2319-S2 AMH COOK BUTT 9

2SHB 2319 - H AMD 1123 ADOPTED 02/21/94

By Representative Cooke and others

     On page 37, after line 24, strike all material down to and including "district." on line 32 and insert the following:

     "(1)  School district boards of directors may establish schools or programs which parents may choose for their children to attend in which: (a) Students are required to conform to dress and grooming codes, including requiring that students wear uniforms; (b) parents are required to participate in the student's education; and/or (c) discipline requirements are more stringent than in other schools in the district.

     (2)  School district boards of directors may establish schools or programs in which: (a) Students are required to conform to dress and grooming codes, including requiring that students wear uniforms; (b) parents are regularly counseled and encouraged to participate in the student's education; and/or (c) discipline requirements are more stringent than in other schools in the district.  School boards may require that students who are subject to suspension or expulsion attend these schools or programs as a condition of continued enrollment in the school district.

     (3) If students are required to wear uniforms in these programs or schools, school districts shall accommodate students so that the uniform requirement is not an unfair barrier to school attendance and participation.

     (4)  Nothing in this section impairs or reduces in any manner whatsoever the authority of a board under other law to impose a dress and appearance code.  However, if a board requires uniforms under such other authority, it shall accommodate students so that the uniform requirement is not an unfair barrier to school attendance and participation."

EFFECT:  Clarifies that attendance in these schools shall be voluntary, unless the student is to be expelled or suspended.  Also requires school districts to make accommodations so that the uniform requirement is not a barrier to participation.