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SENATE BILL NO. 3780
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State of Washington 49th Legislature 1985 Regular Session
By Senators Bauer, Gaspard, Rinehart, Kreidler, DeJarnatt, Bender, Goltz and Conner; by Superintendent of Public Instruction request
Read first time 2/6/85 and referred to Committee on Education.
AN ACT Relating to preschool, day school care, and before-and-after-school care by school districts; amending RCW 28A.34.010; adding new sections to chapter 28A.34 RCW; repealing RCW 28A.34.020, 28A.34.040, and 28A.34.050; prescribing penalties; making an appropriation; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Approved preschool" means a total educational program offering of four hundred hours or more per school year with emphasis upon readiness skills for children younger than the age of entry into kindergarten programs which meets standards for preschool approval promulgated by rules and regulations of the state board of education;
(2) "Day care schools," "before-and-after-school," "nursery school," and "vacation care" means custodial care for young children that is not held out to the public as an approved preschool or education program.
Sec. 2. Section 28A.34.010, chapter 223, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. and RCW 28A.34.010 are each amended to read as follows:
The board
of directors of any school district ((shall have the power to)) may
establish, equip, and maintain preschools, nursery schools,
school day care and ((to)) provide before-and-after-school and
vacation care ((in connection with the common schools of said district))
located at such points as the board ((shall)) deems ((most))
suitable for the convenience of the public((,)) and for the care
and instruction of infants and children ((residing in said district)). The
board of directors shall establish such courses, activities, rules, and
regulations governing preschools, nursery schools, school day care
and before-and-after-school care as it ((may)) deems best:
PROVIDED, That ((these)) preschool facilities, courses,
and activities shall meet the minimum standard for such ((nursery)) preschools
as established by ((the United States Department of Health, Education and
Welfare, or its successor agency, and)) rule or regulation of the
state board of education. ((Except as otherwise provided by state or
federal law,)) The board of directors may fix ((a))
reasonable charges for the care and instruction of children attending
such schools((. The board may, if necessary, supplement such funds as are
received for the superintendent of public instruction or any agency of the
federal government, by an appropriation from the general school fund of the
district)) and may expend other moneys, as are legally available for the
purpose of establishing, equipping, and maintaining such schools.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. Any private school may apply to the state board of education pursuant to RCW 28A.02.201 for approval of its preschool or preschool components and the state board of education shall grant its approval to private schools that meet the requirements of RCW 28A.02.201, 28A.02.240, this chapter, and any other provision of law applicable to the operations of private schools.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. No public or private entity may advertise that it has an approved preschool unless its educational program has been approved in accordance with this chapter.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. Any person with a pecuniary interest in the operation of a preschool who intentionally and falsely advertises that such preschool is approved by the state board of education shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, the fine for which shall be no more than one hundred dollars.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. The superintendent of public instruction shall create a preschool advisory committee consisting of representatives from professional associations, direct service providers, school districts, state and local governments, institutions of higher education, consumers of child care services, and other agencies with a direct interest in preschool programs. Such advisory committee shall review policy issues related to providing quality preschool programs in the state of Washington, including the type of student to be served at public expense.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. The sum of sixty thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1987, from the general fund to the state board of education for the purposes of this act.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 8. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
(1) Section 28A.34.020, chapter 223, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. and RCW 28A.34.020;
(2) Section 28A.34.040, chapter 223, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. and RCW 28A.34.040; and
(3) Section 28A.34.050, chapter 223, Laws of 1969 ex. sess., section 45, chapter 154, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. and RCW 28A.34.050.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 9. Sections 1 and 3 through 6 of this act are each added to chapter 28A.34 RCW.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 10. (1) Sections 1, 2, and 6 through 8 of this act are necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.