BILL REQ. #:  H-3627.1 

Prefiled 12/07/09. Read first time 01/11/10.   Referred to Committee on Education.

     AN ACT Relating to the use of public resources to support or oppose teachers' strikes; and amending RCW 28A.400.332.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 28A.400.332 and 2009 c 224 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) No school district employee may employ or use any person, money, or property under the employee's official control or direction, in his or her official custody, without authorization, for the private benefit or gain of the employee or another.
     (((2))) (a) This ((section)) subsection does not prohibit the use of public resources to benefit others as part of the employee's official duties.
     (((3))) (b) Each school district board of directors may adopt policies providing exceptions to this ((section)) subsection for occasional use of the employee, of de minimis cost and value, if the activity does not result in interference with the proper performance of public duties.
     (((4))) (2) No school district officer or employee may use or authorize the use of public resources for the purpose of supporting or opposing a teachers' strike.
     (3) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall adopt disciplinary guidelines for violations of this section.