BILL REQ. #:  S-0626.1 

Read first time 01/22/13.   Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

     AN ACT Relating to participation in extracurricular activities by students with physical or mental disabilities; adding a new section to chapter 28A.600 RCW; and creating new sections.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The legislature finds that the federal individual with disabilities education act and Washington state law provide that education programs are to be provided for students with disabilities until the student is twenty-one, but when the twenty-first birthday occurs during the school year, the education program may be continued until the end of that school year. The legislature further finds that students with disabilities can benefit from being involved in extracurricular teams or activities at the school they attend. The legislature intends to permit a waiver that allows a physically or mentally disabled student to participate in extracurricular high school activities for the duration of their enrollment in high school.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 28A.600 RCW to read as follows:
     The Washington interscholastic activities association shall provide a waiver that allows a student with a physical or mental disability, or both, to participate in extracurricular high school activities for the duration of his or her enrollment in high school.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   This act shall be known and cited as the Ike act.