HB 1176 — Concerning access to higher education.

ENGROSSEDZ-0108.3 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1176 State of Washington 67th Legislature 2021 Regular Session By House Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Paul, Boehnke, Kloba, Callan, Davis, Dolan, Riccelli, Bergquist, Lekanoff, and Shewmake;

by request of State Board for Community and Technical Colleges)Colleges READRead FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 02/09/21.01/13/21.

Referred to Committee on Education.

and amending RCW 28A.635.060 and 28A.325.050.28A.225.330.

(1) Any pupil who defaces or otherwise injures any school property, or property belonging to a school contractor, employee, or another student, is((is)) may be subject to suspension and punishment.

If any property of the school district, a contractor of the district, an employee, or another student has been lost or willfully cut, defaced, or injured, the school district may withhold the grades,((grades,)) diploma, and((and)) transcriptsbut not the grades or transcripts, of the pupil((pupil)) student responsible for the damage or loss until the pupil((pupil)) student or the pupil's((pupil's)) student's parent or guardian has paid for the damagesdamages. , except that the school district must release the pupil's grades and transcripts three years after the pupil exits the school district.

If((If the student is suspended, the student may not be readmitted until the student or parents or legal guardian has made payment in full or until directed by the superintendent of schools.

If the property damaged is a school bus owned and operated by or contracted to any school district, a student suspended for the damage may not be permitted to enter or ride any school bus until the student or parent or legal guardian has made payment in full or until p.

1 ESHBHB 1176 ordirected legalby guardianthe hassuperintendent.)) madeWhen paymentthe in((pupil)) fullstudent and parent or untilguardian directedare byunable to pay for the superintendent.damages, the school district shall provide a program of ((voluntary work)) community service for the ((pupil)) student in lieu of the payment of monetary damages.

WhenUpon thecompletion pupil and parent or guardian are unable to pay for the damages, the school district shall provide a program of ((voluntary work)) community service opportunities for the pupil((grades,)) ((indiploma((, lieu))and insteadtranscripts)) of the payment((pupil ofshall)) monetarystudent damages.must be released.

UponThe completionparent ofor ((voluntaryguardian work))of community((such servicepupil)) the grades,student diploma,shall andbe transcriptsliable offor thedamages pupilas shallotherwise beprovided released.by law.

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(2)(3) WhenIf informingthe eitherdepartment theof pupilsocial and health services or thea pupil'schild- parentplacing oragency guardianlicensed thatby the pupil'sdepartment grades,has diploma,been orgranted transcriptscustody areof beinga withheldchild, asthat allowedchild's underrecords, subsectionif (1)requested ofby thisthe section,department aor schoolagency, districtare mustnot provideto thebe followingwithheld information:for nonpayment of school fees or any other reason.

(a) The school district may waive the payment of the monetary damage in part or in full;

(b) The pupil may make the payment of monetary damages;

(c) The pupil may participate in a program of community service opportunities for the pupil instead of the payment of monetary damages;

and (d) The school district must release the pupil's grades and transcripts three years after the pupil exits the school district.

When the pupil has already exited the school district, the school district must inform the pupil of the date on which the school district is obligated to release the pupil's grades and transcripts.

(3) Before any penalties are assessed under this section, a school district board of directors shall adopt procedures which insure that pupils' rights to due process are protected.

(((3))) (4) If the department of social and health services or a child-placing agency licensed by the department has been granted custody of a child, that child's records, if requested by the department or agency, are not to be withheld for nonpayment of school fees or any other reason.

RCW 28A.325.05028A.225.330 and 2020 c 13167 s 108 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) EachWhen schoolenrolling districta thatstudent who has anattended associatedschool studentin bodyanother programschool funddistrict, mustthe publishschool enrolling the followingstudent informationmay aboutrequest the fundparent onand itsthe website:student to briefly indicate in writing whether or not the student has:

(a) TheAny fundhistory balanceof atplacement thein beginningspecial ofeducational theprograms; school year;

(b) SummaryAny datapast, aboutcurrent, expendituresor andpending revenuesdisciplinary occurringaction; over the course of the school year;

and(c) p.Any history of violent behavior, or behavior listed in RCW 13.04.155;

2(d) ESHBAny 1176unpaid (c)fines Theor fundfees balanceimposed atby theother endschools; of the school year.

