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SENATE BILL 6216
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Passed Legislature - 1996 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1996
Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/09/96. Referred to Committee
on Education.
Changing state board of education
staff provisions.
AN ACT Relating to
state board of education office staff; and amending RCW 28A.305.110 and
28A.300.020.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28A.305.110 and 1990
c 33 s 265 are each amended to read as follows:
The state board of
education ((shall)) may appoint ((some person to be ex officio
secretary of said board who shall not be entitled to a vote in its proceedings))
an executive director who shall also serve as secretary of the board. The
state board of education may also appoint other state board office assistants
and clerical persons to perform duties in support of the activities of the
state board and such other duties including duties involving supervision over
matters pertaining to the public schools as the superintendent of public
instruction may delegate to the state board. The secretary shall keep a
correct record of board proceedings((, which shall be kept in the office of
the superintendent of public instruction. He or she shall also)) and,
upon request, furnish to ((interested school officials)) any person
a copy of such proceedings. The executive director, his or her confidential
secretary, and administrative assistants in the offices of the state board of
education and superintendent of public instruction designated by the
superintendent are exempt from civil service, together with other staff as now
or hereafter designated as exempt in accordance with chapter 41.06 RCW.
Sec. 2. RCW 28A.300.020 and 1969
ex.s. c 223 s 28A.03.020 are each amended to read as follows:
The superintendent of
public instruction may appoint assistant superintendents of public instruction,
a deputy superintendent of public instruction, and may employ such other assistants
and clerical help as are necessary to carry out the duties of the
superintendent and the state board of education. However, the
superintendent shall employ without undue delay the executive director of the
state board of education and other state board of education office assistants
and clerical help, appointed by the state board under RCW 28A.305.110, whose
positions are allotted and funded in accordance with moneys appropriated
exclusively for the operation of the state board of education. The rate of
compensation and termination of any such executive director, state board office
assistants, and clerical help shall be subject to the prior consent of the
state board of education. The assistant superintendents, deputy
superintendent, and such other officers and employees as are exempted from the
provisions of chapter 41.06 RCW, shall serve at the pleasure of the
superintendent or at the pleasure of the superintendent and the state board
of education as provided in this section. Expenditures by the superintendent
of public instruction for direct and indirect support of the state board of
education are valid operational expenditures by and in behalf of the office of
the superintendent of public instruction.
