HB 1207 — Preventing and responding to harassment, intimidation, bullying, and discrimination in schools.

H-0875.1H-0042.3 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1207 State of Washington 68th Legislature 2023 Regular Session By House Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Senn, Rude, Fey, Reed, Bergquist, Ramel, Doglio, Callan, Thai, and Pollet)Pollet READRead FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 01/30/23.01/10/23.

Referred to Committee on Education.

and addingcreating a new sectionsection. to chapter 28A.600 RCW.

The model student handbook language must also include a description of the services available through the office of the education ombuds and the contact information for the office of the education ombuds.

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1 SHB 1207 handbook language must be jointly developed with the Washington state school directors' association, and in consultation with the office of the education ombuds.

(2)p. Beginning with the 2024-25 school year, each school district must include the model student handbook language developed under subsection (1) of this section in any student, parent, employee, and volunteer handbook that it or one of its schools publishes and on the school district's website, and any school's website, if a school or the school district maintains a website.

1 HB 1207 (2) Beginning with the 2024-25 school year, each school district must include the model student handbook language developed under subsection (1) of this section in any student, parent, employee, and volunteer handbook that it or one of its schools publishes and on the school district's website, and any school's website, if a school or the school district maintains a website.

A new section is added to chapter 28A.600 RCW to read as follows:

The legislature acknowledges that emergency expulsion is limited to 10 consecutive school days, the school must provide an opportunity for the student to receive educational services during p.the emergency expulsion, and both the emergency expulsion and any suspension or expulsion that the emergency expulsion is converted to can be appealed.

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However,2 theHB legislature1207 finds that emergency expulsion tarnishes a student's reputation and self-image, which can result in school staff, fellow students, or the student's families making assumptions about the student, and, in some cases, these assumptions result in harassment, intimidation, or bullying of the student.

(3) A student who was emergency expelled between September 1, 2019, and the effective date of this section may request that any reference to "emergency expulsion" in the student's education record be revised to "emergency removal." Sec.

p.(c) Further disaggregation of the White category to include subethnic categories for Eastern European nationalities that have significant populations in Washington;

3 SHB 1207 (c) Further disaggregation of the White category to include subethnic categories for Eastern European nationalities that have significant populations in Washington;

When the students enroll in a different school within the district, school districts shall resurvey the newly enrolled students forp. whom subracial and subethnic categories were not previously collected.

3 HB 1207 for whom subracial and subethnic categories were not previously collected.

and p.(ix) Other behavior resulting from a short-term or long-term suspension, expulsion, or interim alternative education setting intervention;

4 SHB 1207 (ix) Other behavior resulting from a short-term or long-term suspension, expulsion, or interim alternative education setting intervention;

and (vii)p. Other intervention applied that is not described in this subsection (4)(h);

4 HB 1207 (vii) Other intervention applied that is not described in this subsection (4)(h);

p.(1) The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt and distribute to all school districts lawful and reasonable rules prescribing the substantive and procedural due process guarantees of pupils in the common schools.

5 SHB 1207 (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall adopt and distribute to all school districts lawful and reasonable rules prescribing the substantive and procedural due process guarantees of pupils in the common schools.

When a student suspension or expulsion is appealed, the rules shall authorize a school district to impose the suspension or expulsion temporarily after an initial hearing for no more than ((ten)) 10 consecutivep. school days or until the appeal is decided, whichever is earlier.

5 HB 1207 consecutive school days or until the appeal is decided, whichever is earlier.

or p.(d) Behavior that adversely impacts the health or safety of other students or educational staff.

6 SHB 1207 (d) Behavior that adversely impacts the health or safety of other students or educational staff.

A student may be excluded from a particular classroom or instructional or activity area for the period of suspension or expulsion, but the school districtp. must provide an opportunity for a student to receive educational services during a period of suspension or expulsion.

6 HB 1207 district must provide an opportunity for a student to receive educational services during a period of suspension or expulsion.

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