Board of Directors

DIRECTOR DISTRICTS

 

Policy No. 1105

It is the responsibility of the Board of Directors to establish the boundaries of the internal director districts of the school district, and to redistrict the director districts as necessary.

The Board of Directors, with the assistance of the administration, the ESD and the State Redistrict­ing Commission, shall develop a plan of proposed director districts within eight months of any of the following events:

1.      Receipt of federal decennial census data;

2.      Consolidation of the district with one or more other districts;

3.      Transfer of territory to or from the district;

4.      Annexation of territory to or from the district; or

5.      Approval by a majority of the district's voters of a proposal to divide the district into director districts.

 

Legal References:   RCW   29A.76.010                       Redistricting by counties, municipal corporations, and special purpose districts

                              RCW   28A.343.030                     Directors' districts in certain school districts — Election to authorize division in school districts not already divided into director districts

                              RCW   28A.343.040                     Division or redivision of district into director districts

                              RCW 28A.343.050                       Dissolution of directors’ district

                              RCW 28A.315.195                       Transfer of territory by petition — Requirements — Rules — Costs

Management Resources:  Policy News, August 2008  Restructruing First Class Director Districts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revised: May 26, 2009

Adopted:  August 27, 2007

Blaine School District

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