Read first time 01/15/14.   Referred to Committee on Education.

     AN ACT Relating to the operation by educational service districts of educational programs for residents of residential schools; amending RCW 28A.190.010, 28A.190.020, 28A.190.060, and 13.04.145; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.190 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 28A.190 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) For the purposes of this chapter, the term "school district" includes any educational service district that has entered into an agreement to provide a program of education for residential school residents or detention facility residents on behalf of the school district as a cooperative service program pursuant to RCW 28A.310.180.
     (2) The provisions of RCW 13.04.145 apply throughout this chapter.

Sec. 2   RCW 28A.190.010 and 1996 c 84 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     A program of education shall be provided for by the department of social and health services and the several school districts of the state for common school age persons who have been admitted to facilities staffed and maintained or contracted pursuant to RCW 13.40.320 by the department of social and health services for the education and treatment of juveniles who have been diverted or who have been found to have committed a juvenile offense. The division of duties, authority, and liabilities of the department of social and health services and the several school districts of the state respecting the educational programs shall be the same in all respects as set forth in ((RCW 28A.190.030 through 28A.190.060)) this chapter respecting programs of education for state residential school residents. For the purposes of this section, the term "residential school" or "schools" as used in ((RCW 28A.190.030 through 28A.190.060)) this chapter shall be construed to mean a facility staffed and maintained by the department of social and health services or a program established under RCW 13.40.320, for the education and treatment of juvenile offenders on probation or parole. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a school district from utilizing the services of an educational service district subject to RCW 28A.310.180.

Sec. 3   RCW 28A.190.020 and 1990 c 33 s 171 are each amended to read as follows:
     The term "residential school" as used in this chapter and RCW ((28A.190.020 through 28A.190.060,)) 72.01.200, 72.05.010, and 72.05.130((, each as now or hereafter amended, shall)) means Green Hill school, Maple Lane school, Naselle Youth Camp, Cedar Creek Youth Camp, Mission Creek Youth Camp, Echo Glen, Lakeland Village, Rainier school, Yakima Valley school, Interlake school, Fircrest school, Francis Haddon Morgan Center, the Child Study and Treatment Center and Secondary School of Western State Hospital, and such other schools, camps, and centers as are now or hereafter established by the department of social and health services for the diagnosis, confinement and rehabilitation of juveniles committed by the courts or for the care and treatment of persons who are exceptional in their needs by reason of mental and/or physical deficiency: PROVIDED, That the term shall not include the state schools for the deaf and blind or adult correctional institutions.

Sec. 4   RCW 28A.190.060 and 1990 c 33 s 175 are each amended to read as follows:
     The department of social and health services shall provide written notice on or before April 15th of each school year to the superintendent of each school district conducting a program of education pursuant to ((RCW 28A.190.030 through 28A.190.050)) this chapter of any foreseeable residential school closure, reduction in the number of residents, or any other cause for a reduction in the school district's staff for the next school year. In the event the department of social and health services fails to provide notice as prescribed by this section, the department shall be liable and responsible for the payment of the salary and employment related costs for the next school year of each school district employee whose contract the school district would have nonrenewed but for the failure of the department to provide notice.

Sec. 5   RCW 13.04.145 and 1990 c 33 s 551 are each amended to read as follows:
     A program of education shall be provided for by the several counties and school districts of the state for common school age persons confined in each of the detention facilities staffed and maintained by the several counties of the state under this chapter and chapters 13.16 and 13.20 RCW. The division of duties, authority, and liabilities of the several counties and school districts of the state respecting the educational programs is the same in all respects as set forth in chapter 28A.190 RCW ((28A.190.030 through 28A.190.060)) respecting programs of education for state residential school residents. For the purposes of this section, the terms "department of social and health services," "residential school" or "schools," and "superintendent or chief administrator of a residential school" as used in chapter 28A.190 RCW ((28A.190.030 through 28A.190.060)) shall be respectively construed to mean "the several counties of the state," "detention facilities," and "the administrator of juvenile court detention services." Nothing in this section shall prohibit a school district from utilizing the services of an educational service district subject to RCW 28A.310.180.