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                            SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5305

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Senators Owen and Craswell).

Read first time February 25, 1991.Conditioning the reduction of a student's suspension on the commencement of counseling.

     AN ACT Relating to school suspension; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.600 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.600 RCW to read as follows:

     School districts are encouraged to find alternatives to suspension including reducing the length of a student's suspension conditioned by the commencement of counseling or other treatment services.  Consistent with current law, the conditioning of a student's suspension does not obligate the school district to pay for the counseling or other treatment services except for those stipulated and agreed to by the district at the inception of the suspension.