Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 28A.225 - Compulsory School Attendance and Admission.
28A.225.0261 - Community engagement boards—Effect of diversion from truancy petitions—Evaluation by Washington state institute for public policy—Reports.

RCW 28A.225.0261
Community engagement boards—Effect of diversion from truancy petitions—Evaluation by Washington state institute for public policy—Reports.

(1) By requiring an initial stay of truancy petitions for diversion to community engagement boards, the legislature intends to achieve the following outcomes:
(a) Increased access to community engagement boards and other truancy early intervention programs for parents and children throughout the state;
(b) Increased quantity and quality of truancy intervention and prevention efforts in the community;
(c) A reduction in the number of truancy petitions that result in further proceedings by juvenile courts, other than dismissal of the petition, after the initial stay and diversion to a community engagement board;
(d) A reduction in the number of truancy petitions that result in a civil contempt proceeding or detention order; and
(e) Increased school attendance.
(2) No later than January 1, 2021, the Washington state institute for public policy is directed to evaluate the effectiveness of chapter 205, Laws of 2016. An initial report scoping of the methodology to be used to review chapter 205, Laws of 2016 shall be submitted to the fiscal committees of the legislature by January 1, 2018. The initial report must identify any data gaps that could hinder the ability of the institute to conduct its review.

[ 2021 c 119 § 12; 2016 c 205 § 17.]
NOTES:

Effective date—2021 c 119 §§ 7-15: See note following RCW 28A.225.030.


Findings—Intent—2021 c 119: See note following RCW 28A.225.007.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 28A - Common School Provisions

Chapter 28A.225 - Compulsory School Attendance and Admission.

28A.225.005 - Information for students and parents.

28A.225.007 - Student absence elimination and prevention—Guidance from the superintendent of public instruction.

28A.225.010 - Attendance mandatory—Age—Exceptions.

28A.225.015 - Attendance mandatory—Six or seven year olds—Unexcused absences—Petition.

28A.225.018 - Conferences to identify barriers to child's school attendance.

28A.225.020 - School's duties upon child's failure to attend school.

28A.225.023 - Youth subject to a dependency proceeding—Review of unexpected or excessive absences—Support for youth's school work.

28A.225.025 - Community engagement boards—Membership—Duties.

28A.225.026 - Community engagement boards—Memoranda of understanding with juvenile courts—Designation of school district coordinators to address absenteeism and truancy—Community-wide partnerships.

28A.225.0261 - Community engagement boards—Effect of diversion from truancy petitions—Evaluation by Washington state institute for public policy—Reports.

28A.225.027 - Community engagement boards—Grants for training—Grants for services and treatment.

28A.225.030 - Petition to juvenile court for violations by a parent or child—School district responsibilities.

28A.225.031 - Alcohol or controlled substances testing—Authority to order.

28A.225.035 - Petition to juvenile court—Contents—Court action—Referral to community engagement board or other coordinated intervention—Transfer of jurisdiction upon relocation.

28A.225.055 - Excused absences—Search and rescue activities.

28A.225.060 - Custody and disposition of child absent from school without excuse.

28A.225.080 - Employment permits.

28A.225.090 - Court orders—Penalties—Parents' defense.

28A.225.095 - Authority of court commissioners and family law commissioners to hear cases under this chapter.

28A.225.110 - Fines applied to support of schools.

28A.225.140 - Enforcing officers not personally liable for costs.

28A.225.151 - Student-level truancy data—Reports—Data protocols and guidance for school districts.

28A.225.155 - Condensed compliance reports—Second-class districts.

28A.225.160 - Qualification for admission to district's schools—Fees for preadmission screening.

28A.225.170 - Admission to schools—Children on United States reservations—Idaho residents with Washington addresses.

28A.225.200 - Education of pupils in another district—Limitation as to state apportionment—Exemption.

28A.225.210 - Admission of district pupils tuition free.

28A.225.215 - Enrollment of children without legal residences.

28A.225.216 - Children of military families—Residency.

28A.225.217 - Children of military families—Continued enrollment in district schools.

28A.225.220 - Adults, children from other districts, agreements for attending school—Tuition.

28A.225.225 - Applications from school employees' children, nonresident students, or students receiving home-based instruction to attend district school—Acceptance and rejection standards—Notification.

28A.225.230 - Appeal from certain decisions to deny student's request to attend nonresident district—Procedure.

28A.225.240 - Apportionment credit.

28A.225.250 - Cooperative programs among school districts—Rules.

28A.225.260 - Reciprocity exchanges with other states.

28A.225.270 - Intradistrict enrollment options policies.

28A.225.280 - Transfer students' eligibility for extracurricular activities.

28A.225.290 - Enrollment options information booklet (as amended by 2009 c 450).

28A.225.300 - Enrollment options information to parents.

28A.225.310 - Attendance in school district of choice—Impact on existing cooperative arrangements.

28A.225.330 - Enrolling students from other districts—Requests for information and permanent records—Immunity from liability—Rules.

28A.225.350 - Students subject to a dependency proceeding—Best interest determinations.

28A.225.360 - Students in out-of-home care—School districts and the department of children, youth, and families collaboration.

28A.225.370 - Students subject to civil protection orders.

28A.225.900 - Rules.