CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 5805

Chapter 126, Laws of 2015

64th Legislature

2015 Regular Session

K-12 EDUCATION--CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROGRAMS

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/24/2015

SENATE BILL 5805

Passed Legislature - 2015 Regular Session


State of Washington	64th Legislature	2015 Regular Session

By Senators Rivers, Rolfes, and Keiser

Read first time 02/03/15. Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

AN ACT Relating to conflict resolution programs in schools; and amending RCW 28A.300.280.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 28A.300.280 and 1994 sp.s. c 7 s 611 are each amended to read as follows:

The superintendent of public instruction and the office of the attorney general, in cooperation with the Washington state bar association and statewide dispute resolution organizations, shall develop a volunteer-based conflict resolution and mediation program for use in community groups such as neighborhood organizations and the public schools. The program shall use lawyers or certified mediators to train students who in turn become trainers and mediators for their peers in conflict resolution.

Passed by the Senate March 4, 2015.

Passed by the House April 14, 2015.

Approved by the Governor April 25, 2015.

Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 25, 2015.