CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1470

Chapter 411, Laws of 2003

58th Legislature
2003 Regular Session

PUBLIC SCHOOLS--RESIDENCY

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/27/03

Passed by the House April 23, 2003 Yeas 98 Nays 0 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 14, 2003 Yeas 46 Nays 1 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate		CERTIFICATE I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1470 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. CYNTHIA ZEHNDER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk
Approved May 20, 2003. GARY LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington		FILED May 20, 2003 - 4:03 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1470
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 2003 Regular Session

State of Washington

58th Legislature

2003 Regular Session

By House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Cox, Haigh, Schoesler, Sump, Quall and Santos)

READ FIRST TIME 3/10/03.

AN ACT Relating to residency for purposes of attending Washington public schools; and amending RCW 28A.225.170.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 28A.225.170 and 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.58.210 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Any child who is of school age and otherwise eligible residing within the boundaries of any military, naval, lighthouse, or other United States reservation, national park, or national forest or residing upon rented or leased undeeded lands within any Indian reservation within the state of Washington, shall be admitted to the public school, or schools, of any contiguous district without payment of tuition: PROVIDED, That the United States authorities in charge of such reservation or park shall cooperate fully with state, county, and school district authorities in the enforcement of the laws of this state relating to the compulsory attendance of children of school age, and all laws relating to and regulating school attendance.
     (2) Any child who is of school age and otherwise eligible, residing in a home that is located in Idaho but that has a Washington address for the purposes of the United States postal service, shall be admitted, without payment of tuition, to the nearest Washington school district and shall be considered a resident student for state apportionment and all other purposes.

         Passed by the House April 23, 2003.
         Passed by the Senate April 14, 2003.
         Approved by the Governor May 20, 2003.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 20, 2003.