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                            SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5807

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State of Washington              54th Legislature             1995 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Senator McAuliffe)

Read first time 03/01/95.

Allowing school boards to distribute public surveys for limited purposes.

     AN ACT Relating to school district public surveys; and amending RCW 28A.320.090.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

     Sec. 1.  RCW 28A.320.090 and 1969 ex.s. c 283 s 11 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The board of directors of any school district shall have authority to authorize the expenditure of funds for the purpose of:

(a) Preparing and distributing information to the general public to explain the instructional program, operation and maintenance of the schools of the district((:  PROVIDED, That nothing contained herein));

(b) Determining public concerns and opinions regarding the instructional program and the operation and maintenance of the schools of the district; and

(c) Providing public opinion data to the board to assist its decisions about holding elections on particular funding measures.

(2) This section shall not be construed to authorize preparation and distribution of information or inquiries to the general public for the purpose of influencing the outcome of a school district election.

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