BILL REQ. #:  S-3593.1 

Read first time 01/14/2004.   Referred to Committee on Education.

     AN ACT Relating to information about misconduct of school district employees; adding a new section to chapter 28A.400 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.400 RCW to read as follows:
     Beginning July 1, 2004, no board or official of a school district shall enter into any agreement, including collective bargaining agreements, or engage in any activity that has the effect of suppressing information about misconduct of a present or former employee or of expunging information about that misconduct from the personnel records of any former or present employee of the school district. Any provisions of a contract or agreement entered into after July 1, 2004, that is contrary to this section is void and unenforceable and may not be withheld from disclosure by the entry of any administrative or court order. This section does not restrict the expungement from a personnel file of information about alleged misconduct that has not been substantiated.

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.