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                         SENATE BILL 5844

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Senators Patterson and Hargrove

Read first time 02/11/1999.  Referred to Committee on Education.

Requiring adoption of standards for school security personnel.

    AN ACT Relating to standards for school security personnel; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.300 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.300 RCW to read as follows:

    The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall coordinate with the Washington association of sheriffs and police chiefs, the Washington state association of prosecuting attorneys, the Washington state trial lawyers association, the Washington state patrol, school districts, school employee groups, and others to develop and recommend to the superintendent of public instruction state-wide mandatory minimum standards for training school security personnel.  The superintendent shall adopt the standards by rule.  Upon adoption, the standards shall be in effect in every school district within the state and shall apply to persons hired on or after the effective date of this section.

    For the purposes of this section, "school security personnel" means persons employed or contracted for by a school district or educational service district whose primary duty with the district is security related.  It is not intended that teachers, administrative staff, or other staff who have occasional security duties be considered school security personnel.

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