CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        SENATE BILL 6206

                    Chapter 27, Laws of 2000

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

FIREARM VIOLATIONS--SCHOOL NOTICE

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/8/00

Passed by the Senate February 7, 2000   YEAS 47   NAYS 1                BRAD OWEN President of the Senate Passed by the House February 29, 2000   YEAS 97   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SENATE BILL 6206 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives	TONY M. COOK                             Secretary
FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Approved March 17, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                      March 17, 2000 - 2:43 p.m.

GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                  State of Washington

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                         SENATE BILL 6206

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senators Spanel, Gardner, Kohl‑Welles, Jacobsen, Prentice, Fairley, Wojahn, Goings, Costa, McAuliffe, Haugen, Winsley and Kline

Read first time 01/10/2000.  Referred to Committee on Education.

Requiring that schools be notified of firearm violations by students. 

    AN ACT Relating to notification to schools of firearm violations by students; and amending RCW 13.04.155.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 13.04.155 and 1997 c 266 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) Whenever a minor enrolled in any common school is convicted in adult criminal court, or adjudicated or entered into a diversion agreement with the juvenile court on any of the following offenses, the court must notify the principal of the student's school of the disposition of the case, after first notifying the parent or legal guardian that such notification will be made:

    (a) A violent offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030;

    (b) A sex offense as defined in RCW 9.94A.030;

    (c) Inhaling toxic fumes under chapter 9.47A RCW;

    (d) A controlled substances violation under chapter 69.50 RCW;

    (e) A liquor violation under RCW 66.44.270; and

    (f) Any crime under chapters 9.41, 9A.36, 9A.40, 9A.46, and 9A.48 RCW.

    (2) The principal must provide the information received under subsection (1) of this section to every teacher of any student who qualifies under subsection (1) of this section and any other personnel who, in the judgment of the principal, supervises the student or for security purposes should be aware of the student's record.  The principal must provide the information to teachers and other personnel based on any written records that the principal maintains or receives from a juvenile court administrator or a law enforcement agency regarding the student.

    (3) Any information received by a principal or school personnel under this section is confidential and may not be further disseminated except as provided in RCW 28A.225.330, other statutes or case law, and the family and educational and privacy rights act of 1994, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g et seq.

    Passed the Senate February 7, 2000.

    Passed the House February 29, 2000.

Approved by the Governor March 17, 2000.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 17, 2000.