10) and (11) and 72.40.050 must be deposited in…

RCW 72.40.310 Language access program.

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The center for deaf and hard of hearing youth and the state school for the blind must comply with the requirements in RCW 28A.183.040 and 28A.183.050. [ 2022 c 107 s 8.] Notes: Findings—Intent—2022 c 107: See note following RCW 28A.183.010.

RCW 72.41.010 Intention—Purpose.

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It is the intention of the legislature in creating a board of trustees for the state school for the blind to perform the duties set forth in this chapter, that the board of trustees perform needed advisory services to the legislature and to the superintendent of the Washington st…

RCW 72.41.015 "Superintendent" defined.

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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, as used in this chapter "superintendent" means superintendent of the state school for the blind. [ 1985 c 378 s 27.] Notes: Severability—Effective date—1985 c 378: See notes following RCW 72.01.050.

RCW 72.41.020 Board of trustees—Membership—Terms—Vacancies—Officers—Rules and regulations.

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There is hereby created a board of trustees for the state school for the blind to be composed of a resident from each of the state's congressional districts now or hereafter existing. Trustees with voting privileges shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senat…

RCW 72.41.025 Membership, effect of creation of new congressional districts or boundaries.

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The terms of office of trustees on the board for the state school for the blind who are appointed from the various congressional districts shall not be affected by the creation of either new boundaries for congressional districts or additional districts. In such an event, each tr…

RCW 72.41.030 Bylaws—Rules and regulations—Officers.

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Within thirty days of their appointment or July 1, 1973, whichever is sooner, the board of trustees shall organize, adopt bylaws for its own government, and make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with this chapter as they deem necessary. At such organizational meeting i…

RCW 72.41.040 Powers and duties.

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The board of trustees of the state school for the blind: (1) Shall monitor and inspect all existing facilities of the state school for the blind, and report its findings to the superintendent; (2) Shall study and recommend comprehensive programs of education and training and revi…

RCW 72.41.060 Travel expenses.

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Each member of the board of trustees shall receive travel expenses as provided in RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended, and such payments shall be a proper charge to any funds appropriated or allocated for the support of the state school for the blind.…

RCW 72.41.070 Meetings.

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The board of trustees shall meet at least quarterly. [ 1993 c 147 s 8; 1973 c 118 s 7.]

RCW 72.42.010 Intention—Purpose.

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It is the intention of the legislature, in creating a board of trustees for the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth to perform the duties set forth in this chapter, that the board of trustees perform needed oversight services to the governor and the legislature o…

RCW 72.42.015 "Director" defined.

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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise as used in this chapter "director" means the director of the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth. [ 2019 c 266 s 29; 2009 c 381 s 14; 1985 c 378 s 32.] Notes: Findings—Intent—2009 c 381: See note following RCW 72.40.0…

RCW 72.42.016 Additional definitions.

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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, as used in this chapter: (1) "Center" means the Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth serving local school districts across the state; and (2) "School" means the Washington state residential *school for the deaf locate…

RCW 72.42.021 Board of trustees—Membership—Terms—Effect of new or revised boundaries for congressional districts—Vacancies.

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(1) The governance of the center and the school shall be vested in a board of trustees. The board shall consist of nine members appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate. The board shall be composed of a resident from each of the state's congressional districts an…

RCW 72.42.031 Bylaws—Rules—Officers—Quorum.

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(1) The board of trustees shall organize, adopt bylaws for its own governance, and adopt rules not inconsistent with this chapter as they deem necessary. At such organizational meeting it shall elect from among its members a chair and a vice chair, each to serve for one year, and…