5184-S Not Adopt 3/19/91

5184-S Not Adopt 3/19/91.1519

SSB 5184 - S AMD

By Senators Skratek, Bluechel, Wojahn, Cantu, Niemi, Johnson, Rasmussen, McDonald, Hansen and Anderson

Not Adopted 3/19/91 - Roll Call 18-31

Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that the state's system of work force training and education is inadequate for meeting the needs of the state's workers, employers, and economy. A growing shortage of skilled workers is already hurting the state's economy. There is a shortage of available workers and too often prospective employees lack the skills and training needed by employers. Moreover, with demographic changes in the state's population employers will need to employ a more culturally diverse work force in the future.

The legislature further finds that the state's current work force training and education system is fragmented among numerous agencies, councils, boards, and committees, with inadequate overall coordination. No comprehensive strategic plan guides the different parts of the system. There is no single point of leadership and responsibility. There is insufficient guidance from employers and workers built into the system to ensure that the system is responsive to the needs of its customers. Adult work force education lacks a uniform system of governance, with an inefficient division in governance between community colleges and vocational technical institutes, and inadequate local authority. The parts of the system providing adult basic skills and literacy education are especially uncoordinated and lack sufficient visibility to adequately address the needs of the large number of adults in the state who are functionally illiterate. The work force training and education system's data and evaluation methods are inconsistent and unable to provide adequate information for determining how well the system is performing on a regular basis so that the system may be held accountable for the outcomes it produces. Much of the work force training and education system provides inadequate opportunities to meet the needs of people from culturally diverse backgrounds. Finally, our educational institutions are not producing the number of people educated in vocational/technical skills needed by employers.

The legislature recognizes that we must make certain that our institutions of education place appropriate emphasis on the needs of employers and on the needs of approximately eighty percent of our young people who enter the world of work without completing a four-year program of higher education. We must make our work force education and training system better coordinated, more efficient, more responsive to the needs of business and workers and local communities, more accountable for its performance, and more open to the needs of a culturally diverse population."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

(1) "Board" means the work force training and education coordinating board.

(2) "Director" means the director of the work force training and education coordinating board.

(3) "Training system" means programs and courses of secondary vocational education, technical college programs and courses, community college vocational programs and courses, adult basic education programs and courses, programs and courses funded by the job training partnership act, programs and courses funded by the federal vocational act, programs and courses funded under the federal adult education act, publicly funded programs and courses for adult literacy education, and apprenticeships.

(4) "Work force skills" means employability and occupational competencies necessary for economic independence as a productive member of society and which integrate academic knowledge, critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and work ethics.

(5) "Vocational education" means organized educational programs offering a sequence of courses which are directly related to the preparation of individuals for employment in current or emerging occupations requiring other than a baccalaureate or advanced degree. (6) "Adult basic education" means instruction designed to achieve mastery of skills in reading, writing, oral communication, and computation at a level sufficient to allow the individual to function effectively as a parent, worker, and citizen in the United States, commensurate with that individual's actual ability level, and includes English as a second language and preparation for the general education development exam.

(7) "Vocational-technical institute" means a specialized area nongraded secondary and postsecondary vocational education facility established and operated by a school district for the purpose of offering comprehensive courses primarily oriented to the job market area in vocational education for persons sixteen years of age and older without regard to residence, pursuant to laws and rules of the common school system pertaining to the maintenance, operation, and capital funding of vocational-technical institutes."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. There is hereby created the work force training and education coordinating board as a state agency and as the successor agency to the state board for vocational education. All references to the state board for vocational education in the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed to mean the work force training and education coordinating board, except that reference to the state board for vocational education in RCW 49.04.030 shall mean the state board for community college education."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. The purpose of the board is to provide planning, coordination, evaluation, monitoring, and policy analysis for the state training system as a whole, and advice to the governor and legislature concerning the state training system, in cooperation with the agencies which comprise the state training system, and the higher education coordinating board."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 5. (1) The board shall consist of nine voting members appointed by the governor as follows: Three representatives of business, three representatives of labor, and, serving as ex officio members, the superintendent of public instruction, the executive director of the state board for community college education, and the commissioner of the employment security department. Each member of the board may appoint a designee to function in his or her place with the right to vote.

