Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 28A Common School Provisions - Chapter 28A.315 Organization And Reorganization Of School Districts
- 28A.315.005 Governance structure
(1) Under the constitutional framework and the laws of the state of Washington, the governance structure for the state's public common school system is comprised ...
- 28A.315.015 Purpose -- Policy
(1) It is the purpose of this chapter to: (a) Incorporate into a single, comprehensive, school district organization law all essential provisions governing: (i) The ...
- 28A.315.025 Definitions
As used in this chapter: (1) "Change in the organization and extent of school districts" means the formation and establishment of new school districts, the ...
- 28A.315.035 Organization of school districts
A school district shall be organized in form and manner as hereinafter in this chapter provided, and shall be known as . . . . ...
- 28A.315.045 Reorganization
(1) A new school district may be formed comprising contiguous territory lying in either a single county or in two or more counties. The new ...
- 28A.315.055 Conflicting or incorrectly described school district boundaries
In case the boundaries of any of the school districts are conflicting or incorrectly described, the educational service district board of directors, after due notice ...
- 28A.315.065 District boundary changes -- Submission to county auditor
(1) Any district boundary changes shall be submitted to the county auditor by the educational service district superintendent within thirty days after the changes have ...
- 28A.315.075 Effect of 1999 c 315--Existing provisions not affected
(1) Any proposed change in school district organization initiated before July 25, 1999, shall be considered under the laws and rules in effect before July ...
- 28A.315.085 Personnel and supplies -- Reimbursement
(1) The superintendent of public instruction shall furnish to regional committees the services of employed personnel and the materials and supplies necessary to enable them ...
- 28A.315.095 Regional committees -- Powers and duties
The powers and duties of each regional committee are to: (1) Hear and approve or disapprove proposals for changes in the organization and extent of ...
- 28A.315.105 Regional committees -- Appointment and terms of members -- New regional committees
(1) There is hereby created in each educational service district a committee which shall be known as the regional committee on school district organization, which ...
- 28A.315.115 Regional committees -- Membership limitation
Persons possessing the status of any of the following positions shall not be eligible to be a member of a regional committee: The superintendent of ...
- 28A.315.155 Regional committees -- Members' expenses reimbursed
Members of each regional committee shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.[1985 c 385 ...
- 28A.315.165 Regional committees -- Organization, meetings, quorum
Each regional committee shall organize by electing from its membership a chair and a vice chair. The educational service district superintendent shall be the secretary ...
- 28A.315.175 Superintendent of public instruction -- Powers and duties
The superintendent of public instruction shall: (1) Aid regional committees in the performance of their duties by furnishing them with plans of procedure, standards, data, ...
- 28A.315.185 Annual training
To the extent funds are appropriated, the superintendent of public instruction, in cooperation with the educational service districts and the Washington state school directors' association, ...
- 28A.315.195 Transfer of territory by petition -- Requirements -- Rules -- Costs
(1) A proposed change in school district organization by transfer of territory from one school district to another may be initiated by a petition in ...
- 28A.315.205 Transfer of territory by petition -- Regional committee responsibilities -- Rules -- Appeals
(1) The chair of the regional committee shall schedule a hearing on the proposed transfer of territory at a location in the educational service district ...
- 28A.315.215 Transfer of territory by agreement or order -- Approval -- Order
(1) Upon receipt by the educational service district superintendent of a written agreement by two or more school districts to the transfer of territory between ...
- 28A.315.225 Dissolution and annexation of certain districts -- Annexation of nondistrict property
In case any school district has an average enrollment of fewer than five kindergarten through eighth grade pupils during the preceding school year or has ...
- 28A.315.235 Consolidation -- Petition
(1) A proposed change in school district organization by consolidation of territory from two or more school districts to form a new school district may ...
- 28A.315.245 Adjustment of assets and liabilities
In determining an equitable adjustment of assets and liabilities, the negotiating school districts and the regional committee shall consider the following factors: (1) The number ...
- 28A.315.255 Adjustment of indebtedness
(1) The fact of the issuance of bonds by a school district, heretofore or hereafter, does not prevent changes in the organization and extent of ...
- 28A.315.265 Adjustment of bonded indebtedness -- Order -- Special elections
If adjustments of bonded indebtedness are made between or among school districts in connection with the alteration of the boundaries of the school districts under ...
- 28A.315.275 Notice of elections
Notice of special elections as provided for in RCW 28A.315.265 shall be given by the county auditor as provided in *RCW 29.27.080. The notice of ...
- 28A.315.285 Special election -- Determination -- Order -- Certification
(1) If a special election is held to vote on a proposal or alternate proposals to form a new school district, the votes cast by ...
- 28A.315.295 Rejection of proposal
If a proposal for the formation of a new school district and for adjustment of bonded indebtedness, or either, is rejected by the registered voters ...
- 28A.315.305 School district organizational changes -- Corporate existence -- Payment of bonded indebtedness -- Levy authority
(1) Each school district involved in or affected by any change made in the organization and extent of school districts under this chapter retains its ...
- 28A.315.308 School district organization changes -- Adjustment of school district assets and liabilities -- School districts in two or more educational service districts
The duties in this chapter imposed upon and required to be performed by a regional committee and by an educational service district superintendent in connection ...
- 28A.315.315 Appeal
An appeal may be taken, as provided for in RCW 28A.645.010, to the superior court of the county in which a school district or any ...
- 28A.315.901 Part headings and captions not law -- 1999 c 315
Part headings and section captions used in this act are not any part of the law.[1999 c 315 § 808.] ...
Last modified: April 7, 2009