Washington Administrative Code › Title 132K - Pierce College › Chapter 132K-995 - Appendix - Policies and procedures manual › Section 132K-995-990 - Appendix - Community College Act of 1967 - Definitions and districts. Pierce College

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Community College Act of 1967
Definitions & Districts
NEW SECTION.
Section 3. As used in this act,
				unless the context requires otherwise, the term:
(2) "College board" shall mean the state
			 board for community college education created by this act;
(4) "District" shall mean any one of the
			 community college districts created by this act;
(5) "Board of Trustees" shall mean the local
			 community college board of trustees established for each community college
			 district within the state;
(6)
			 "Council" shall mean the coordinating council for occupational
			 education;
(10) "Community college"
			 shall include where applicable, vocational-technical and adult education
			 programs conducted by community colleges and vocational-technical institutes
			 whose major emphasis is in post-high school education.
NEW SECTION.
Section 4. The state of Washington is
				hereby divided into twenty-two community college districts as follows:
(11) The eleventh district shall
			 encompass all of Pierce County, except for the present boundaries of the common
			 school districts of Tacoma and Peninsula;
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NEW SECTION.
Section 10. There is hereby created a
				community college board of trustees for each community college district as set
				forth in this act. Each community college board of trustees shall be composed
				of five trustees, who shall be appointed by the governor from a list of
				nominees submitted by the nominating committee in accordance with section 11 of
				this act.
The initial appointees to the board of trustees shall draw lots
				at the first meeting thereof to determine their respective initial terms. One
				trustee shall serve for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one
				for four years, and one for five years.
Thereafter, until July 1, 1969, the successors of the trustees
				initially appointed 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 only for the remainder of the
				term.
Every trustee shall be a resident and qualified elector of his
				community college district. No trustee may serve as a member of the board of
				directors of any school district, or as an elected officer or member of the
				legislative authority of any municipal corporation.
Each 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.
				Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may
				adjourn from time to time and may compel the attendance of absent members in
				such manner as prescribed in its bylaws, rules, or regulations. The district
				president, or if there be none, the president of the community college, 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.
NEW SECTION.
Section 11. In each community college
				district of the state there is hereby created a nominating committee to select
				no less than five nominees for consideration by the governor for the initial
				trustees. The nominating committee shall be composed of each member of the
				state legislature residing within the boundaries of the community college
				district to be served.
The senior legislator on each committee shall serve as chairman
				of the committee and shall call the meeting at some conveniently located place
				and shall set the time of the meeting.
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			 11.(cont'd) The members of the nominating committee shall be
			 entitled to per diem and expenses as provided in
			 RCW
			 44.04.120 and such payments shall be a proper
			 charge to the college board.
NEW SECTION.
Section 12. Within forty-five days
				after the effective date of this act, each nominating committee shall submit a
				list of no less than five nominees, who shall be residents of the community
				college district, to the governor for selection of the community college
				district board of trustees for that district. In preparing the list of names to
				be submitted to the governor, the members of the committee shall give
				consideration to geographical exigencies, and the interests of labor, industry,
				agriculture and the professions. In the event that the nominating committee
				from any district fails to submit a list of nominees to the governor by the
				prescribed date, he shall appoint the trustees for that district from
				registered voters residing within that district, observing the same
				considerations as prescribed for the committee in making its
				nominations.
NEW SECTION.
Section 13. Within thirty days of
				their appointment or July 1, 1967, whichever is sooner, the various district
				boards of trustees shall organize, adopt bylaws for its own government, and
				make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with this 1967 act as they
				deem necessary. At such organizational meeting it shall elect from among its
				members a chairman and a vice chairman, each to serve for one year, and
				annually thereafter shall elect such officers to serve until their successors
				are appointed or qualified. The chief executive officer of the community
				college district shall serve as secretary of the board. Three trustees shall
				constitute a quorum, and no action shall be taken by less than a majority of
				the trustees of the board. The first order of business after organization shall
				be to prepare for the orderly assumption of the duties and responsibilities of
				the administration and management of the community college district and the
				facilities thereof. The district boards shall transmit a report in writing to
				the college board before October 1st of each year which report shall contain a
				summary of its proceedings during the preceding fiscal year, a detailed and
				itemized statement of all revenue and all expenditures made by or on behalf of
				the district boards, such other information as it may deem necessary or useful,
				and any other additional information which may be requested by the college
				board. The fiscal year of the district boards shall conform to the fiscal year
				of the state.
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