FINAL BILL REPORT

                 SHB 2311

                         C 202 L 96

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Eliminating six‑year terms of office for school board directors.

Sponsors:  By House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Brumsickle and Regala).

House Committee on Education

Senate Committee on Education

Background:  Most school districts elect members of school boards of directors to four-year terms.  Spokane, Everett, and Tacoma school districts elect members of boards of directors for six-year terms.

Summary:  School district boards of directors that currently have six-year terms of office may reduce the length of the terms of office from six to four years.  The reduction in the length of the term of office must not affect the term of office of any incumbent director without his or her consent.  Future elections of school directors must be appropriately staggered.

Votes on Final Passage:

House     97 0

Senate    48 0 (Senate amended)

House     94 0 (House concurred)

Effective:  June 6, 1996