RCW 28A.300.108 Tribal consultation training and schedule. (1) The legislature recognizes that federal law requires some school districts to consult with federally recognized tribes on issues affecting American Indian and Alaska Native students. Under the federal every student succeeds act, this consultation requirement is intended to “ensure timely and meaningful consultation on issues affecting American […]
RCW 28A.300.109 State-tribal education compact schools—Modifications to school requirements—Pilot project. (Expires September 1, 2023.) (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall, upon receipt of an application from a school that is the subject of a state-tribal education compact and that is participating in the pilot project established in RCW 28A.715.800: (a) Grant a waiver from […]
RCW 28A.300.112 Ethnic studies materials and resources. (1) By September 1, 2021, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall identify and make available ethnic studies materials and resources for use in grades kindergarten through twelve. The materials and resources must be designed to prepare students to be global citizens in a global society […]
RCW 28A.300.115 Holocaust instruction—Preparation and availability of instructional materials. (1) Every public middle school, junior high school, and high school is strongly encouraged to include in its curriculum instruction on the events of the period in modern world history known as the Holocaust, the systemic, German state-sponsored persecution and murder of Jews and other innocent […]
RCW 28A.300.116 Holocaust instruction—Teacher training. Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, and in order to broaden the reach of the instruction to public school students, the office of the superintendent of public instruction must work with an expert Washington nonprofit organization that teaches the lessons of the Holocaust, to support […]
RCW 28A.300.118 College credit program information—Notification to schools and parents. (1) Beginning with the 2000-01 school year, the superintendent of public instruction shall notify senior high schools and any other public school that includes ninth grade of the names and contact information of public and private entities offering programs leading to college credit, including information […]
RCW 28A.300.119 Online learning programs for college credit—Information. (1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall compile information about online learning programs for high school students to earn college credit and place the information on its website. Examples of information to be compiled and placed on the website include links to purveyors of […]
RCW 28A.300.120 Administrative hearing—Contract to conduct authorized—Final decision. Whenever a statute or rule provides for a formal administrative hearing before the superintendent of public instruction under chapter 34.05 RCW, the superintendent of public instruction may contract with the office of administrative hearings to conduct the hearing under chapter 34.12 RCW and may delegate to a […]
RCW 28A.300.130 Center for the improvement of student learning. Provisions in subsections (1) through (5) of this section are subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for these specific purposes. (1) To facilitate access to information and materials on educational improvement and research, the superintendent of public instruction shall establish the center for the improvement […]
RCW 28A.300.131 Parental involvement—Measures to evaluate level—Models and practices—Recognition. There is a sizeable body of research positively supporting the involvement of parents taking an engaged and active role in their child’s education. Therefore, the legislature intends to provide state recognition by the center for the improvement of student learning within the office of the superintendent […]
RCW 28A.300.135 Center for the improvement of student learning account. (1) The center for the improvement of student learning account is hereby established in the custody of the state treasurer. The superintendent of public instruction shall deposit in the account all moneys received from gifts, grants, or endowments for the center for the improvement of […]
RCW 28A.300.136 Educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee—Policy and strategy recommendations. (1) An educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee is created to synthesize the findings and recommendations from the 2008 achievement gap studies into an implementation plan, and to recommend policies and strategies to the superintendent of public instruction, the professional educator standards […]
RCW 28A.300.1361 Closing the achievement gap—Enhancing data collection and data system capacity—Securing federal funds. The superintendent of public instruction shall take all actions necessary to secure federal funds to support enhancing data collection and data system capacity in order to monitor progress in closing the achievement gap and to support other innovations and model programs […]
RCW 28A.300.137 Strategies to address the achievement gap—Improvement of education performance measures—Annual report. Beginning in January 2010, the *achievement gap oversight and accountability committee shall report annually to the superintendent of public instruction, the state board of education, the professional educator standards board, the governor, and the education committees of the legislature on the strategies […]
RCW 28A.300.139 Washington integrated student supports protocol. (1) The Washington integrated student supports protocol is established. The protocol shall be developed by the center for the improvement of student learning, established in RCW 28A.300.130, based on the framework described in this section. The purposes of the protocol include: (a) Supporting a school-based approach to promoting […]
RCW 28A.300.145 Educational materials regarding sex offenses, sex offenders, and victims of sexual assault (as amended by 2013 c 10). The Washington coalition of sexual assault programs, in consultation with the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, the Washington association of prosecuting attorneys, the Washington state school directors’ association, the association of Washington school […]
RCW 28A.300.147 Students required to register as sex or kidnapping offenders—Sample policy—Educational materials. The superintendent of public instruction shall publish on its website, with a link to the safety center web page: (1) A revised and updated sample policy for schools to follow regarding students required to register as sex or kidnapping offenders; and (2) […]
RCW 28A.300.150 Information on and curricula for the prevention of sexual abuse of students, child abuse, and neglect—Rules. (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall collect and disseminate to school districts information on and curricula for the coordinated program for the prevention of sexual abuse of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade, child abuse, and […]
RCW 28A.300.160 Coordinated program for the prevention of sexual abuse of students, child abuse, and neglect. (1)(a) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall be the lead agency and shall assist the department of children, youth, and families and school districts in […]
RCW 28A.300.164 Energy information program. The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall develop an energy information program for use in local school districts. The program shall utilize existing curriculum which may include curriculum as developed by districts or the state relating to the requirement under RCW 28A.230.020 that schools provide instruction in science […]
