Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 72 State Institutions - Chapter 72.40 State Schools For Blind, Deaf, Sensory Handicapped

72.40.010 Schools established -- Purpose -- Direction
There are established at Vancouver, Clark county, a school which shall be known as the state school for the blind, and a separate school which ...

72.40.019 State school for the deaf -- Appointment of superintendent -- Qualifications
The governor shall appoint a superintendent for the state school for the deaf. The superintendent shall have a masters degree from an accredited college or ...

72.40.020 State school for the blind -- Appointment of superintendent -- Qualifications
The governor shall appoint a superintendent for the state school for the blind. The superintendent shall have a masters degree from an accredited college or ...

72.40.022 Superintendent of the state school for the blind -- Powers and duties
In addition to any other powers and duties prescribed by law, the superintendent of the state school for the blind: (1) Shall have full control ...

72.40.023 Superintendent of the state school for the deaf -- Powers and duties
In addition to any other powers and duties prescribed by law, the superintendent of the state school for the deaf: (1) Shall have the responsibility ...

72.40.024 Superintendents -- Additional powers and duties
In addition to the powers and duties under RCW 72.40.022 and 72.40.023, the superintendent of each school shall: (1) Monitor the location and educational placement ...

72.40.028 Teachers' qualifications -- Salaries -- Provisional certification
All teachers at the state school for the deaf and the state school for the blind shall meet all certification requirements and the programs shall ...

72.40.031 School year -- School term -- Legal holidays -- Use of schools
The school year for the state school for the blind and the state school for the deaf shall commence on the first day of July ...

72.40.040 Who may be admitted
(1) The schools shall be free to residents of the state between the ages of three and twenty-one years, who are blind/visually impaired or deaf/hearing ...

72.40.050 Admission of nonresidents
(1) The superintendents may admit to their respective schools visually or hearing impaired children from other states as appropriate, but the parents or guardians of ...

72.40.060 Duty of school districts
It shall be the duty of all school districts in the state, to report to their respective educational service districts the names of all visually ...

72.40.070 Duty of educational service districts
It shall be the duty of each educational service district to make a full and specific report of visually or hearing impaired youth to the ...

72.40.080 Duty of parents
It shall be the duty of the parents or the guardians of all such visually or hearing impaired youth to send them each year to ...

72.40.090 Weekend transportation--Expense
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state school for the blind and the school for the deaf may arrange and provide for weekend transportation ...

72.40.100 Penalty
Any parent, guardian, or educational service district superintendent who, without proper cause, fails to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty ...

72.40.110 Employees' hours of labor
Employees' hours of labor shall follow all state merit rules as they pertain to various work classifications and current collective bargaining agreements.[1993 c 147 § ...

72.40.120 School for the deaf -- School for the blind -- Appropriations
Any appropriation for the school for the deaf or the school for the blind shall be made directly to the school for the deaf or ...

72.40.200 Safety of students and protection from child abuse and neglect
The state school for the deaf and the state school for the blind shall promote the personal safety of students and protect the children who ...

72.40.210 Reports to parents -- Requirement
The superintendents of the state school for the deaf and the state school for the blind or their designees shall immediately report to the persons ...

72.40.220 Behavior management policies, procedures, and techniques
(1) The superintendents of the state school for the deaf and the state school for the blind shall maintain in writing and implement behavior management ...

72.40.230 Staff orientation and training
(1) The state school for the deaf and the state school for the blind shall ensure that all staff, within two months of beginning employment, ...

72.40.240 Residential staffing requirement
The residential program at the state school for the deaf and the state school for the blind shall employ residential staff in sufficient numbers to ...

72.40.250 Protection from child abuse and neglect -- Supervision of employees and volunteers -- Procedures
In addition to the powers and duties under RCW 72.40.022 and 72.40.024, the superintendents of the state school for the deaf and the state school ...

72.40.260 Protection from child abuse and neglect -- Student instruction
In consideration of the needs and circumstances of the program, the state school for the deaf and the state school for the blind shall provide ...

72.40.270 Protection from sexual victimization -- Policy
(1) The schools shall implement a policy for the children who reside at the schools protecting those who are vulnerable to sexual victimization by other ...

72.40.280 Monitoring of residential program by department of social and health services -- Recommendations -- Comprehensive child health and safety reviews -- Access to records and documents -- Safety standards
(1) The department of social and health services must periodically monitor the residential program at the state school for the deaf, including but not limited ...