(Sample
of some of the state laws pertaining to WSSB)
RCW 72.40.010
Schools established -- Purpose -- Direction.
There are established at Vancouver,
The school for the blind shall be under the direction
of the superintendent with the advice of the board of trustees. The school for
the deaf shall be under the direction of the superintendent and the board of
trustees.
[2002 c 209 § 1; 1985 c 378 § 11; 1959 c 28 §
72.40.010.
Prior: 1913 c 10 § 1; 1886 p 136 § 1; RRS § 4645.]
The governor shall appoint a superintendent for the state school for the blind. The superintendent shall have a masters degree from an accredited college or university in school administration or blind education, five years of experience teaching blind students in the classroom, and three years administrative or supervisory experience in programs for blind students.
[1985 c 378 § 13; 1979 c 141 § 247; 1959 c 28
§ 72.40.020.
Prior: 1909 c 97 p 258 § 5; RRS § 4649.]
RCW 72.40.022
Superintendent of the state school for the blind -- Powers and duties.
In addition to any other powers and duties prescribed by law, the
superintendent of the state school for the blind:
(1) Shall have full control of the school and the
property of various kinds.
(2) May establish criteria, in addition to state
certification, for teachers at the school.
(3) Shall employ members of the faculty,
administrative officers, and other employees, who shall all be subject to
chapter 41.06
RCW, the state civil service law, unless specifically exempted by other
provisions of law.
(4) Shall establish the course of study including
vocational training, with the assistance of the faculty and the advice of the
board of trustees.
(5) May establish new facilities as needs demand.
(6) May adopt rules, under chapter 34.05
RCW, as deemed necessary for the government, management, and operation of the
housing facilities.
(7) Shall control the use of the facilities and
authorize the use of the facilities for night school, summer school, public
meetings, or other purposes consistent with the purposes of the school.
(8) May adopt rules for pedestrian and vehicular
traffic on property owned, operated, and maintained by the school.
(9) Shall purchase all supplies and lease or purchase
equipment and other personal property needed for the operation or maintenance
of the school.
(10) Except as otherwise provided by law, may enter
into contracts as the superintendent deems essential to the purpose of the
school.
(11) May receive gifts, grants, conveyances, devises,
and bequests of real or personal property from whatever source, as may be made
from time to time, in trust or otherwise, whenever the terms and conditions
will aid in carrying out the programs of the school; sell, lease or exchange,
invest, or expend the same or the proceeds, rents, profits, and income thereof
except as limited by the terms and conditions thereof; and adopt rules to
govern the receipt and expenditure of the proceeds, rents, profits, and income
thereof.
(12) May, except as otherwise provided by law, enter
into contracts the superintendent deems essential for the operation of the
school.
(13) May adopt rules providing for the transferability
of employees between the school for the deaf and the school for the blind
consistent with collective bargaining agreements in effect.
(14) Shall prepare and administer the school's budget
consistent with RCW 43.88.160
and the budget and accounting act, chapter 43.88
RCW generally, as applicable.
(15) May adopt rules under chapter 34.05
RCW and perform all other acts not forbidden by law as the superintendent deems
necessary or appropriate to the administration of the school.
[2002 c 209 § 2; 1993 c 147 § 1; 1985 c 378 §
15.]
RCW 72.40.024
Superintendents -- Additional powers and duties.
In addition to the powers and duties under RCW 72.40.022
and 72.40.023,
the superintendent of each school shall:
(1) Monitor the location and educational placement of
each student reported to the superintendents by the educational service
district superintendents;
(2) Provide information about educational programs,
instructional techniques, materials, equipment, and resources available to
students with visual or auditory impairments to the parent or guardian,
educational service district superintendent, and the superintendent of the
school district where the student resides; and
(3) Serve as a consultant to the office of the
superintendent of public instruction, provide instructional leadership, and
assist school districts in improving their instructional programs for students
with visual or hearing impairments.
[2002 c 209 § 4; 1993 c 147 § 2; 1985 c 378 §
17.]
RCW 72.40.040
Who may be admitted.
(1) The schools shall be free to residents of the state between the ages of
three and twenty-one years, who are blind/visually impaired or deaf/hearing
impaired, or with other disabilities where a vision or hearing disability is
the major need for services.
(2) The schools may provide nonresidential services to
children ages birth through three who meet the eligibility criteria in this section,
subject to available funding.
(3) Each school shall admit and retain students on a
space available basis according to criteria developed and published by each
school superintendent in consultation with each board of trustees and school
faculty: PROVIDED, That students over the age of twenty-one years, who are
otherwise qualified may be retained at the school, if in the discretion of the
superintendent in consultation with the faculty they are proper persons to
receive further training given at the school and the facilities are adequate
for proper care, education, and training.
(4) The admission and retention criteria developed and
published by each school superintendent shall contain a provision allowing the
schools to refuse to admit or retain a student who is an adjudicated sex
offender except that the schools shall not admit or retain a student who is an
adjudicated level III sex offender as provided in RCW 13.40.217(3).
RCW 72.40.060
Duty of school districts.
It shall be the duty of all school districts in the state, to report to their respective educational service districts the names of all visually or hearing impaired youth residing within their respective school districts who are between the ages of three and twenty-one years.
[1985 c 378 § 21; 1975 1st ex.s. c 275 § 151;
1969 ex.s. c 176 § 97; 1959 c 28 § 72.40.060.
Prior: 1909 c 97 p 258 § 6; 1897 c 118 § 252; 1890 p 497 § 1; RRS § 4650.]
