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1996 Washington Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1996)

handle is hein.sag/sagwa0107 and id is 1 raw text is: Christine 0. Gregoire                                 Attorney General of Washington
SUPERIOR COURTS--DISTRICT COURTS--JUVENILE COURTS--PUBLIC RECORDS--
SCHOOLS--TRUANCY--CONFIDENTIALITY OF JUVENILE COURT RECORDS IN
TRUANCY CASES.
The records of a juvenile court in a truancy case are confidential
and not available for public inspection and copying, with the
limited exceptions listed in RCW 13.50.010 and 13.50.100.
January 31, 1996
The Honorable Mary C. McQueen
Administrator for the Courts
P.O. Box 41170                                   Cite as:
Olympia, WA 98504-1170                           AGO 1996 No. 1
Dear Ms. McQueen:
By letter previously acknowledged, you have asked for our
opinion on the following question:
Are superior court clerks and juvenile courts required by
law to treat as confidential the pleadings and other
records of truancy cases?
For the reasons stated in the analysis below, we answer your
question in the affirmative.
ANALYSIS
As your letter states, your question is prompted by the
enactment of chapter 312, Laws of 1995, a comprehensive bill
dealing with non-offender at-risk youth and their families.
Sections 68 and 69 of chapter 312 revise the laws concerning
truancy, and specifically direct school districts to file truancy
petitions with the juvenile court on any student with more than
five unexcused absences from school in a month or ten unexcused
absences in a school year.' As a result of this legislation, you
anticipate an increase in the truancy cases in the juvenile courts,
Section 68, chapter 312, Laws of 1995, is an amendment to RCW
28A.225.030. Section 69 is a new section which has been codified
as RCW 28A.225.035.
Attorney General of Washington
Post Office Box 40100
Olympia WA 98504-0100
Phone: (206) 753-6200

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