1296 AMH RUDE WARG 177

HB 1296 - H AMD 403

By Representative McClintock

OUT OF ORDER 03/12/2025

On page 5, after line 26, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. A new section is added to chapter 28A.300 RCW to read as follows:

(1)(a) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall establish and maintain on its website a school safety dashboard. The purpose of the dashboard is to both: Enable the public to review annually updated school safety data for the state and for each public school and school district; and use the data to annually rate public schools and school districts using a state safety rating system.

(b) In meeting the requirements of this section, the office of the superintendent of public instruction must examine and consider the practices of other states in establishing comparable dashboards.

(2)(a) Annually, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall update the school safety dashboard to display the number of incidents involving public school students on public school property sorted by behavioral violation and severity level as follows:

(i) Type six – firearm;

(ii) Type five - assault II, sexual assault, illicit drug distribution, possession of a weapon, robbery, assault of teacher, and safety II;

(iii) Type four - assault I, fighting with major injury, sexual harassment, discriminatory harassment, malicious harassment, arson, marijuana distribution, alcohol distribution, gang intimidation or activity, and safety I;

(iv) Type three - bullying, fighting without major injury, illicit drug possession or use, marijuana possession or use, alcohol possession or use, tobacco distribution, theft, or other III;

(v) Type two - destruction of property, physical aggression, tobacco possession or use, failure to cooperate, sexually inappropriate conduct, disruptive conduct II, or other II; and

(vi) Type one - disruptive conduct I, dress code, physical contact, defiance, disrespect, academic dishonesty/plagiarism, property misuse, inappropriate language, or other I.

(b) The dashboard must display the sorted incident data by school district and by public school, in addition to displaying the statewide totals.

(3)(a) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall establish a state safety rating system. Annually, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall analyze the data submitted by the public schools as required by subsection (4) of this section and rate school districts and public schools using the state safety rating system.

(b) Annually, following the rating under (a) of this subsection (3), the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall notify the regional school safety centers, so that resources available under RCW 28A.310.510 can be prioritized to the school districts and public schools with the most vulnerable students and staff.

(4)(a) Beginning September 2025, each public school shall collect and submit any school safety incident data that the office of the superintendent of public instruction needs for the school safety dashboard through the statewide student data system.

(b) Data must be collected and submitted in compliance with standards for school data systems developed under RCW 28A.300.505 and the data protocols and guidance of the K-12 data governance group established in RCW 28A.300.507.

(5) For purposes of this section, "public school" has the same meaning as in RCW 28A.150.010.

NEW SECTION. Sec. A new section is added to chapter 28A.300 RCW to read as follows:

To the extent that state or federal funding is appropriated or otherwise allocated for school safety purposes, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall prioritize the funds to school districts and public schools rated as having the most vulnerable students and staff under section 104 of this act."

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