Other LanguagesA second class school district does not have the authority to purchase a house for the continued use of the superintendent of the district with or without a vote of the electors.
School buildings may be constructed or remodeled so as to provide a radioactive fallout protection factor.
A Board of directors of a school district may not permit the distribution of Gideon Bibles on school premises by either school employees or representatives of the Gideon Society in view of the prohibition found in the constitution and statutes of this state regarding separation of church and state.
A school district in the state of Washington is prohibited by the Washington constitution and applicable state law from participating in any way in the planning, promotion or execution of baccalaureate exercises which are religious in nature.
(1) The voting requirements for a special school excess levy election are to be based on the last general election in the school district in accordance with the provisions of § 1, chapter 290, Laws of 1959. (2) An election at which members of the county board of education and school district directors are elected constitutes a general election within the meaning and intent of § 1, chapter 290, Laws of 1959, and the 17th Amendment to the Washington State Constitution.
In procuring a policy of liability insurance covering the operation of its buses, the board of directors of a school district may not pay the cost of any increased premium to provide medical payments for the passenger injured by or through its operation irrespective of liability. Public funds may only be expended to protect the district from liability. However, the board of directors may procure medical and accident insurance where the assenting students pay the additional cost.
In order to qualify for funds appropriated by the legislature in 1961 to the office of the state superintendent for distribution to public schools, a school district must certify that all full-time certificated employees, including full-time teachers holding emergency certificates, are being paid not less than $4,200 per year.
RCW 41.04.180 authorizes a school district to contract for and make premium payments (either up to 50% or $5.00, whichever is less) toward the purchase of group disability insurance for its employees, but such authority does not authorize it to make payments under a "franchise plan."
A school district may enter into a conditional sales contract, pursuant to chapter 62, Laws of 1965 (RCW 28.58.550), without approval of the voters of the district so long as the contract price, added to existing debt within that class of debt which, under Article VIII, § 6, and RCW 39.36.020, may be incurred without voter approval does not exceed one and one‑half percent of the assessed value of the taxable property in the district.
The board of directors of a school district does not have the statutory authority to purchase for certificated employees tax sheltered annuities in lieu of salaries as defined in 26 U.S.C.A. (I.R.C. 1954) § 403 (b) as amended by Public Law 87-370, 75 Stat. 796.