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Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.150.020 (2026)

Common schools

✓ current as of May 2026 Cite as: Wash. Rev. Code § 28A.150.020 (2026)
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"Common schools" means schools maintained at public expense in each school district and carrying on a program from kindergarten through the twelfth grade or any part thereof including vocational educational courses otherwise permitted by law.
[ 1969 ex.s. c 223 s 28A.01.060. Prior: 1909 c 97 p 261 s 1, part; RRS s 4680, part; prior: 1897 c 118 s 64, part; 1890 p 371 s 44, part. Formerly RCW 28A.01.060, 28.58.190, part, 28.01.060.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2021 · leading case: State v. Hirschfelder
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State v. Hirschfelder (2010) wash · cites it 2× “093(3) (citing RCW 28A.150.020; ch. 28A.195 RCW). Hirschfelder *550 argues that the statute therefore does not apply to non-K-12 employees who interact with registered students through programs like Running Start, such as community college employees.”
State v. Hirschfelder (2010) wash · cites it 3× “(3) For the purposes of this section, "school employee" means an employee of a common school defined in RCW 28A.150.020, or a grade kindergarten through twelve employee of a private school under chapter 28A.”
State of Washington v. Kevin Arther Peters (2019) washctapp “; RCW 28A.150.020. Particularly because this is a mandatory condition that uses the statutorily defined term “community protection zone,” whose definition relies, in turn, on the statutorily defined terms “private school” and “public school,” the condition is not vague.”
State v. Becker (1997) wash “435(a), YEP is an "institution of learning" with a "curriculum below the college or university level" which is "maintained at public expense," thus meeting the definition of school under RCW 28A.”
State v. Becker (1997) wash “435(a), YEP is an "institution of learning” with a "curriculum below the college or university level” which is "maintained at public expense,” thus meeting the definition of school under RCW 28A.150.010. YEP is funded and directed by the Seattle School District and provides…”
Tunstall Ex Rel. Tunstall v. Bergeson (2000) wash “Finding that the special education act creates an exception for individuals not "within the common school system," we must now determine whether the inmates fall under that exception.”
State v. Becker (1996) washctapp · cites it 2× “RCW 28A.150.020. Defendants contend that YEP must be a "common school” and that common schools are "further defined” by statutes and administrative rules setting out various requirements such as reciting the pledge of allegiance, celebrating Temperance Day, and offering specific…”
State v. Vasquez (1995) washctapp “]” RCW 28A.150.020. Contrary to Vasquez’s assertion, the use of the term "program” rather than "school” does not prohibit the YEP from being a school.”
Schlosser v. Bethel School District (2014) washctapp “RCW 28A.150.020. Common schools include public schools, such as Bethel High School.”
State v. Anderson (2021) wash “010 and “common school” under RCW 28A.150.020. “School bus” is defined as follows: “School bus” means a school bus as defined by the superintendent of public instruction by rule which is owned and operated by any school district and all school buses which are privately owned and…”
State v. Hirschfelder (2009) washctapp · cites it 2× “nder the age of eighteen to have, sexual intercourse with a registered student of the school who is at least sixteen years old and not married to the employee, if the employee is at least sixty months older than the student; or (c) the person is a foster parent who has, or…”
State v. Hirschfelder (2009) washctapp “093(3) states, “For the purposes of this section, ‘school employee’ means an employee of a common school defined in RCW 28A.150.020, or a grade kindergarten through twelve employee of a private school under chapter 28A.”
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