CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5213

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate April 20, 1999   YEAS 43   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House April 13, 1999   YEAS 95   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5213 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the       House of Representatives	Secretary
Speaker of the       House of Representatives

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5213

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Senators McAuliffe, Kohl‑Welles and Costa)

Read first time 02/03/1999.

Requiring record checks for employees of approved private schools who have regularly scheduled unsupervised access to children. 

    AN ACT Relating to record checks of private school educational employees; adding a new section to chapter 28A.195 RCW; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.195 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The legislature finds additional safeguards are necessary to ensure safety of school children attending private schools in the state of Washington. Private schools approved under this chapter are authorized to require that employees who have regularly scheduled unsupervised access to children, whether current employees on the effective date of this act or applicants for employment on or after  the effective date of this act, undergo a record check through the Washington state patrol criminal identification system under RCW 43.43.830 through 43.43.838, 10.97.030, and 10.97.050 and through the federal bureau of investigation.  The record check shall include a fingerprint check using a complete Washington state criminal identification fingerprint card.  Employees or applicants for employment who have completed a record check in accordance with RCW 28A.410.010 shall not be required to undergo a record check under this section.  The  superintendent of public instruction shall provide a copy of the record report to the employee or applicant.  If an employee or applicant has undergone a record check as authorized under this section, additional record checks shall not be required unless required by other provisions of law.

    (2) The approved private school, the employee, or the applicant shall pay the costs associated with the record check authorized in this section.

    (3) Applicants may be employed on a conditional basis pending completion of the investigation.  If the employee or applicant has had a record check within the previous two years, the approved private school or contractor may waive any record check required by the approved private school under subsection (1) of this section.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.

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