H-2234.1
HOUSE BILL 1922
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session
By Representatives Couture, McClintock, Christian, Leavitt, Rude,
Schmidt, Waters, Connors, Barnard, Callan, Rule, Cheney, Sandlin,
Harris, Riccelli, Pollet, Davis, and Griffey
Prefiled 12/11/23. Read first time 01/08/24. Referred to Committee
on Education.
1 AN ACT Relating to establishing a grant program for the purchase
2 and installation of vape detectors in public schools; and adding a
3 new section to chapter 28A.210 RCW.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
5 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 28A.210
6 RCW to read as follows:
7 (1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this
8 specific purpose, the office of the superintendent of public
9 instruction, in consultation with the department of health, shall
10 establish and administer a grant program to provide funds to school
11 districts for the purchase and installation of vape detectors in
12 public schools.
13 (2)(a) Applications for grant funds must be made on forms
14 developed by the office of the superintendent of public instruction.
15 Grant funds awarded under this section must be to school districts
16 demonstrating a need for the detectors based on data from the healthy
17 youth survey or other statewide or local data sources for student
18 health practices or trends.
19 (b) Grant applicants must identify resources or programs of the
20 school district that may be combined with grant funds to increase
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 1 student knowledge about the health hazards associated with using
2 vapor products.
3 (3) School districts that receive a grant under this section:
4 (a) Must provide annual information to the office of the
5 superintendent of public instruction assessing the effectiveness of
6 the detectors and other health promotion measures of the school
7 district in reducing the student use of vapor products on school
8 properties. The requirement to provide annual information under this
9 subsection expires if the detector is removed or replaced using funds
10 not provided under this section; and
11 (b) May reapply for grant funds in subsequent years or award
12 cycles.
13 (4) For the purposes of this section, "school district" includes
14 school districts, charter schools established under chapter 28A.710
15 RCW, and state-tribal education compact schools subject to chapter
16 28A.715 RCW.
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