CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 1176
Chapter 60, Laws of 1991
52nd Legislature
1991 Regular Session
SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS‑-VACANCIES
EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/28/91
Passed by the House February 15, 1991
Yeas 96 Nays 0
JOE KING
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 11, 1991
Yeas 43 Nays 0
JOEL PRITCHARD
President of the Senate
Approved May 3, 1991
BOOTH GARDNER
Governor of the State of Washington
CERTIFICATE
I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1176 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
ALAN THOMPSON Chief Clerk
FILED
May 3, 1991 - 9:55 a.m.
Secretary of State
State of Washington
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HOUSE BILL 1176
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Passed Legislature - 1991 Regular Session
State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Representatives Leonard, Holland, Peery, Brough, Cole, Forner, Rayburn, Vance, Brumsickle, Jones, Miller, Fuhrman, Phillips, Winsley, Paris and Betrozoff.
Read first time January 21, 1991. Referred to Committee on Education.
AN ACT Relating to school districts' boards of directors; and amending RCW 28A.315.530.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28A.315.530 and 1975 1st ex.s. c 275 s 100 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) In case of a vacancy from any cause on the board of directors of a school district other than a reconstituted board resulting from reorganized school districts, a majority of the legally established number of board members shall fill such vacancy by appointment: PROVIDED, That should there exist fewer board members on the board of directors of a school district than constitutes a majority of the legally established number of board members, the educational service district board members of the district in which the school district is located by the vote of a majority of its legally established number of board members shall appoint a sufficient number of board members to constitute a legal majority on the board of directors of such school district; and the remaining vacancies on such board of directors shall be filled by such board of directors in accordance with the provisions of this section: PROVIDED FURTHER, That should any board of directors for whatever reason fail to fill a vacancy within ninety days from the creation of such vacancy, the members of the educational service district board of the district in which the school district is located by majority vote shall fill such vacancy.
(2) Appointees to fill vacancies on boards of directors of school districts shall meet the requirements provided by law for school directors and shall serve until the next regular school district election, at which time a successor shall be elected for the unexpired term.
(3) If a vacancy will be created by a board member who has submitted a resignation, that board member may not vote on the selection of his or her replacement.