Makes a number of changes to current law governing sex offenders. This act also requires school districts to develop or amend and adopt a policy to ensure the health and safety of all staff and students in schools where student sex offenders are enrolled. This act requires schools to designate one person to serve as the primary contact regarding student sex offenders, and to develop an individual student safety plan for any student sex offenders at the school.   Official Text and Analysis.

Removes DSHS from receiving notice of a change in risk level as the Juvenile Rehabilitation Association no longer assigned risk levels outside of the End of Sentence Review Committee. Signed written notice of travel outside the country must be sent by certified mail or provided in person. The requirement to register when an offender is placed on partial confinement is limited to offenders in the custody of DOC.

Removes an erroneous date reference. The date differentiation only applies to the failure to register.

Provides that a sex offender must be classified as: Level I - if the person's risk assessment and other relevant factors indicate that the person is a low-risk offender within the community at large; Level II - if the person's risk assessment and other relevant factors indicate that the person is a moderate-risk offender within the community at large; or Level III - if the person's risk assessment and other relevant factors indicate that the person is a high-risk offender within the community at large. A person required to register as a sex offender who intends to travel outside the United States must notify the county sheriff at least 21 days prior to travel. The county sheriff must notify the United States Marshals Service as soon as practicable after receipt of the notification. A person is guilty of the crime of refusal to provide DNA if the person has a duty to register and refuses to comply with a request for a DNA sample as required by law. The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction must publish on its website educational materials for parents and other interested family members in recognizing characteristics of sex offenders and preventing victimization. Each school district must develop their own policies in how to manage enrolled students who are required to register as sex or kidnapping. Each school must designate a primary contact for law enforcement and must develop individual student safety plans for any enrolled student who is required to register as a sex or kidnapping offender. A number of other changes are made that close various loopholes or provide clarification with regard to sex offender registration and notification.

Removes the criminal penalties for refusal to provide a DNA sample; (2) requires that a public request for information about a level I sex offender be made in writing; (3) requires that a risk assessment tool used by local law enforcement agencies in scoring sex offenders be empirically validated or generally accepted and that the staff scoring the tool be trained; (4) removes the requirement that registered sex offenders notify the county sheriff before travelling outside the United States; and (5) removes the provisions which regulate district and school policies relating to students required to register as sex offenders.