(2)and Beginning(e) inAny thehealth 2020-21conditions schoolaffecting year, each school district that has an associated student body must publish the followingstudent's informationeducational onneeds. its website:

(a)(2) DataThe relatedschool toenrolling highthe school student possessionshall ofrequest anthe associatedstudent's studentpermanent bodyrecord cardincluding andrecords highof schooldisciplinary studentaction, participationhistory inof school-basedviolent extracurricularbehavior activitiesor collectedbehavior underlisted in RCW 28A.320.540;13.04.155, attendance, immunization records, and academic performance from the school the student previously attended.

(b)((If Thethe student has not paid a fine or fee under RCW 28A.635.060, or tuition, fees, or fines at approved private schools the school district'smay extracurricularwithhold activitythe opportunitystudent's gapofficial reductiontranscript, planbut ifshall requiredtransmit underinformation RCWabout 28A.320.580;the student's academic performance, special placement, immunization records, p.

and2 (c)HB A1176 listrecords of optionaldisciplinary noncreditaction, extracurricular event attendance and participationhistory feesof andviolent thebehavior schoolor districtbehavior policylisted forin waiving and reducing these fees as described under RCW 28A.325.010.13.04.155.

(3)If Eachthe official transcript is not sent due to unpaid tuition, fees, or fines, the enrolling school districtshall notify both the student and parent or guardian that hasthe official transcript will not be sent until the obligation is met, and failure to have an associatedofficial transcript may result in exclusion from extracurricular activities or failure to graduate.)) (3) Upon request, school districts shall furnish a set of unofficial educational records to a parent or guardian of a student bodywho mustis publishtransferring out of state and who meets the followingdefinition informationof ona itschild website:of a military family in transition under Article II of RCW 28A.705.010.

HowSchool manydistricts formermay studentscharge who were enrolled in the schoolparent districtor withinguardian the previousactual threecost yearsof areproviding subject to the withholdingcopies of theirthe grades,records. diplomas, or transcripts as permitted under RCW 28A.635.060;

and(4) howIf manyinformation ofis theserequested formerunder studentssubsection were(2) eligibleof forthis section, the federalinformation freeshall orbe reduced-transmitted pricewithin mealstwo programschool indays theirafter lastreceiving yearthe ofrequest enrollmentand in the schoolrecords district.shall be sent as soon as possible.

(4) The informationrecords underof thisa sectionstudent mustwho bemeets publishedthe fordefinition eachof associateda studentchild bodyof a military family in transition under Article II of theRCW district28A.705.010 andshall eachbe accountsent within theten associateddays studentafter bodyreceiving programthe fund.request.

(((4)))Any (5) If the school district websiteor containsdistrict separateemployee websiteswho forreleases schools in the district,information thein informationcompliance underwith this section mustis beimmune publishedfrom oncivil theliability websitefor ofdamages theunless applicableit schoolis ofshown that the associatedschool studentdistrict body.employee acted with gross negligence or in bad faith.

(((5)))The (6)professional Schooleducator districtsstandards mustboard addshall updatedprovide annualby informationrule tofor theirthe websitesdiscipline byunder eachchapter August28A.410 31st,RCW exceptof thata school districtsprincipal areor onlyother requiredchief administrator of a public school building who fails to maintainmake thea informationgood onfaith theeffort websiteto fromassure thecompliance previouswith fivethis years.subsection.

(((6)))(5) (7)Any Forschool purposesdistrict ofor thisdistrict section,employee who releases the definitionsinformation in RCWcompliance 28A.320.530with apply.federal and state law is immune from civil liability for damages unless it is shown that the school district or district employee acted with gross negligence or in bad faith.

(6) A school may not prevent a student who is dependent pursuant to chapter 13.34 RCW from enrolling if there is incomplete information as enumerated in subsection (1) of this section during the ten business days that the department of social and health services has to obtain that information under RCW 74.13.631.

In addition, upon enrollment of a student who is dependent pursuant to chapter 13.34 RCW, the school district must make reasonable efforts p.

3 HB 1176 to obtain and assess that child's educational history in order to meet the child's unique needs within two business days.