SB 6681 - DIGEST |
Requires the board of directors of each school district to by September 1, 2006, establish policies and procedures for: (1) Allowing parents or guardians to prohibit the release of their student's directory information, records, and data to public and private institutions, organizations, and employers. This policy shall extend to the students' names, addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, birthdates, directory information, and other identifying data; |
(2) Providing, at a minimum, separate "opt out" categories for release of directory information, data, and records for educational, vocational, career, military, and volunteer recruitment purposes. Parents and guardians shall be provided with an "opt out" form within the first fifteen days of a new school year; |
(3) Providing thirty days from delivery of the "opt out" form to parents and guardians in allowing parents and guardians to return their choices to the school district. School districts are prohibited from releasing student directory information, data, or records to recruiting organizations from the close of the previous school year until forty-five days after the release of the "opt out" form to parents and guardians. Separate comparable provisions shall be made for summer school enrollees. |
Requires the board of directors of each school district to by September 1, 2006, establish a policy and procedure requiring on-campus or visiting recruiters to either provide in advance for an adult school staff person or volunteer to be present when the recruiter is with the individual student, or submit a criminal records background check from both the Washington state police and federal bureau of investigation consistent with RCW 28A 400.303. In the case of military recruiters, the background check shall also require a letter from the department of defense relating to the recruiters' record under the uniform code of military justice and crimes recorded under other jurisdictions. |
Requires the board of directors of each school district to by September 1, 2006, establish a policy and procedure for disciplining recruiters who engage in dishonest, unscrupulous, or deceptive recruiting practices. |
Requires the board of directors of each school district to by September 1, 2006, establish a policy and procedure prohibiting recruiters from taking students off-campus during school hours or meeting students after school hours without written parental or guardian consent. |
Provides that recruiters who take students off-campus during school hours without parental or guardian consent, or arrange to meet students after school hours without parental or guardian consent, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. |