SENATE BILL REPORT
SB
6216
As Passed Senate, February 10, 1996
Title: An act relating to state board of education office staff.
Brief Description: Changing state board of education staff provisions.
Sponsors: Senator McAuliffe; by request of Board of Education and Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Brief History:
Committee Activity: Education: 1/18/96, 1/19/96 [DP].
Passed Senate, 2/10/96, 48-0.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Majority Report: Do pass.
Signed by Senators McAuliffe, Chair; Goings, Vice Chair; Finkbeiner, Hochstatter, Johnson, Pelz and Rasmussen.
Staff: Susan Mielke (786-7422)
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 of Bill: 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.
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Not requested.
Effective Date: Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.
Testimony For: This bill clarifies the authority of the State Board of Education to appoint its staff. A similar bill passed the Legislature last year but it contained a technical error so the State Board requested the Governor to veto that bill.
Testimony Against: None.
Testified: Kathleen Anderson, State Board of Education (pro).