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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5333
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
C 255 L 88
State of Washington 50th Legislature 1987 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Senators Gaspard, Bailey, Smitherman, Johnson, Stratton, Conner, Bauer, Kiskaddon, Hayner, Bottiger and Benitz)
Read first time 2/17/87.
AN ACT Relating to the state board of education; and amending RCW 28A.04.010, 28A.04.020, and 28A.04.050.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 28A.04.010, chapter 223, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. as amended by section 1, chapter 179, Laws of 1980 and RCW 28A.04.010 are each amended to read as follows:
The state
board of education shall be comprised of two members from each congressional
district of the state, not including any congressional district at large,
elected by the members of the boards of directors of school districts thereof,
as hereinafter in this chapter provided, the superintendent of public
instruction and one ((nonvoting)) member elected at large, as
hereinafter in this chapter provided, by the members of the boards of directors
of all private schools in the state meeting the requirements of RCW 28A.02.201,
as now or hereafter amended. The member representing private schools shall
not vote on matters affecting public schools. If there is a dispute about
whether or not an issue directly affects public schools, the dispute shall be
settled by a majority vote of the other members of the board.
Sec. 2. Section 28A.04.020, chapter 223, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. as amended by section 1, chapter 38, Laws of 1981 and RCW 28A.04.020 are each amended to read as follows:
Not later
than the twenty-fifth day of August of each year, the superintendent of public
instruction shall call for the following elections to be held: An election in
each congressional district within which resides a member of the state board of
education whose term of membership will end on the second Monday of January
next following, and an election of the ((nonvoting)) member of the state
board of education representing private schools if the term of
membership will end on the second Monday of January next following. The
superintendent of public instruction shall give written notice thereof to each
member of the board of directors of each common school district in such
congressional district, and to the chairperson of the board of directors of
each private school who shall distribute said notice to each member of the
private school board. Such notice shall include the election calendar and
rules and regulations established by the superintendent of public instruction
for the conduct of the election.
Sec. 3. Section 28A.04.050, chapter 223, Laws of 1969 ex. sess. as amended by section 2, chapter 38, Laws of 1981 and RCW 28A.04.050 are each amended to read as follows:
Each member
of the board of directors of each school district in each congressional district
shall be eligible to vote for the candidates who reside in his congressional
district. Each chairperson of the board of directors of each eligible private
school shall cast a vote for the candidate receiving a majority in an election
to be held as follows: Each member of the board of directors of each eligible
private school shall vote for candidates representing the private schools in an
election of the board, the purpose of which is to determine the board's
candidate for the ((nonvoting)) member ((of)) representing
private schools on the state board. Not later than the first day of
October the superintendent of public instruction shall mail to each member of
each common school district board of directors and to each chairperson of the
board of directors of each private school, the proper ballot and voting
instructions for his congressional district together with biographical data
concerning each candidate listed on such ballot, which data shall have been
prepared by the candidate.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.