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                                                     SENATE BILL 5129

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

 

By Senators Bauer, Sheldon, Barr, Haugen, Owen, Moyer, Gaspard, Sellar, Rinehart, Sutherland and McAuliffe

 

Read first time 01/14/93.  Referred to Committee on Education.

 

Granting additional powers to boards of directors of educational service districts.

          AN ACT Relating to educational service districts; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.310 RCW.

 

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

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.310 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) In addition to other powers granted under this chapter the board of directors of each educational service district may exercise the following:

          (a) The broad discretionary power to determine and adopt written policies not in conflict with other law that provide for the development and implementa­tion of programs, activities, services, or practices that the board, upon the request of a school district or districts served by the educational service district, determines will support the education of preschool through twelfth grade students in the public schools or support the effective, efficient, or safe management and operation of the school district or districts served by the educational service district;

          (b) Such powers as are expressly authorized by law; and

          (c) Such powers as are necessarily or fairly implied in the powers expressly authorized by law.

          (2) Before adopting a policy under subsection (1)(a) of this section, the educational service district board of directors shall comply with the notice requirements of the open public meetings act, chapter 42.30 RCW, and shall also include in that notice a statement that sets forth or reasonably describes the proposed policy.  The board of directors shall provide a reasonable opportunity for public written and oral comment and consideration of the comment by the board of directors.

 

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