WSR 20-14-038
PERMANENT RULES
SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
[Filed June 25, 2020, 9:19 a.m., effective July 26, 2020]
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: This rule making concerns the appointed regional committee tasked with decision-making regarding school district boundaries. The regional committee members are appointed by an educational service district superintendent and is made up of nine members serving a four-year term, appointed in even-numbered years. Appointment year is staggered between odd-numbered positions (1, 3, 5, 7, 9) and even-numbered positions (2, 4, 6, 8). This rule making amends WAC 392-340-336(2) to include position five for the regional committee. Position five was inadvertently excluded in the list of regional committee member positions.
Citation of Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 392-340-336.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 20-07-009 on March 5, 2020.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at the Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: June 24, 2020.
Chris P.S. Reykdal
Superintendent of Public Instruction
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 09-03-053, filed 1/13/09, effective 2/13/09)
WAC 392-340-336Regional committee members—Position numbers—Appointments—Terms of office.
(1) Regional committee members shall be appointed by the educational service district boards of directors in accordance with RCW
28A.315.105.
(2) Regional committee member position numbers shall be assigned by the educational service district superintendent. Regional committee member positions one, three,
five, seven, and nine shall serve terms staggered with positions two, four, six, and eight. Each position shall correspond to an educational service district director districts determined pursuant to chapter
28A.310 RCW.
(3) Regular appointments of regional committee members shall be made in even-numbered years for four-year terms.
(4) Appointments to fill vacancies occurring during a term shall be made as soon as possible and shall be for the remainder of the original term.
(5) Each committee member must reside in the director district for which the appointment is made.