BILL REQ. #:  Z-0542.1 

Read first time 02/11/2005.   Referred to Committee on Education.

     AN ACT Relating to providing voting rights on the state board of education to the superintendent of public instruction; and amending RCW 28A.305.100.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 28A.305.100 and 1982 c 160 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     The state board of education annually shall ((annually)) elect a president and vice president and other officers as the board may determine. The superintendent of public instruction shall be an ex officio member and the chief executive officer of the board. ((As such ex officio member)) The superintendent shall have the right to vote ((only when there is a question before the board upon which no majority opinion has been reached among the board members present and voting thereon and the superintendent's vote is essential for action thereon)) on all matters before the board. The superintendent, as chief executive officer of the board, shall furnish all necessary record books and forms for its use, and shall represent the board in directing the work of school inspection.