BILL REQ. #:  S-1395.1 

Read first time 02/19/13.   Referred to Committee on Human Services & Corrections.

     AN ACT Relating to notifying school districts of substantiated concerns of child abuse or neglect; and adding a new section to chapter 26.44 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 26.44 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) If child protective services has knowledge of substantiated abuse or neglect, not mere allegations of child abuse or neglect, child protective services shall contact the public school district where the child is enrolled and share the information related to the abuse or neglect with the school district's superintendent or the superintendent's designee.
     (2) Each school district shall have a designated point of contact where child protective services can share substantiated concerns of child abuse or neglect with the school district superintendent or the superintendent's designee.
     (3) Information provided to public school districts on substantiated child abuse or neglect must remain confidential and may only be shared with school district personnel who have a legitimate educational interest.