5911 AMH ED H2591.1

SB 5911 - H COMM AMD ADOPTED 04/08/99

By Committee on Education

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.315 RCW to read as follows:

    Notwithstanding RCW 42.12.010(4), a school director elected from a director district may continue to serve as a director from the district even though the director no longer resides in the director district, but continues to reside in the school district, under the following conditions:

    (1) If, as a result of redrawing the director district boundaries, the director no longer resides in the director district, the director shall retain his or her position for the remainder of his or her term of office; and

    (2) If, as a result of the director changing his or her place of residence the director no longer resides in the director district, the director shall retain his or her position until a successor is elected and assumes office as follows:  (a) If the change in residency occurs after the opening of the regular filing period provided under RCW 29.15.020, in the year two years after the director was elected to office, the director shall remain in office for the remainder of his or her term of office; or (b) if the change in residency occurs prior to the opening of the regular filing period provided under RCW 29.15.020, in the year two years after the director was elected to office, the director shall remain in office until a successor assumes office who has been elected to serve the remainder of the unexpired term of office at the school district general election held in that year."

    Correct the title.

EFFECT:  School directors from director districts may move outside the director district but inside the school district and retain their offices for a time under three circumstances.

    School directors from director districts may remain in office for the remainder of their terms if, as a result of redistricting, their residences are placed outside the director districts.

    School directors from director districts who move into another residence in the school district may remain in office subject to two conditions.

    (1) School directors who move after the filing date for the upcoming regular election may serve out the remainder of their terms.

    (2) School directors who move before the filing date for the next regular election may serve until their successor is elected and assumes office.

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