Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 28A Common School Provisions - Chapter 28A.150 General Provisions

28A.150.010 Public schools
Public schools shall mean the common schools as referred to in Article IX of the state Constitution and those schools and institutions of learning having ...
28A.150.020 Common schools
"Common schools" means schools maintained at public expense in each school district and carrying on a program from kindergarten through the twelfth grade or any ...
28A.150.030 School day
A school day shall mean each day of the school year on which pupils enrolled in the common schools of a school district are engaged ...
28A.150.040 School year -- Beginning -- End
The school year shall begin on the first day of September and end with the last day of August: PROVIDED, That any school district may ...
28A.150.050 School holidays
The following are school holidays, and school shall not be taught on these days: Sunday; the first day of January, commonly called New Year's Day; ...
28A.150.060 Certificated employee
The term "certificated employee" as used in RCW 28A.195.010, 28A.150.060, 28A.150.260, 28A.405.100, 28A.405.210, 28A.405.240, 28A.405.250, 28A.405.300 through 28A.405.380, and chapter 41.59 RCW, shall include those ...
28A.150.070 General public school system -- Administration
The administration of the public school system shall be entrusted to such state and local officials, boards, and committees as the state Constitution and the ...
28A.150.080 Superintendent of the school district
"Superintendent of the school district", if there be no such superintendent, shall mean such other administrative or certificated employee as the school district board of ...
28A.150.100 Basic education certificated instructional staff -- Definition -- Ratio to students
(1) For the purposes of this section and RCW 28A.150.410 and 28A.400.200, "basic education certificated instructional staff" shall mean all full time equivalent certificated instructional ...
28A.150.200 Basic education act -- Program contents -- As meeting constitutional requirements
*This 1977 amendatory act shall be known and may be cited as "The Washington Basic Education Act of 1977." The program evolving from the Basic ...
28A.150.205 Definition
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definition in this section applies throughout RCW 28A.150.200 through 28A.150.295. "Instructional hours" means those hours students are provided ...
28A.150.210 Basic education act -- Goal
The goal of the basic education act for the schools of the state of Washington set forth in this chapter shall be to provide students ...
28A.150.211 Values and traits recognized
The legislature also recognizes that certain basic values and character traits are essential to individual liberty, fulfillment, and happiness. However, these values and traits are ...
28A.150.220 Basic education act -- Program requirements -- Program accessibility -- Rules
(1) Satisfaction of the basic education program requirements identified in RCW 28A.150.210 shall be considered to be implemented by the following program: (a) Each school ...
28A.150.230 Basic education act -- District school directors' responsibilities
(1) It is the intent and purpose of this section to guarantee that each common school district board of directors, whether or not acting through ...
28A.150.240 Basic education act -- Certificated teaching and administrative staff as accountable for classroom teaching -- Scope -- Responsibilities -- Penalty
(1) It is the intended purpose of this section to guarantee that the certificated teaching and administrative staff in each common school district be held ...
28A.150.250 Annual basic education allocation of funds according to average FTE student enrollment -- Student/teacher ratio standard
From those funds made available by the legislature for the current use of the common schools, the superintendent of public instruction shall distribute annually as ...
28A.150.260 Annual basic education allocation of funds according to average FTE student enrollment -- Procedure to determine distribution formula -- Submittal to legislature -- Enrollment, FTE student, certificated and classified staff, defined
The basic education allocation for each annual average full time equivalent student shall be determined in accordance with the following procedures: (1) The governor shall ...
28A.150.262 Defining full-time equivalent student -- Students receiving instruction through digital programs -- Requirements -- Rules
Under RCW 28A.150.260, the superintendent of public instruction shall revise the definition of a full-time equivalent student to include students who receive instruction through digital ...
28A.150.270 Annual basic education allocation of funds according to average FTE student enrollment -- Procedure for crediting portion for school building purposes
The board of directors of a school district may, by properly executed resolution, request that the superintendent of public instruction direct a portion of the ...