RCW 72.40.070
Duty of educational service districts.
It shall be the duty of each educational service district to make a full and specific report of visually or hearing impaired youth to the superintendent of the school for the blind or the school for the deaf, as the case may be and the superintendent of public instruction, annually. The superintendent of public instruction shall report about the hearing or visually impaired youth to the school for the blind and the school for the deaf, as the case may be, annually.
[1985 c 378 § 22; 1979 c 141 § 250; 1975 1st
ex.s. c 275 § 152; 1969 ex.s. c 176 § 98; 1959 c 28 § 72.40.070.
Prior: 1909 c 97 p 259 § 7; 1897 c 118 § 253; 1890 p 497 § 2; RRS § 4651.]
Board
of Trustees RCW’s
RCW 72.41.010
Intention -- Purpose.
It is the intention of the legislature in creating a board of trustees for the state school for the blind to perform the duties set forth in this chapter, that the board of trustees perform needed advisory services to the legislature and to the superintendent of the Washington state school for the blind, in the development of programs for the visually impaired, and in the operation of the Washington state school for the blind.
RCW 72.41.020
Board of trustees -- Membership -- Terms -- Vacancies -- Officers -- Rules and
regulations.
There is hereby created a board of trustees for the state school for the
blind to be composed of a resident from each of the state's congressional
districts now or hereafter existing. Trustees with voting privileges shall be
appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. A representative of
the parent-teachers association of the Washington state school for the blind, a
representative of the Washington council of the blind, a representative of the
national federation of the blind of Washington, one representative designated
by the teacher association of the Washington state school for the blind, and a
representative of the classified staff designated by his or her exclusive
bargaining representative shall each be ex officio and nonvoting members of the
board of trustees and shall serve during their respective tenures in such
positions.
Trustees shall be appointed by the governor to serve
for a term of five years except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy
occurring prior to the expiration of any term shall be appointed within sixty
days of the vacancy and appointed only for the remainder of the term.
One trustee shall be a resident and qualified elector
from each of the state's congressional districts. The board shall not be deemed
to be unlawfully constituted and a trustee shall not be deemed ineligible to
serve the remainder of the trustee's unexpired term on the board solely by
reason of the establishment of new or revised boundaries for congressional
districts. No voting trustee may be an employee of the state school for the
blind, a member of the board of directors of any school district, a member of
the governing board of any public or private educational institution, a school
district or educational service district administrator, appointed after July 1,
1986, or an elected officer or member of the legislative authority or any
municipal corporation.
The board of trustees shall organize itself by
electing a chairman from its members. The board shall adopt a seal and may
adopt such bylaws, rules, and regulations as it deems necessary for its own
government. A majority of the voting members of the board in office shall
constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may convene from time to time and may
compel the attendance of absent members in such manner as prescribed in its
bylaws, rules, or regulations. The superintendent of the state school for the
blind shall serve as, or may designate another person to serve as, the
secretary of the board, who shall not be deemed to be a member of the board.
[1993 c 147 § 7; 1985 c 378 § 29; 1982 1st
ex.s. c 30 § 13; 1973 c 118 § 2.]
RCW 72.41.040
Powers and duties.
The board of trustees of the state school for the blind:
(1) Shall monitor and inspect all existing facilities
of the state school for the blind, and report its findings to the
superintendent;
(2) Shall study and recommend comprehensive programs
of education and training and review the admission policy as set forth in RCW 72.40.040
and 72.40.050,
and make appropriate recommendations to the superintendent;
(3) Shall submit a list of three qualified candidates
for superintendent to the governor and shall advise the superintendent about
the criteria and policy to be used in the selection of members of the faculty
and such other administrative officers and other employees, who shall with the
exception of the superintendent all be subject to chapter 41.06
RCW, the state civil service law, unless specifically exempted by other
provisions of law. All employees and personnel classified under chapter 41.06
RCW shall continue, after July 1, 1986, to perform their usual duties upon the
same terms as formerly, without any loss of rights, subject to any action that
may be appropriate thereafter in accordance with the laws and rules governing
the state civil service law;
(4) Shall submit an evaluation of the superintendent
to the governor by July 1 of each odd-numbered year and may recommend to the
governor that the superintendent be removed for misfeasance, malfeasance, or willful
neglect of duty;
(5) May recommend to the superintendent the
establishment of new facilities as needs demand;
(6) May recommend to the superintendent rules and
regulations for the government, management, and operation of such housing
facilities deemed necessary or advisable;
(7) May make recommendations to the superintendent
concerning classrooms and other facilities to be used for summer or night
schools, or for public meetings and for any other uses consistent with the use
of such classrooms or facilities for the school for the blind;
(8) May make recommendations to the superintendent for
adoption of rules and regulations for pedestrian and vehicular traffic on
property owned, operated, or maintained by the school for the blind;
(9) Shall recommend to the superintendent, with the
assistance of the faculty, the course of study including vocational training in
the school for the blind, in accordance with other applicable provisions of law
and rules and regulations;
(10) May grant to every student, upon graduation or
completion of a program or course of study, a suitable diploma, nonbaccalaureate
degree, or certificate;
(11) Shall participate in the development of, and
monitor the enforcement of the rules and regulations pertaining to the school
for the blind;
(12) Shall perform any other duties and
responsibilities prescribed by the superintendent.
[1985 c 378 § 30; 1973 c 118 § 4.]
RCW 72.41.070
Meetings.
The board of trustees shall meet at least quarterly.
[1993 c 147 § 8; 1973 c 118 § 7.]