RCW 28A.225.055
Excused absences—Search and rescue activities.
The legislature finds that state-recognized search and rescue activities, as defined in chapter 38.52 RCW and the rules interpreting the chapter, are recognized as activities deserving of excuse from school. Therefore, the legislature strongly encourages that excused absences be granted to students for up to five days each year to participate in search and rescue activities, subject to approval by the student's parent and the principal of the student's school, and provided that the activities do not cause a serious adverse effect upon the student's educational progress.
[ 2002 c 214 § 1.]
Structure 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.225.010 - 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.225.025 - Community engagement boards—Membership—Duties.
28A.225.027 - Community engagement boards—Grants for training—Grants for services and treatment.
28A.225.031 - Alcohol or controlled substances testing—Authority to order.
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.225.110 - 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.225.210 - 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.225.240 - 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.225.350 - Students subject to a dependency proceeding—Best interest determinations.