SB 5395 - DIGEST

Provides that, if during the 2006-07 school year a school district is unable to fulfill for one or more schools as officially scheduled the requirement of a full school year of one hundred eighty days or the annual average total instructional hour offering required by RCW 28A.150.220 and 28A.150.260 due to one or more of the conditions listed in this act, then the school district is not required to make up any school days and the state basic education moneys received by the school district pursuant to RCW 28A.150.250 shall not be affected, but shall be provided as though no school days were missed.

Declares that the conditions required to meet this act are: (1) An unforeseen natural event including, but not limited to, a flood, windstorm, ice storm, or snowstorm, that has the direct or indirect effect of rendering one or more school district facilities unsafe, unhealthy, inaccessible, or inoperative; and

(2) An unforeseen mechanical failure including, but not limited to, the discontinuance or disruption of utilities such as heating, lighting, and water, that is beyond the control of both a school district board of directors and its employees and has the direct or indirect effect of rendering one or more school district facilities unsafe, unhealthy, inaccessible, or inoperative.