CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6447

                        53rd Legislature

                      1994 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 6, 1994   YEAS 41   NAYS 5 President of the Senate Passed by the House March 1, 1994   YEAS 96   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6447 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Secretary

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6447

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

             Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session

State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Senator Prince)

Read first time 02/04/94.

Adopting a formula for transmitting funds for transfer students.

    AN ACT Relating to students transferring to other school districts; amending RCW 28A.225.225; and creating a new section.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 28A.225.225 and 1990 1st ex.s. c 9 s 203 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) All districts accepting applications from nonresident students for admission to the district's schools shall consider equally all applications received.  Each school district shall adopt a policy establishing rational, fair, and equitable standards for acceptance and rejection of applications by June 30, 1990.  The policy may include rejection of nonresident students if acceptance of these students would result in the district experiencing a financial hardship.

    (2) The district shall provide to applicants written notification of the approval or denial of the application in a timely manner.  If the application is rejected, the notification shall include the reason or reasons for denial and the right to appeal under RCW 28A.225.230(3).

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  The education committees of the senate and house of representatives shall analyze issues associated with the payment of transfer fees for students who transfer to nonresident school districts under RCW 28A.225.200.  The committees shall report their findings, with recommendations, to the legislature prior to December 31, 1994.

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