CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6220

Chapter 135, Laws of 2004

58th Legislature
2004 Regular Session

CHILD ABUSE REPORTING

EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/10/04

Passed by the Senate March 8, 2004 YEAS 48 NAYS 0 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House March 5, 2004 YEAS 95 NAYS 0 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives		CERTIFICATE I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6220 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. MILTON H. DOUMIT JR. ________________________________________ Secretary
Approved March 26, 2004. GARY F. LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington		FILED March 26, 2004 - 3:06 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington

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SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6220
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2004 Regular Session

State of Washington

58th Legislature

2004 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Kohl-Welles, Johnson, McAuliffe, Esser, Winsley, T. Sheldon, Rasmussen, Kline and Keiser)

READ FIRST TIME 02/10/04.

AN ACT Relating to school employee duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.400 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 28A.400 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) A certificated or classified school employee who has knowledge or reasonable cause to believe that a student has been a victim of physical abuse or sexual misconduct by another school employee, shall report such abuse or misconduct to the appropriate school administrator. The school administrator shall cause a report to be made to the proper law enforcement agency if he or she has reasonable cause to believe that the misconduct or abuse has occurred as required under RCW 26.44.030. During the process of making a reasonable cause determination, the school administrator shall contact all parties involved in the complaint.
     (2) Certificated and classified school employees shall receive training regarding their reporting obligations under state law in their orientation training when hired and then every three years thereafter. The training required under this subsection shall take place within existing training programs and related resources.
     (3) Nothing in this section changes any of the duties established under RCW 26.44.030.

         Passed by the Senate March 8, 2004.
         Passed by the House March 5, 2004.
         Approved by the Governor March 26, 2004.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 26, 2004.