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HOUSE BILL 2312
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Representatives Morris, Long, L. Johnson, Holm, Ogden, Quall and Talcott
Read first time 01/12/94. Referred to Committee on Corrections.
AN ACT Relating to juvenile institutions; and creating new sections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature recognizes that prevocational and vocational education programs provided in juvenile institutions can provide the juvenile offenders with marketable work ethics and job skills, and that the corresponding increase in self-esteem could facilitate their successful reintegration into the community. In addition, meaningful juvenile institution work programs can promote the development of job readiness and lower the cost of incarceration by producing products and services needed within the juvenile institutional system.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The department of social and health services shall review the vocational education curriculum, facilities, and teaching personnel in all juvenile residential programs and report to the legislature by December 12, 1994. The report shall include an assessment of the number and types of vocational programs currently available, and the status of buildings, teaching personnel, and equipment currently used for vocational training. The report shall also contain an action plan for implementing a state-wide uniform prevocational and vocational education program, including but not limited to, a projection of the need for the programs for both female and male juvenile offenders, the number of students that could benefit from the programs, projected vocational trade needs, physical plant modifications or building needs, equipment needs, teaching personnel needs, and estimated costs. In addition, the report shall identify how the department can develop vocational programs jointly with trade associations, trade unions, and other state, local, and federal agencies. The department shall also identify businesses and industries potentially interested in working with the program.
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