CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2816
Chapter 235, Laws of 2020
66TH LEGISLATURE
2020 REGULAR SESSION
POSITIVE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SCHOOL AND CLASSROOM CLIMATES--MODEL POLICY AND PROCEDURE
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 11, 2020
Passed by the House March 12, 2020
  Yeas 94  Nays 2
LAURIE JINKINS

Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate March 6, 2020
  Yeas 33  Nays 15
CYRUS HABIB

President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2816 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN

Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved March 31, 2020 10:57 AM
FILED
March 31, 2020
JAY INSLEE

Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2816

AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 2020 Regular Session
State of Washington
66th Legislature
2020 Regular Session
ByHouse Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Corry, Steele, Caldier, Van Werven, Eslick, Chambers, and Boehnke)
READ FIRST TIME 02/07/20.
AN ACT Relating to nurturing positive social and emotional school and classroom climates; adding a new section to chapter 28A.345 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 each school community member should be treated with dignity, should have the opportunity to learn, work, interact, and socialize in physically, emotionally, and intellectually safe, respectful, and positive school environments, and should have the opportunity to experience high quality relationships. The legislature recognizes that schools have the responsibility to promote conditions designed to create, maintain, and nurture a positive social and emotional school and classroom climate. Therefore, the legislature intends to require the Washington state school directors' association to develop a model policy and procedure for nurturing a positive social and emotional school and classroom climate for all students. The legislature intends to require school districts to adopt elements of the model policy and procedure that protect the integrity of learning environments and allow school districts to adopt other elements of the model.
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 28A.345 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The Washington state school directors' association shall develop a model policy and procedure for nurturing a positive social and emotional school and classroom climate. The goal of the policy and procedure is to support and promote school and school district action plans that create, maintain, and nurture physically, emotionally, and intellectually safe, respectful, and positive school and classroom environments that foster equitable, ethical, social, emotional, and academic education for all students. The association shall update the model policy and procedure periodically to align with the work of the social-emotional learning committee created under RCW 28A.300.477.
(2) The model policy and procedure must include the following elements:
(a) Recognize that there is not one best way to create, maintain, and nurture a positive social and emotional school and classroom climate and consider each school's history, strengths, needs, and goals;
(b) Define and describe the essential elements of a positive social and emotional school and classroom climate, which must align with the social-emotional learning standards and benchmarks adopted by the office of the superintendent of public instruction under RCW 28A.300.478;
(c) Recognize the important role that students' families play in collaborating with the school and school district in creating, maintaining, and nurturing a positive social and emotional school and classroom climate; and
(d) Describe a framework for an effective and informed positive social and emotional school and classroom climate improvement process that includes a continuous cycle of planning and preparation, evaluation, action planning, and implementation.
(3)(a) The model policy and procedure must also protect the integrity of learning environments with the following elements:
(i) School districts must provide information to the parents and guardians of enrolled students regarding students' rights to a free public education, regardless of immigration status or religious beliefs.
(ii) School districts must provide meaningful access to this information for families with limited English proficiency.
(b) The elements described in this subsection (3) may be included in a separate model policy and procedure.
(4) In developing the model policy and procedure described in this section, the Washington state school directors' association must:
(a) Consult with staff at the office of the superintendent of public instruction and organizations with expertise in social and emotional health and in equity, race, and inclusive learning environments;
(b) Work with the social-emotional learning committee created under RCW 28A.300.477 to align the climate improvement framework with the statewide framework for social-emotional learning;
(c) Consider the relationship between the model policy and procedure and policies related to student behaviors and student discipline; and
(d) Review research on, and examples of effective implementation of, restorative practices, collaborative and proactive practices, trauma-sensitive and trauma-informed practices, classroom management, and other topics related to the goal of the policy as identified in subsection (1) of this section.
(5) The model policy and procedure developed under this section must be posted publicly on the Washington state school directors' association's web site by March 1, 2021. Updates to the model policy and procedure must be posted publicly within a reasonable time of development.
(6)(a) By the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, each school district must adopt or amend if necessary policies and procedures that, at a minimum, incorporate all the elements described in subsection (3) of this section. School districts must periodically review their policies and procedures for consistency with updated versions of the model policy.
(b) By the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, each school district may adopt or amend if necessary policies and procedures that incorporate the elements described in subsection (2) of this section. School districts may periodically review their policies and procedures for consistency with updated versions of the model policy.
Passed by the House March 12, 2020.
Passed by the Senate March 6, 2020.
Approved by the Governor March 31, 2020.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 31, 2020.
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