Policy 1105 - Electoral System
Policy 1105
Section 1000 - Board of Directors
DIRECTOR DISTRICTS
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.
Division or Re-division of District into Director Districts
The Board of Directors, with the assistance of the administration, the ESD, the State Redistricting Commission, and consultants (attorneys, demographic experts, etc.) as appropriate, will prepare for the division or re-division of the district into director districts no later than eight months after any of the following events:
- Receipt of federal decennial census data from the redistricting commission;
- Consolidation of the district with one or more other districts into one district;
- Transfer of territory to or from the district or dissolution and annexation of the district; or
- Approval by a majority of the districts registered voters of a proposition to divide the district into director districts.
Legal References:
RCW 28A.315.195 - Organization and reorganization of school districts- Transfer of territory by petition- Requirements-Rules-Costs
RCW 28A.343.030 - Certain school districts -- Election to authorize division in school districts not already divided into director districts
Management Resources:
Policy News, Dec 2015
Policy News, June 2011
Legal Reference Updates
Policy News, August 2008
Restructuring First Class Director Districts
Revised: January 28, 2016
Revised: February 13, 2014
Revised: January 22, 2009
1000 Series Adopted March 11, 1999
North Kitsap School District