FINAL BILL REPORT

                 EHB 1177

                          C 61 L 91

                     Synopsis As Enacted

Brief Description:  Clarifying school district boards of directors' responsibilities.

By Representatives Holland, Leonard, Peery, Brough, Jones and Winsley.

House Committee on Education

Senate Committee on Education

Background:  Each school board has the authority and the responsibility to set policies regarding the content and extent of the educational program offered.

School boards have a specific list of responsibilities.  In listing the school board responsibilities, statute recites that "it shall be the responsibility of each common school district board of directors, acting through its respective administrative staff, to" (underline added) perform the specified responsibilities.  There has been litigation over the division of responsibilities between a school board and its administrative staff.

Summary:  The phrase "acting through its respective administrative staff" is deleted, and the school board is required to adopt policies with respect to each of its listed responsibilities.

Votes on Final Passage:

House  96   0

Senate 45   0

Effective:    July 28, 1991