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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1792

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Representative McLean

Read first time 1/25/88 and referred to Committee on Education.

AN ACT Relating to school detention; and amending RCW 28A.27.100.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 28A.27.100, chapter 223, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. as last amended by section 189, chapter 202, Laws of 1987 and RCW 28A.27.100 are each amended to read as follows:

          Any person violating any of the provisions of either RCW 28A.27.010 or 28A.27.090 shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars for each day of unexcused absence from school.  However, a child found to be in violation of RCW 28A.27.010 shall be required to attend school and shall not be fined.  Failure by a child to comply with an order issued under this section shall ((not)) be punishable by detention for a period not greater than that permitted pursuant to a contempt proceeding against a child under chapter 13.32A RCW.  It shall be a defense for a parent charged with violating RCW 28A.27.010 to show that he or she exercised reasonable diligence in attempting to cause a child in his or her custody to attend school or that the juvenile's school did not perform its duties as required in RCW 28A.27.020.  Any fine imposed pursuant to this section may be suspended upon the condition that a parent charged with violating RCW 28A.27.010 shall participate with the school and the juvenile in a supervised plan for the juvenile's attendance at school or upon condition that the parent attend a conference or conferences scheduled by a school for the purpose of analyzing the causes of a child's absence.

          Attendance officers shall make complaint for violation of the provisions of RCW 28A.27.010 through 28A.27.130 to a judge of the superior or district court.