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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6452

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Senators von Reichbauer, Gaspard, McDonald, Newhouse and Lee

Read first time 1/12/90 and referred to Committee on  Ways & Means.

AN ACT Relating to the school district employee leave sharing program; and amending RCW 28A.58.0991.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 6, chapter 93, Laws of 1989 and RCW 28A.58.0991 are each amended to read as follows:

          Every school district board of directors and educational service district superintendent may, in accordance with RCW 41.04.650 through 41.04.665, establish and administer an annual leave sharing program for their certificated and noncertificated employees. For employees of school districts and educational service districts, the superintendent of public instruction shall adopt standards: (1) Establishing appropriate parameters for the program which are consistent with the provisions of RCW 41.04.650 through 41.04.665; and (2)  establishing procedures to ensure that the program does not significantly increase the cost of providing annual leave.  For employees who do not accrue annual leave for vacation purposes, "annual leave" as used in this section includes leave accrued under RCW 28A.58.099(2)(c).