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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3443

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senator Talmadge

Read first time 1/30/85 and referred to Committee on Education.

AN ACT Relating to school districts; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.41 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.41 RCW to read as follows:

          A school district with an elementary school in which fewer than two hundred fifty full time equivalent students are enrolled shall not use funds allocated for basic education to employ a full time principal in that school.  A school district may delegate supervisory duties to a certificated person teaching in such school and compensate that person for the extra duties under rules adopted by the superintendent of public instruction.