BILL REQ. #:  H-4439.1 

Read first time 01/21/08.   Referred to Committee on Education.

     AN ACT Relating to prohibiting advertising and marketing to students receiving home-based instruction; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.320 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 28A.320 RCW to read as follows:
     Except as provided in this section, school districts are prohibited from advertising, marketing, and otherwise providing unsolicited information about learning programs offered by the school district, including but not limited to digital learning programs, part-time enrollment opportunities, and other alternative learning programs, to parents who have filed a declaration of intent to cause a child to receive home-based instruction under RCW 28A.200.010. School districts may respond to requests for information that are initiated by a parent. Once, on an annual basis, school districts may send a fact sheet to parents who have filed a declaration of intent that lists the ancillary services available for students receiving home-based instruction, such as counseling, psychological services, testing, remedial instruction, speech and hearing therapy, health care services, and sports activities. This section does not apply to general mailings or newsletters sent by the school district to all households in the district.