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SENATE BILL 5699
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Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995
Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/01/95.
Referred to Committee on Education.
Revising
provisions relating to international student exchange visitor placement
organizations.
AN ACT Relating to
international student exchange visitor placement organizations; and amending
RCW 19.166.030 and 19.166.040.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 19.166.030 and 1991
c 128 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) All international
student exchange visitor placement organizations that place students in public
schools in the state shall register with the secretary of state.
(2) Failure to register
is a violation of this chapter.
(3) Information
provided to the secretary of state under this chapter is a public record.
(4) Registration shall
not be considered or be represented as an endorsement of the organization by
the secretary of state or the state of Washington.
(5) On a date
established by rule by the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall
provide annually to the superintendent of public instruction a list of all
currently registered international student placement organizations. The
superintendent of public instruction shall distribute annually the list of all
currently registered international student placement organizations to all
Washington state school districts.
Sec. 2. RCW 19.166.040 and 1991
c 128 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) An application for
registration as an international student exchange visitor placement
organization shall be submitted in the form prescribed by the secretary of
state. The application shall include:
(a) Evidence that the
organization meets the standards established by the secretary of state under
RCW 19.166.050;
(b) The name, address,
and telephone number of the organization, its chief executive officer, and the
person within the organization who has primary responsibility for supervising
placements within the state;
(c) The organization's
unified business identification number, if any;
(d) The organization's
United States Information Agency number, if any;
(e) Evidence of council
on standards for international educational travel listing, if any;
(f) Whether the
organization is exempt from federal income tax; and
(g) A list of the
organization's placements in Washington for the previous academic year including
the number of students placed, their home countries, the school districts in
which they were placed, and the length of their placements.
(2) The application
shall be signed by the chief executive officer of the organization and the
person within the organization who has primary responsibility for supervising
placements within Washington. If the secretary of state determines that the
application is complete, the secretary of state shall file the application and
the applicant is registered.
(3) International
student exchange visitor placement organizations that have registered shall
inform the secretary of state of any changes in the information required under
subsection (1) of this section within thirty days of the change.
(4) Registration ((under
this chapter is valid for one year. The registration may be renewed annually))
shall be renewed annually as established by rule by the office of the
secretary of state.
Passed
the Senate March 10, 1995.
Passed
the House April 5, 1995.
Approved by the Governor April 17, 1995.
Filed in
Office of Secretary of State April 17, 1995.
