S-4928.1

SENATE BILL 6047

State of Washington

66th Legislature

2020 Regular Session

BySenators Hasegawa, Dhingra, Hunt, Keiser, Lovelett, Nguyen, Randall, Holy, and Saldaña

Prefiled 12/05/19.Read first time 01/13/20.Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

AN ACT Relating to prohibiting retaliation against school district employees that report noncompliance with individualized education programs; 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:

No school district may discharge, threaten to discharge, demote, deny a promotion to, sanction, discipline, retaliate against, harass, or otherwise discriminate against a school district employee because the employee reported noncompliance with an individualized education program to an appropriate school official, school district administrator, or the office of the superintendent of public instruction.

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