Washington State

Office of the Attorney General

Attorney General

Bob Ferguson

AGO 1962 NO. 127 >

A school district may not legally subscribe to service of a nonprofit corporation for research and information directed toward coordinating programs and procedures pertaining to policy making on the director level since such services are legally available to districts only through the Washington state school directors' association.

AGO 1964 NO. 130 >

(1) The board of directors of a school district has the authority but is not required to permit students enrolled in a private or parochial school to attend the schools of the district on a part-time basis; however, in determining the constitutionality of a particular shared-time program, each case must be determined by its own facts.  See, Perry v. School Dist. No. 81 , 54 Wn. (2d) 886, 344 P. (2d) 1036 (1959). (2) The district may not claim or use such attendance in computing its average daily attendance pursuant to chapter 28.41 RCW, unless such student attends for a school day as defined by RCW 28.01.010.

AGO 1964 NO. 131 >

When the boundaries of director districts within a second class school district are rearranged as provided in RCW 28.57.050 (7), and as a consequence two school district directors now reside in a single director district (as newly defined) and none resides in an adjoining director district (as newly defined) the next director to be elected as provided by law must be a resident of the director district from which the director whose term had expired was nominated.

AGO 1962 NO. 131 >

(1) A flood control zone district may acquire pursuant to RCW 86.15.080 (5) title to property owned by a drainage district provided the consent of said district is first obtained. (2) The provisions of RCW 86.15.210 do not apply to drainage districts.

AGO 1960 NO. 132 >

Neither RCW 84.08.160 nor RCW 17.28.253 applies to the levying of assessments pursuant to RCW 17.28.255.  RCW 17.28.253 is controlling where the residents of a mosquito control district vote for the levy of additional taxes pursuant to RCW 17.28.100, 17.28.252 or 17.28.260.

AGO 1957 NO. 132 >

Bond redemption funds of a public hospital district may not be invested.

AGO 1960 NO. 136 >

The supervisors of a drainage improvement district may meet the bond requirements of RCW 85.08.300 by the use of a named schedule bond, if such bond insures the faithful performances of each individual official's duties and covers each official for a specific duration of time and for specific penal amount, as contemplated by statute.

AGO 1955 NO. 143 >

Director of Joint Health District may select attorney for district; neither prosecuting attorney is by law counsel for the district.

AGO 1962 NO. 155 >

The board of directors of a school district does not have the authority to pay the expenses incurred by teacher applicants who come to the district for interviews.

AGO 1960 NO. 157 >

The offices of commissioner of a fire protection district and secretary of the district are incompatible.