CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED SECOND
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2085
Chapter
166, Laws of 1999
56th
Legislature
1999
Regular Session
DISRUPTIVE STUDENTS
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 7/25/99
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Passed by the House April 20, 1999
Yeas 96 Nays 0
 CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker of the House
of Representatives
 FRANK CHOPP
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 12, 1999
Yeas 45 Nays 3
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CERTIFICATE
We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House
of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the
attached is ENGROSSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2085 as passed by
the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
 DEAN R. FOSTER
Chief Clerk
TIMOTHY A. MARTIN
Chief Clerk
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BRAD OWEN
President of the Senate
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Approved May 5, 1999 Place Style On Codes
above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
May 5, 1999 - 3:44 p.m.
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GARY LOCKE
Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington
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ENGROSSED
SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2085
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AS
AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed
Legislature - 1999 Regular Session
State
of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 03/08/1999.
Creating programs addressing disruptive students in
regular classrooms.
AN
ACT Relating to programs addressing disruptive students in regular classrooms;
adding a new section to chapter 28A.415 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 1. The
legislature finds that disruptive students can significantly impede effective
teaching and learning in the classroom. Training in effective strategies for
handling disruptive students will help principals, teachers, and other staff
gain additional skills to provide a classroom environment that is conducive to
teaching and learning. Schools and school districts should be encouraged to
provide staff with the training necessary to respond to disruptions
effectively.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. A
new section is added to chapter 28A.415 RCW to read as follows:
(1)
To the extent funds are appropriated, the superintendent of public instruction
shall conduct professional development institutes to provide opportunities for
teachers, principals, and other school staff to learn effective research-based
strategies for handling disruptive students. The institutes shall be conducted
during the summer of 2000. The training institutes shall emphasize methods for
handling disruptions in regular classrooms and how to design and implement
alternative learning settings and programs that have been proven to be
effective in providing for the educational needs of students who exhibit
frequent and prolonged disruptive behavior when placed in a regular classroom
setting.
(2)
The superintendent may enter into contracts with public or private entities
that provide training in effective research-based methods for dealing with
disruptive students. In developing the institutes, the superintendent shall work
with school staff who have had experience working effectively with disruptive
students. The institutes shall be open to teams of teachers, principals, and
other school staff from each school district choosing to participate. However,
as a condition of participating in the institutes, school district teams shall
be required to develop during or immediately following the institute a district
plan for carrying out the purposes of this section. Elementary schools and
junior high and middle schools in districts that send teams to participate in
institutes conducted under this section are encouraged to formulate school
building-level plans for addressing the educational needs of disruptive
students and the needs of students and teachers in the regular classrooms for
an orderly and disciplined environment that is optimally conducive to learning.
Individual participants in the institutes shall agree to provide assistance as
needed to other school staff in their school building or school district,
consistent with their other normal duties.
(3)
Beginning with the 1999-2000 school year, elementary and junior high schools
are encouraged to provide staff from both the regular education and special
education programs opportunities to work together to share successful practices
for managing disruptive students.
Passed the House April 20, 1999.
Passed the Senate April 12, 1999.
Approved by the Governor May
5, 1999.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State May 5, 1999.