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                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5530

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Senators Craswell, Rasmussen and Anderson)

Read first time 3/1/89.

AN ACT Relating to curriculum review; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.58 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.58 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) School district boards of directors shall adopt policies to ensure the implementation of the requirements that public records be made available under RCW 42.17.250 through 42.17.340.  The board of directors of a school district shall develop specific policies providing for the inspection and review of any materials used in association with the district's educational program, including but not limited to:  Textbooks, films, tapes, teacher's manual, computer software, workbooks, mimeographed papers or papers otherwise copied, assignments, or activities offered in a school in the district.  The district may charge a nominal cost to cover any costs of reproduction.

          (2) Each school district board of directors shall adopt written policies and procedures to follow when a student's parent or guardian objects in writing to a student's participation in a program or class that uses educational materials as identified under subsection (1) of this section.  The policies and procedures shall address the issues of excusal from the program or class and, in the case of required programs and classes, provision for alternative programming and/or waivers of requirements.