CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1256

 

 

Chapter 182, Laws of 2001

 

 

57th Legislature

2001 Regular Session

 

 

EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICTS‑‑SUPERINTENDENT REVIEW COMMITTEES

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/22/01

 

Passed by the House March 9, 2001

  Yeas 98   Nays 0

 

 

FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate April 11, 2001

  Yeas 45   Nays 0

 

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

 

 

CERTIFICATE

 

We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co‑Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1256 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

CYNTHIA ZEHNDER

Chief Clerk

 

 

 

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

Chief Clerk

 

Approved May 7, 2001

 

 

 

 

 

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

 

 

FILED

 

May 7, 2001 ‑ 1:24 p.m.

 

 

 

 

Secretary of State

State of Washington

 


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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1256

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Passed Legislature ‑ 2001 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Cox, Haigh, Fromhold, Schoesler and Hunt)

 

READ FIRST TIME 02/20/01. 

Regarding educational service districts' superintendent review committees.    


    AN ACT Relating to educational service districts' superintendent review committees; and amending RCW 28A.310.170.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 28A.310.170 and 1985 c 341 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) Every educational service district board shall employ and set the salary of an educational service district superintendent who shall be employed by a written contract for a term to be fixed by the board, but not to exceed three years, and who may be discharged for sufficient cause.

    (2) There is hereby established within each educational service district an educational service district superintendent review committee.  Such review committee shall be composed of a subcommittee of the board, two school district superintendents from within the educational service district selected by the educational service district board, and a representative of the state superintendent of public instruction selected by the state superintendent of public instruction.

    (3) Prior to the employment by the educational service district board of a new educational service district superintendent, the review committee shall screen all applicants against the established qualifications for the position and recommend to the board a list of three or more candidates.  The educational service district board shall either select the new superintendent from the list of three or more candidates ((or shall)), ask the review committee to add additional names to the list, or reject the entire list and ((request)) ask the review committee to submit three or more additional candidates((, and)) for consideration.  The educational service district board shall repeat this process until a superintendent is selected.


    Passed the House March 9, 2001.

    Passed the Senate April 11, 2001.

Approved by the Governor May 7, 2001.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 7, 2001.