1085-S.E AAS 4/17/97 S2847.1

ESHB 1085 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Education

                                                   ADOPTED 4/17/97

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

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

    (1) All instructional materials, including teacher's manuals, films, tapes, or other supplementary material which will be used in connection with any test, questionnaire, survey, analysis, or evaluation in a school, shall be available for inspection by the parents or legal guardians of the students, and by any member of the school board.

    (2) Absent prior consent of a student who is an adult or an emancipated minor, or absent prior written consent of a parent or legal guardian of a student who is an unemancipated minor, a student may not be required to submit to a test, questionnaire, survey, analysis, or evaluation that reveals information concerning the student's or the student's parents':

    (a) Personal beliefs or practices regarding political affiliations;

    (b) Mental or psychological problems potentially embarrassing to the student or to the student's family;

    (c) Sexual behavior and attitudes;

    (d) Illegal, antisocial, self-incriminating, and demeaning behavior;

    (e) Critical appraisals of other individuals with whom the students have a close family relationship;

    (f) Legally recognized privileged or analogous relationships, such as those of lawyers, physicians, and ministers;

    (g) Income level, except as required by law to determine eligibility for participation in a program or to receive financial assistance under the program.

    (3) Educational agencies shall give parents and students effective notice of their rights under this section prior to administering a test, questionnaire, survey, analysis, or evaluation that meets the criteria of subsection (2) of this section.

    (4) Prior to administration of a test, questionnaire, survey, analysis, or evaluation that meets the criteria of subsection (2) of this section, the school board must be given the opportunity to hear a presentation about the proposed test, questionnaire, survey, analysis, or evaluation.  Each member of the school board must be notified in writing of plans to administer a test, questionnaire, survey, analysis, or evaluation that meets the criteria of subsection (2) of this section.  Notification must occur prior to a regularly scheduled meeting of the school board before administration of a test, questionnaire, survey, analysis, or evaluation that meets the criteria of subsection (2) of this section."

ESHB 1085 - S COMM AMD

By Committee on Education

                                                   ADOPTED 4/17/97

    On page 1, line 1 of the title, after "survey;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "and adding a new section to chapter 28A.600 RCW."

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