CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1856

57th Legislature

2002 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 9, 2002

Yeas 94 Nays 0

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate March 5, 2002

Yeas 48 Nays 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1856 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

Chief Clerk

President of the Senate

Approved

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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HOUSE BILL 1856

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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2002 Regular Session

State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001 Regular Session

By Representatives Morell, O'Brien, Talcott, Miloscia, Quall, Carrell, Rockefeller, Bush, Cox, Pflug, Pearson and Woods

Read first time 02/07/2001. Referred to Committee on Education.

AN ACT Relating to excused absences from school for search and rescue activities; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.225 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 28A.225 RCW to read as follows:

The legislature finds that state-recognized search and rescue activities, as defined in chapter 38.52 RCW and the rules interpreting the chapter, are recognized as activities deserving of excuse from school. Therefore, the legislature strongly encourages that excused absences be granted to students for up to five days each year to participate in search and rescue activities, subject to approval by the student's parent and the principal of the student's school, and provided that the activities do not cause a serious adverse effect upon the student's educational progress.