Washington Prohibit Physical Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Initiative (2020)

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Washington Prohibit Physical Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Initiative
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Election date
November 3, 2020
Topic
Education
Status
Not on the ballot
Type
State statute		Origin
Citizens

The Washington Prohibit Physical Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Initiative (#1676, 1677, 1683, 1684) was not on the ballot in Washington as an Initiative to the People, a type of initiated state statute, on November 3, 2020.

This initiative would have prohibited physical restraint and seclusion as punishment for children in schools.[1]

Text of measure

Full text

Path to the ballot

See also: Laws governing the initiative process in Washington

The state process

In Washington, the number of signatures required to qualify a directly initiated state statute—called an Initiative to the People in Washington—for the ballot is equal to 8 percent of the votes cast for the office of governor at the last regular gubernatorial election. Initial filings for direct initiatives cannot be made more than 10 months before the general election at which their proposal would be presented to voters. Signatures must be submitted at least four months prior to the general election.

The requirements to get an Initiative to the People certified for the 2020 ballot:

The secretary of state verifies the signatures using a random sample method. If the sample indicates that the measure has sufficient signatures, the measure is certified for the ballot. However, if the sample indicates that the measure has insufficient signatures, every signature is checked. Under Washington law, a random sample result may not invalidate a petition.

Details about this initiative

  • Richard Pope filed the two versions of the initiative, titled "Keeping All Students Safe Act" (#1676 and 1677) on January 7, 2020. Pope filed two additional versions (v3 and v4) on January 17, 2020.[1]
  • Proponents did not submit signatures for the initiative by the deadline on July 2, 2020.[1]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Washington Secretary of State, "Proposed Initiatives to the People - 2020," accessed January 15, 2020
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