"NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   (1) The Washington state school directors' association shall mediate and facilitate a school disciplinary action task force to review and make recommendations on the development of a model policy regarding the use of physical force on students in public schools. For the purpose of the task force review, physical force shall, at a minimum, include the use of physical or bodily restraint as well as mechanical and chemical restraint devices.
     (2) The task force shall be chaired by a member of the Washington state school directors' association and shall consist of twelve additional members. The members shall be appointed as provided in this subsection.
     (a) The president of the senate shall appoint one member from each of the two largest caucuses of the senate. The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint one member from each of the two largest caucuses of the house of representatives. Legislative members of the task force shall be reimbursed in accordance with RCW 44.04.120.
     (b) The Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs shall appoint one member.
     (c) The Washington association of prosecuting attorneys shall appoint one member.
     (d) The Washington state parent teacher association shall appoint one member.
     (e) The superintendent of public instruction shall select a member of the school safety advisory committee to serve as a member of the task force.
     (f) The Washington state school directors' association shall appoint the remaining four members of the task force from organizations that express interest in participating on the task force and that have a history of involvement with school disciplinary action. One of the appointments shall be a representative of an organization representing the minority community that has been actively involved in monitoring the issue of school disciplinary action. One of the appointments shall be a representative of a civil rights organization that has been actively involved in monitoring the issue of school disciplinary action. For the remaining two appointments, the association shall strive to appoint members who are representative of a wide range of viewpoints and backgrounds, including representation from community members and public education stakeholders.
     (3) The Washington state school directors' association shall staff the task force.
     (4) In developing recommendations, the task force shall review a representative sampling of discipline policies used in other states and those used by school districts in Washington. The task force shall, at a minimum, develop recommendations on the following issues:
     (a) A description and recommendation on the methods of physical force that should be authorized at the school and under what conditions, including definitions of relevant terms. The recommendations shall, at a minimum, distinguish when each of the types of physical force, including mechanical or chemical restraint, should and should not be used, who should and should not be authorized to use each type of physical force, and recommendations for when de-escalation tactics should be used;
     (b) Recommendations for training requirements for those authorized to use each of the types of physical force as well as training recommendations for de-escalation tactics;
     (c) Recommendations on incident reporting requirements and the follow-up procedures to be used whenever there is a use of physical force by school personnel, including, at a minimum, written reporting requirements, the timeline of the reporting requirements, and whether there should be annual reporting to the office of the superintendent of public instruction of additional data on disciplinary action, including physical force; and
     (d) Recommendations on procedures for notification to parents or guardians.
     (5) The task force shall submit a report with recommendations to the education committees of the legislature by November 2008."