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SB5271 • 2026
Requiring school districts of the first class to employ a school nurse.
This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.
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School nurse requirement
By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
School nurse requirement
AN ACT Relating to requiring school districts of the first class 1 to employ a school nurse; and amending RCW 28A.210.300.2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:3 Sec. 1. RCW 28A.210.300 and 1975 c 43 s 20 are each amended to 4 read as follows: 5 (1) The board of directors of any school district of the second 6 class, as provided in RCW 28A.300.065, may employ a regularly 7 licensed physician ((or a licensed public health nurse )), a 8 registered nurse, or an advanced registered nurse practitioner for 9 the purpose of protecting the health of the ((children)) students in 10 said district. 11 (2)(a) The board of directors of any school district of the first 12 class, as provided in RCW 28A.300.065, must employ a school nurse for 13 the purpose of protecting the health of the students in said 14 district.15 (b) For the purposes of this subsection, "school nurse" means a 16 registered nurse or an advanced registered nurse practitioner who 17 holds a valid educational staff associate certificate for school 18 nurses.19 --- END --- S-0567.1 SENATE BILL 5271 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senators Wellman, Slatter, Nobles, Shewmake, and Valdez Read first time 01/15/25. Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education. p. 1 SB 5271