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SENATE BILL NO. 5977
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State of Washington 50th Legislature 1987 Regular Session
By Senators Gaspard and Patterson
Read first time 2/25/87 and referred to Committee on Education.
AN ACT Relating to a state educational telecommunications network; creating a new section; providing an expiration date; and making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The superintendent of public instruction and the higher education coordinating board shall jointly develop and recommend to the legislature by June 30, 1989, a model plan for implementing a state educational telecommunications network which: (a) Addresses the needs of the common school and higher education elements of the state education system, and (b) provides for coordination and linkages between existing and proposed common school and higher education telecommunications programs, projects, and activities.
(2) In developing the plan, the superintendent of public instruction and the higher education coordinating board shall review existing telecommunications activities, including but not limited to: Activities under development by educational service districts, including the regional computer demonstration centers; the state clearinghouse for education information; the Washington State University microwave system; proposed or existing satellite projects at any of the regional universities; and other related activities.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. (1) The sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the general fund for the biennium ending June 30, 1989, to the superintendent of public instruction to carry out the purposes of this act.
(2) The sum of one hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the general fund for the biennium ending June 30, 1989, to the higher education coordinating board to carry out the purposes of this act.