Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 42.56.320 (2026)

Educational information

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The following educational information is exempt from disclosure under this chapter:

(1) Financial disclosures filed by private vocational schools under chapters 28B.85 and 28C.10 RCW;

(2) Financial and commercial information supplied by or on behalf of a person, firm, corporation, or entity under chapter 28B.95 RCW relating to the purchase or sale of tuition units and contracts for the purchase of multiple tuition units;

(3) Individually identifiable information received by the workforce training and education coordinating board for research or evaluation purposes;

(4) Except for public records as defined in RCW 40.14.010, any records or documents obtained by a state college, university, library, or archive through or concerning any gift, grant, conveyance, bequest, or devise, the terms of which restrict or regulate public access to those records or documents; and

(5) The annual declaration of intent filed by parents under RCW 28A.200.010 for a child to receive home-based instruction.

[ 2009 c 191 s 1; 2005 c 274 s 412.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2018–2021 · leading case: Arthur West v. Tesc Bd. Of Trs., 414 P.3d 614 (Wash. Ct. App. 2018).

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Arthur West v. Tesc Bd. Of Trs., 414 P.3d 614 (Wash. Ct. App. 2018). “Agencies “shall make available for public inspection and copying all public records, unless the record falls within the specific exemptions of .”

Erasmus Baxter V. W. Washington Univ. (Wash. Ct. App. 2021). “Specifically, in 2009, the legislature enacted RCW 42.56.320, the “educational information” section of the PRA, which references Title 28B, “higher education provisions,” and Title 28A, “common school provisions.”

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