# RCW 28A.300.020: RCW 28A.300.020: Assistant superintendents, deputy superintendent, assistants—Terms for exempt personnel

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T28A_C300_S020

## Section

- **Citation:** RCW 28A.300.020
- **Heading:** RCW 28A.300.020: Assistant superintendents, deputy superintendent, assistants—Terms for exempt personnel
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Code / Title 28A / Chapter 300 / Section 020

## Text

The superintendent of public instruction may appoint assistant superintendents of public instruction, a deputy superintendent of public instruction, and may employ such other assistants and clerical help as are necessary to carry out the duties of the superintendent and the state board of education. However, the superintendent shall employ without undue delay the executive director of the state board of education and other state board of education office assistants and clerical help, appointed by the state board under RCW 28A.305.130 , whose positions are allotted and funded in accordance with moneys appropriated exclusively for the operation of the state board of education. The rate of compensation and termination of any such executive director, state board office assistants, and clerical help shall be subject to the prior consent of the state board of education. The assistant superintendents, deputy superintendent, and such other officers and employees as are exempted from the provisions of chapter 41.06 RCW, shall serve at the pleasure of the superintendent or at the pleasure of the superintendent and the state board of education as provided in this section. Expenditures by the superintendent of public instruction for direct and indirect support of the state board of education are valid operational expenditures by and in behalf of the office of the superintendent of public instruction.

## Nearby sections

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- [RCW 28A.300.035 RCW 28A.300.035: Assistance of certificated or classified employee—Reimbursement for substitute.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T28A_C300_S035.md)
- [RCW 28A.300.039 RCW 28A.300.039: Condensed compliance reports—Second-class districts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T28A_C300_S039.md)
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- [RCW 28A.300.042 RCW 28A.300.042: Collection and submittal of student-level data—Student data-related reports—Disaggregation of data by subgroups—Modification of statewide student data systems.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T28A_C300_S042.md)
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- [RCW 28A.300.065 RCW 28A.300.065: Classification and numbering system of school districts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T28A_C300_S065.md)
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