FINAL BILL REPORT

                   SB 6216

                           C 25 L 96

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Changing state board of education staff provisions.

Sponsors:  Senator McAuliffe; by request of Board of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Senate Committee on Education

House Committee on Education

Background:  Under current law, the State Board of Education  is authorized to appoint only an "ex officio secretary" to keep a record of the board's proceedings.  Other staff assisting the State Board have been employed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Summary:  The State Board of Education may appoint an executive director, who also must serve as the board's secretary.  The board may also appoint other staff to support the duties of the board, including duties delegated to the board by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The executive director and other staff appointed by the board and designated by the superintendent are exempt from civil service.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction must employ the executive director and other staff appointed by the State Board if state funds are appropriated.  Compensation and termination of these employees must be approved by the State Board of Education.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate    48 0

House     95 0

Effective:  June 6, 1996