AGO 1949-51 No. 157.

Case DateNovember 17, 1949
CourtWashington
Washington Attorney General Opinions 1949. AGO 1949-51 No. 157. November 17, 1949[Orig. Op. Page 1]PRIVATEWASHINGTON STATE SCHOOL DIRECTORS' ASSOCIATION - DUES.Where a member of the Washington State School Directors' Association is a member of a Union High School District Board and an Elementary School District Board, the Association may by action of its governing body adopt a rule whereby both districts or but one district are liable for his dues.Washington State School Directors' Association Box 748 Olympia, WashingtonCite as: AGO 1949-51 No. 157Attention: !ttWalter A. Seaman Executive Secretary-Treasurer Gentlemen: We have your letter of June 1, 1949, in which you ask the following question: Where a person is a member of the Washington State School Directors' Association by virtue of his being a director of a union high school district as well as by virtue of his being a director of an elementary school district which is a component part of the union high school district; which board of directors, the component district board or the union high school district board, under the Washington State School Directors' law [chapter 169, Laws of 1947], is to pay his membership dues in the State Directors' Association, or should both school district boards pay dues? The conclusions reached may be summarized as follows: The Washington State School District Association, being empowered to adopt a constitution and by-laws for its own organization, and being further empowered to establish a schedule of dues for its members, the problem above stated is an administrative one which must be resolved by the adoption by the membership or the governing body of the association of a ruling consistent with its constitution and by-laws. [Orig. Op. Page 2] ANALYSIS In a union high school district consisting of three or more school districts, the board of directors of said union district shall be composed of the chairmen of the several boards of directors of the districts comprised in such union high school district; section 36, chapter 266, Laws of 1947. By virtue of this provision the chairmen of boards of the component districts automatically become members of the board of the union high school district. The legislature, in enacting chapter 169, Laws of 1947, created an agency of the state to be known as the Washington State School Directors'...

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