PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: January 16, 2004.
Purpose: The adopted amendment balances the right of citizens to seek a transfer of territory and the impacts on the district and other district residents.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending [new section] WAC 180-24-225.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 28A.315 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 03-23-031 on November 12, 2003.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 1, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making:
New 1,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
Pilot Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
or Other Alternative Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
Thirty-one days after filing.
January 31, 2004
Larry Davis
Executive Director
OTS-6777.1
NEW SECTION
WAC 180-24-225
Frequency of petitions -- Limitation.
(1)
The authority for this section is RCW 28A.315.195(4) which
authorizes the state board of education to establish rules
limiting the frequency of petitions that may be filed
pertaining to territory included in whole or in part in a
previous petition.
(2) An educational service district superintendent may not accept a petition to transfer territory if any portion of such territory was included in a previous petition brought before the regional committee, unless five years have expired since the date of final disposition of the previous petition.
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