28A.150.275 Annual basic education allocation for students in technical colleges
The basic education allocation, including applicable vocational entitlements and special education program money, generated under this chapter and under state appropriation acts by school districts ...
28A.150.280 Reimbursement for acquisition of approved transportation equipment -- Method
Costs of acquisition of approved transportation equipment purchased prior to September 1, 1982, shall be reimbursed up to one hundred percent of the cost to ...
28A.150.290 State superintendent to make rules and regulations -- Unforeseen conditions or actions to be recognized -- Paperwork limited
(1) The superintendent of public instruction shall have the power and duty to make such rules and regulations as are necessary for the proper administration ...
28A.150.295 General public school system -- Maintained
A general and uniform system of public schools embracing the common schools shall be maintained throughout the state of Washington in accordance with Article IX ...
28A.150.300 Corporal punishment prohibited -- Adoption of policy
The use of corporal punishment in the common schools is prohibited. The superintendent of public instruction shall develop and adopt a policy prohibiting the use ...
28A.150.305 Alternative educational service providers -- Student eligibility
(1) The board of directors of school districts may contract with alternative educational service providers for eligible students. Alternative educational service providers that the school ...
28A.150.310 National guard youth challenge program -- Allocation of funding -- Rules
Basic and nonbasic education funding, including applicable vocational entitlements and special education program money, generated under this chapter and under state appropriations acts shall be ...
28A.150.315 Voluntary all-day kindergarten programs -- Funding
(1) Beginning with the 2007-08 school year, funding for voluntary all-day kindergarten programs shall be phased-in beginning with schools with the highest poverty levels, defined ...
28A.150.350 Part time students -- Defined -- Enrollment authorized -- Reimbursement for costs -- Funding authority recognition -- Rules, regulations
(1) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Private school student" shall mean any student enrolled full time in a private ...
28A.150.360 Adjustments to meet emergencies
In the event of an unforeseen emergency, in the nature of either an unavoidable cost to a district or unexpected variation in anticipated revenues to ...
28A.150.370 Additional programs for which legislative appropriations must or may be made
In addition to those state funds provided to school districts for basic education, the legislature shall appropriate funds for pupil transportation, in accordance with this ...
28A.150.380 Appropriations by legislature
(1) The state legislature shall, at each regular session in an odd-numbered year, appropriate from the state general fund for the current use of the ...
28A.150.390 Appropriations for special education programs
The superintendent of public instruction shall submit to each regular session of the legislature during an odd-numbered year a programmed budget request for special education ...
28A.150.400 Apportionment factors to be based on current figures -- Rules and regulations
State and county funds which may become due and apportionable to school districts shall be apportioned in such a manner that any apportionment factors used ...
28A.150.410 Basic education certificated instructional staff -- Salary allocation schedule -- Limits on postgraduate credits
(1) The legislature shall establish for each school year in the appropriations act a statewide salary allocation schedule, for allocation purposes only, to be used ...
28A.150.420 Reimbursement for classes provided outside regular school year
The superintendent of public instruction shall establish procedures to allow school districts to claim basic education allocation funds for students attending classes that are provided ...
28A.150.500 Educational agencies offering vocational education programs -- Local advisory committees -- Advice on current job needs
(1) Each local education agency or college district offering vocational educational programs shall establish local advisory committees to provide that agency or district with advice ...
28A.150.510 Transmittal of education records to department of social and health services
In order to effectively serve students who are dependent pursuant to chapter 13.34 RCW, education records shall be transmitted to the department of social and ...
28A.150.520 High-performance public buildings -- Compliance with requirements
Public school districts must comply with high-performance public building[s] requirements under RCW 39.35D.010, 39.35D.020, 39.35D.040, 39.35D.060, and 28A.150.530.[2005 c 12 § 9.] ...
28A.150.530 High-performance public buildings -- Implementation rules -- Energy conservation report review
(1) In adopting implementation rules, the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the department of general administration, shall review and modify the current requirement ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009