RCW 72.40.230
Staff orientation and training.
(1) The *state school for the deaf and the state school for the blind shall ensure that all staff, within two months of beginning employment, complete a minimum of fifteen hours of job orientation which shall include, but is not limited to, presentation of the standard operating procedures manual for each school, describing all policies and procedures specific to the school.
(2) The *state school for the deaf and the state school for the blind shall ensure that all new staff receive thirty-two hours of job specific training within ninety days of employment which shall include, but is not limited to, promoting and protecting student personal safety. All staff shall receive thirty-two hours of ongoing training in these areas every two years.
[ 2000 c 125 § 4.]
NOTES:
*Reviser's note: The "state school for the deaf" was abolished pursuant to 2009 c 381 § 11 and powers, duties, and functions were transferred to the Washington state center for childhood deafness and hearing loss. The "Washington state center for childhood deafness and hearing loss" was renamed the "Washington center for deaf and hard of hearing youth" by 2019 c 266 § 1.
Conflict with federal requirements—2000 c 125: See note following RCW 72.40.200.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 72.40 - State Schools for Blind, Deaf, Sensory Handicapped.
72.40.010 - Schools established—Purpose—Direction.
72.40.015 - Center for deaf and hard of hearing youth—Functions.
72.40.019 - Center for deaf and hard of hearing youth—Appointment of director—Qualifications.
72.40.0191 - Center for deaf and hard of hearing youth—Director's powers and duties.
72.40.020 - State school for the blind—Appointment of superintendent—Qualifications.
72.40.022 - Superintendent of the state school for the blind—Powers and duties.
72.40.024 - Superintendents and director—Additional powers and duties.
72.40.028 - Teachers' qualifications—Salaries—Provisional certification.
72.40.031 - School year—School term—Legal holidays—Use of schools.
72.40.040 - Who may be admitted.
72.40.050 - Admission of nonresidents.
72.40.060 - Duty of school districts.
72.40.070 - Duty of educational service districts.
72.40.090 - Weekend transportation—Expense.
72.40.110 - Employees' hours of labor.
72.40.120 - Center for deaf and hard of hearing youth—School for the blind—Appropriations.
72.40.200 - Safety of students and protection from child abuse and neglect.
72.40.210 - Reports to parents—Requirement.
72.40.220 - Behavior management policies, procedures, and techniques.
72.40.230 - Staff orientation and training.
72.40.240 - Residential staffing requirement.
72.40.260 - Protection from child abuse and neglect—Student instruction.
72.40.270 - Protection from sexual victimization—Policy.
72.40.290 - Center for deaf and hard of hearing youth account.