RCW 28A.305.135Rule making—School district fiscal impact statement required—Exceptions.(1) The state board of education must provide a school district fiscal impact statement prepared by the office of the superintendent of public instruction with the published notice of a rule-making hearing required under RCW 34.05.320 on rules proposed by the board. At the rule-making hearing, the board must also hear a presentation from the office of the superintendent of public instruction and take public testimony on the fiscal impact statement. A copy of the fiscal impact statement must be forwarded to the education committees of the legislature.(2) The office of the superintendent of public instruction must solicit fiscal impact estimates from a representative sample of school districts across the state when preparing a fiscal impact statement.(3) This section does not apply to the following rules:(a) Emergency rules adopted under RCW 34.05.350;(b) Rules adopting or incorporating by reference without material change federal statutes or regulations, Washington state statutes, or rules of other Washington state agencies;(c) Rules that adopt, amend, or repeal a procedure or practice related without material change federal statutes or regulations, Washington state statutes, or rules of other Washington state agencies;(c) Rules that adopt, amend, or repeal a procedure or practice related only to the operation of the state board of education and not to any external parties;(d) Rules that only correct typographical errors, make address or name changes, or clarify language of a rule without changing its effect; or(e) Rules the content of which is explicitly and specifically dictated by statute.[ 2012 c 210 s 1.]
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