Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 28A Common School Provisions - Chapter 28A.225 Compulsory School Attendance And Admission
- 28A.225.005 Compulsory education, requirements -- Informing students and parents annually
Each school within a school district shall inform the students and the parents of the students enrolled in the school about the compulsory education requirements ...
- 28A.225.010 Attendance mandatory -- Age -- Exceptions
(1) All parents in this state of any child eight years of age and under eighteen years of age shall cause such child to attend ...
- 28A.225.015 Attendance mandatory -- Six or seven year olds -- Unexcused absences -- Petition
(1) If a parent enrolls a child who is six or seven years of age in a public school, the child is required to attend ...
- 28A.225.020 School's duties upon child's failure to attend school
(1) If a child required to attend school under RCW 28A.225.010 fails to attend school without valid justification, the public school in which the child ...
- 28A.225.025 Community truancy boards
For purposes of this chapter, "community truancy board" means a board composed of members of the local community in which the child attends school. Juvenile ...
- 28A.225.030 Petition to juvenile court for violations by a parent or child -- School district responsibilities
(1) If a child is required to attend school under RCW 28A.225.010 and if the actions taken by a school district under RCW 28A.225.020 are ...
- 28A.225.031 Alcohol or controlled substances testing -- Authority to order
The authority of a court to issue an order for testing to determine whether the child has consumed or used alcohol or controlled substances applies ...
- 28A.225.035 Petition to juvenile court -- Contents -- Court action -- Referral to community truancy board -- Transfer of jurisdiction upon relocation
(1) A petition for a civil action under RCW 28A.225.030 or 28A.225.015 shall consist of a written notification to the court alleging that: (a) The ...
- 28A.225.055 Excused absences -- Search and rescue activities
The legislature finds that state-recognized search and rescue activities, as defined in chapter 38.52 RCW and the rules interpreting the chapter, are recognized as activities ...
- 28A.225.060 Custody and disposition of child absent from school without excuse
Any school district official, sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, police officer, or any other officer authorized to make arrests, may take into custody without a warrant ...
- 28A.225.080 Employment permits
Except as otherwise provided in this code, no child under the age of fifteen years shall be employed for any purpose by any person, company ...
- 28A.225.090 Court orders -- Penalties -- Parents' defense
(1) A court may order a child subject to a petition under RCW 28A.225.035 to do one or more of the following: (a) Attend the ...
- 28A.225.095 Authority of court commissioners and family law commissioners to hear cases under this chapter
In any judicial district having a court commissioner, the court commissioner shall have the power, authority, and jurisdiction, concurrent with a juvenile court judge, to ...
- 28A.225.110 Fines applied to support of schools
Notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 10.82.070, fifty percent of all fines except as otherwise provided in RCW 28A.225.010 through 28A.225.140 shall be applied to the ...
- 28A.225.115 Educational services -- Funding for children referred to community truancy board
The superintendent of public instruction, subject to available funding, shall allocate funds to provide educational services for children who have been referred to a community ...
- 28A.225.140 Enforcing officers not personally liable for costs
No officer performing any duty under any of the provisions of RCW 28A.225.010 through 28A.225.140, or under the provisions of any rules that may be ...
- 28A.225.151 Reports
(1) As required under subsection (2) of this section, each school shall document the actions taken under RCW 28A.225.030 and report this information to the ...
- 28A.225.160 Qualification for admission to district's schools -- Fees for preadmission screening
Except as otherwise provided by law, it is the general policy of the state that the common schools shall be open to the admission of ...
- 28A.225.170 Admission to schools -- Children on United States reservations -- Idaho residents with Washington addresses
(1) Any child who is of school age and otherwise eligible residing within the boundaries of any military, naval, lighthouse, or other United States reservation, ...
- 28A.225.200 Education of pupils in another district -- Limitation as to state apportionment -- Exemption
(1) A local district may be authorized by the educational service district superintendent to transport and educate its pupils in other districts for one year, ...
- 28A.225.210 Admission of district pupils tuition free
Every school district shall admit on a tuition free basis all persons of school age who reside within this state, and do not reside within ...
- 28A.225.215 Enrollment of children without legal residences
(1) A school district shall not require proof of residency or any other information regarding an address for any child who is eligible by reason ...
- 28A.225.220 Adults, children from other districts, agreements for attending school -- Tuition
(1) Any board of directors may make agreements with adults choosing to attend school, and may charge the adults reasonable tuition. (2) A district is ...
- 28A.225.225 Applications from nonresident students or students receiving home-based instruction to attend district school -- School employees' children -- Acceptance and rejection standards -- Notification
(1) Except for students who reside out-of-state, a district shall accept applications from nonresident students who are the children of full-time certificated and classified school ...
- 28A.225.230 Appeal from certain decisions to deny student's request to attend nonresident district -- Procedure
(1) The decision of a school district within which a student under the age of twenty-one years resides or of a school district within which ...
- 28A.225.240 Apportionment credit
If a student under the age of twenty-one years is allowed to enroll in any common school outside the school district within which the student ...
- 28A.225.250 Cooperative programs among school districts -- Rules
(1) The state superintendent of public instruction is directed and authorized to develop and adopt rules governing cooperative programs between and among school districts and ...
- 28A.225.260 Reciprocity exchanges with other states
If the laws of another state permit its school districts to extend similar privileges to pupils resident in this state, the board of directors of ...
- 28A.225.270 Intradistrict enrollment options policies
(1) Each school district in the state shall adopt and implement a policy allowing intradistrict enrollment options no later than June 30, 1990. Each district ...
- 28A.225.280 Transfer students' eligibility for extracurricular activities
Eligibility of transfer students under RCW 28A.225.220 and 28A.225.225 for participation in extracurricular activities shall be subject to rules adopted by the Washington interscholastic activities ...
- 28A.225.290 Enrollment options information booklet
(1) The superintendent of public instruction shall prepare and annually distribute an information booklet outlining parents' and guardians' enrollment options for their children. (2) Before ...
- 28A.225.300 Enrollment options information to parents
Each school district board of directors annually shall inform parents of the district's intradistrict and interdistrict enrollment options and parental involvement opportunities. Information on intradistrict ...
- 28A.225.310 Attendance in school district of choice -- Impact on existing cooperative arrangements
Any school district board of directors may make arrangements with the board of directors of other districts for children to attend the school district of ...
- 28A.225.330 Enrolling students from other districts -- Requests for information and permanent records -- Withheld transcripts -- Immunity from liability -- Notification to teachers and security personnel -- Rules
(1) When enrolling a student who has attended school in another school district, the school enrolling the student may request the parent and the student ...
Last modified: April 7, 2009