09-16-144

WSR 09-16-144

PERMANENT RULES

SUPERINTENDENT OF

PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

[ Filed August 5, 2009, 11:47 a.m. , effective September 5, 2009 ]

     Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: The revised rule changes procedures for securing parental consent as a condition for administering certain student surveys. The revision creates a unified procedure for administering student surveys.

     Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 392-500-030.

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 28A.150.070 and 28A.150.290.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 09-13-070 on June 16, 2009.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: July 24, 2009.

Randy I. Dorn

Superintendent of

Public Instruction

OTS-2485.1

AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 06-14-009, filed 6/22/06, effective 6/22/06)

WAC 392-500-030   Pupil tests and records -- Certain tests, questionnaires, etc. -- Limitations.   No written or oral test, questionnaire, survey, or examination shall be used to elicit the personal beliefs or practices of a student or his parents as to ((sex or)) religion except with the written consent of parent or guardian.

[Statutory Authority: 2006 c 263. 06-14-009, recodified as § 392-500-030, filed 6/22/06, effective 6/22/06; Order 10-69, § 180-52-030, filed 12/5/69.]