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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 2654

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Representatives Cole, Valle, R. King, Anderson, Scott, Pruitt, Wood, Rust, Basich, Nelson, Belcher, R. Fisher, Dellwo, G. Fisher, Jacobsen, Spanel, Nutley, Wineberry, Fraser, Prentice, Leonard, Wang, Phillips, Holland, Horn, Van Luven, Jones and Brekke

Read first time 1/17/90 and referred to Committee on Education.

AN ACT Relating to corporal punishment; and adding a new section to Title 28A RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to Title 28A RCW to read as follows:

          The state board of education, in consultation with the superintendent of public instruction, shall develop and adopt a policy prohibiting the use of corporal punishment in the schools.  The policy shall be adopted by the state board of education no later than December 1, 1990, and shall take effect in all school districts no later than September 1, 1991.