CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        SENATE BILL 6216

 

 

                    Chapter 25, Laws of 1996

 

 

                        54th Legislature

                      1996 Regular Session

 

 

             STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION OFFICE STAFF

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/6/96

Passed by the Senate February 10, 1996

  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

 

 

 

            JOEL PRITCHARD

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House February 26, 1996

  YEAS 95   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6216 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

             MARTY BROWN

                            Secretary

 

 

Approved March 7, 1996 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

                                FILED          

 

 

           March 7, 1996 - 10:15 a.m.

 

 

 

              MIKE LOWRY

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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

 

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.


    Passed the Senate February 10, 1996.

    Passed the House February 26, 1996.

Approved by the Governor March 7, 1996.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 7, 1996.