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                            SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1064

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State of Washington              53rd Legislature             1993 Regular Session

By House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives G. Cole, Van Luven, G. Fisher, Cothern, Dorn, Holm, Leonard, Jones, Rust, R. Fisher, Jacobsen, King, Dellwo, Scott, Morris, Wang, Thibaudeau, Romero, Valle, Pruitt, Appelwick, Basich, J. Kohl, Anderson, Ogden, H. Myers, Wineberry, Riley, Brown, Long, Orr, Shin, Horn, Forner, Eide, Wolfe, Johanson, Kessler and Veloria)

Read first time 02/12/93.

Requiring the adoption of a policy prohibiting corporal punishment in schools.

     AN ACT Relating to corporal punishment; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.150 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.150 RCW to read as follows:

     The use of corporal punishment in the common schools is prohibited.  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 common schools.  The policy shall be adopted by the state board of education no later than February 1, 1994, and shall take effect in all school districts September 1, 1994.

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