This bill amends RCW 28A.605.005 to expand and enumerate parental and legal guardian rights in Washington public schools and to add related procedural rules. It revises who may access and inspect education records (defined to include cumulative folders, attendance, academic work, evaluations, disciplinary status, test protocols, and IEPs), requires records to be provided within a reasonable period but no more than 45 days, prohibits charges for inspection or search/retrieval, allows reasonable copying fees set by policy, and permits schools to verify requestors without requiring in-person appearance. It also requires prompt parental notification in specified criminal incidents on school property and when law enforcement conducts a custodial interrogation of a student at school, establishes opt-out rights for certain surveys and comprehensive sexual health education, requires annual posting/provision of the school calendar and notices about fees, dress codes, and language access, preserves anti-discrimination protections, provides academic progress and testing notices and meeting rights, preserves enrollment rights for certain transfers and nonresidents, and allows parents to file harassment/intimidation/bullying complaints. The bill also addresses special education procedures: parents may appeal to the superintendent of public instruction under RCW 28A.155.080 if denied special education placement, and may access due process hearings under RCW 28A.155.020. It limits release of a student’s health care, social work, counseling, or disciplinary records to a parent or guardian who is the defendant in a criminal proceeding naming the student as victim or who is the target of a law enforcement or child protective investigation, unless a court order is obtained. The act states that it does not create a private right of action. This is an amendment to existing law creating and clarifying parental rights and procedural requirements; it does not create new crimes or change criminal penalties. The act is declared an emergency and takes effect immediately. Important text is missing from the provided excerpts (the bill truncates mid-list and omits the emergency declaration language and some revised or struck-through passages), so some specific wording changes and the full scope of amendments cannot be confirmed from these facts alone.

If enacted, parents would have broader, specific rights to see and be told about their child’s school information and activities: schools must produce education records within 45 days, allow inspection at no charge, post and provide an annual calendar and notices about fees, dress codes, language access, testing and attendance, notify parents immediately about crimes or custodial questioning at school (with certain exceptions), and let parents opt their children out of specified surveys and sexual health lessons. Practically, public schools and districts will face more routine work and modest new costs for timely mailings, website postings, record copying and staff time to process requests, plus a likely increase in meetings, appeals and special-education hearings; law enforcement and child welfare agencies will see constrained information sharing when a parent is the subject of a criminal or abuse investigation unless a court order is obtained. The act takes effect immediately, so districts would need to begin complying right away, increasing short-term implementation pressure. Some important details are missing from the provided text (a truncated special education information provision and the full emergency declaration language), so the exact scope and procedural steps for certain rights and exceptions are unclear from these excerpts.