SB 6269 - DIGEST
(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB)

Requires a public school facilities element to implement in respect to public school facilities the goal established in RCW 36.70A.020(12). As provided in this provision, a county or city shall, in conjunction with each school district within whose boundaries any part of the county or city is located, establish level of service standards for public school facilities that serve the residential uses in the land use element and provide that the level of service standards will be achieved and maintained.

Provides that, to implement the public school facilities element, a county or city shall enter into an interlocal agreement with the board of directors of each school district within whose boundaries any part of the county or city is located to establish jointly the specific ways in which the plans and processes of the county or city and the school district are to be coordinated. The county and cities and the school district board of directors in each school district are encouraged to adopt a single interlocal agreement to which all join as parties.

Requires the public school facilities element to demonstrate that the comprehensive plan and development regulations necessary to implement the comprehensive plan provide that permanent public school facility space to serve enrollment generated by residential development at the adopted level of service will be located proximate to the development and will be in place at the time that the enrollment is projected.

Requires that the public school facilities element required in this act, including the interlocal agreement and any development regulations that implement the element, must be adopted no later than December 1, 2008, and submitted to the department for review according to the schedule adopted by the department.

Provides that, no later than December 1, 2008, the board of directors of each school district within whose boundaries is located any part of a county or city that is required or chooses to plan under RCW 36.70A.040 shall enter into an interlocal agreement with that county or city to establish jointly the specific ways in which the plans and processes of the county or city and the school district are to be coordinated. The school district board of directors and the county and cities in each school district are encouraged to adopt a single interlocal agreement to which all join as parties.