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The Safe Schools/Bullying Act, SHB 1444 was enacted in 2002. It requires every school district to adopt or amend its harassment polices by August of 2003 to meet new legal standards.
This explanation of what SHB 1444 does and doesn't do was written by Dave Horn, Assistant Washington State Attorney General: Myths & Facts About The Bullying / Safe Schools Bill (pdf file)
Also see:
Washington State Legislature: http://www.leg.wa.gov/wsladm/
Find out who your legislators are: http://dfind.leg.wa.gov/
Senate Education Committee: http://www.leg.wa.gov/senate/scs/edu/
House Education Committee: http://www.leg.wa.gov/house/opr/educcomm.htm
League of Women Voters: http://www.scn.org/civic/lwvseattle/
University of Washington School of Social Work, Policy Watch: http://depts.washington.edu/sswweb/policywatch.html
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