BILL REQ. #:  S-3680.1 

Read first time 01/09/2006.   Referred to Committee on Early Learning, K-12 & Higher Education.

     AN ACT Relating to school districts with an enrollment of less than three thousand students; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.320 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 28A.320 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) All school districts with a student enrollment of less than three thousand students are exempt from all state statutes and rules applicable to school districts and school district boards of directors except as provided in this section.
     (2) All such school districts may elect to comply with one or more provisions of the statutes or rules that are applicable to school districts and school district boards of directors.
     (3) All such school directors shall:
     (a) Comply with state and federal health, safety, and civil rights laws applicable to school districts;
     (b) Participate in the elementary, middle school, and high school standards and assessment examinations as required in RCW 28A.655.061;
     (c) Employ instructional staff certificated in accordance with rules adopted under RCW 28A.410.010, but may hire noncertificated instructional staff of unusual competence and in exceptional cases as provided for in RCW 28A.150.260(3)(a);
     (d) Comply with the employee record check requirements in RCW 28A.400.303;
     (e) Be subject to the same financial and audit requirements as other school districts;
     (f) Comply with the annual school performance report under RCW 28A.655.110;
     (g) Comply with the open public meetings act in chapter 42.30 RCW; and
     (h) Comply with chapters 41.56, 41.58, and 41.59 RCW.