(2) The business representatives shall be selected from among nominations provided by state-wide business organizations. The nominations shall reflect the cultural diversity of the state, including women and racial and ethnic minorities, and diversity in sizes of businesses.

(3) The labor representatives shall be selected from among nominations provided by state-wide labor organizations. The nominations shall reflect the cultural diversity of the state, including women and racial and ethnic minorities.

(4) Each business member may cast a proxy vote or votes for any business member who is not present and who authorizes in writing the present member to cast such vote.

(5) Each labor member may cast a proxy vote for any labor member who is not present and who authorizes in writing the present member to cast such vote.

(6) The chair of the board shall appoint to the board one nonvoting member to represent racial and ethnic minorities, women, and people with disabilities. The nonvoting member shall serve for a term of four years with the term expiring on June 30th of the fourth year of the term.

(7) The business members of the board shall serve for terms of four years, the terms expiring on June 30th of the fourth year of the term except that in the case of initial members, one shall be appointed to a two-year term.

(8) The labor members of the board shall serve for terms of four years, the terms expiring on June 30th of the fourth year of the term except that in the case of initial members, one shall be appointed to a two-year term.

(9) Any vacancies among board members representing business or labor shall be filled by the governor with nominations provided by state-wide organizations representing business or labor, respectively.

(10) The board shall adopt bylaws and shall meet at least four times each year and at such other times as determined by the chair who shall give reasonable prior notice to the members.

(11) Members of the board shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.040 and will receive travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 6. (1) The director shall be appointed by the governor, and hold office at the pleasure of the governor.

(2) The director shall serve as a nonvoting chair and chief executive officer of the board who shall administer the provisions of this chapter, employ such personnel as may be necessary to implement the purposes of this chapter, and use staff of existing operating agencies to the fullest extent possible. The director shall appoint necessary deputy and assistant directors and other staff who shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter 41.06 RCW. The director's appointees shall serve at the director's pleasure on such terms and conditions as the director determines but subject to the code of ethics contained in chapter 42.18 RCW. The director shall appoint and employ such other employees as may be required for the proper discharge of the functions of the board. The director shall, as permissible under P.L. 101-392, as amended, integrate the staff of the council on vocational education, and contract with the state board for community college education for assistance for adult basic skills and literacy policy development and planning as required by P.L. 100-297, as amended."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 7. (1) The board shall be designated as the state board of vocational education as provided for in P.L. 98-524, as amended, and shall perform functions necessary to comply with federal directives pertaining to the provisions of such law.

(2) The board shall monitor for consistency with the state comprehensive plan for work force training and education the policies and plans established by the state job training coordinating council, the advisory council on adult education, and the Washington state plan for adult basic education, and provide guidance for making such policies and plans consistent with the state comprehensive plan for work force training and education."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 8. The board shall, in cooperation with the operating agencies of the state training system:

(1) Advocate for the state training system and for meeting the needs of employers and the work force for work force education and training.

(2) Establish and maintain an inventory of the programs of the state training system, and related state programs, and perform a biennial assessment of the vocational education, training, and adult basic education and literacy needs of the state; identify ongoing and strategic education needs; and assess the extent to which employment, training, vocational and basic education, rehabilitation services, and public assistance services represent a consistent, integrated approach to meet such needs.

(3) Develop and maintain a state comprehensive plan for work force training and education, including but not limited to, goals, objectives, and priorities for the state training system, and review the state training system for consistency with the state comprehensive plan. In developing the state comprehensive plan for work force training and education, the board shall use, but shall not be limited to: Economic, labor market, and populations trends reports in office of financial management forecasts; joint office of financial management and employment security department labor force, industry employment, and occupational forecasts; the results of scientifically based outcome, net-impact and cost-benefit evaluations; the needs of employers as evidenced in formal employer surveys and other employer input; and the needs of program participants and workers as evidenced in formal surveys and other input from program participants and the labor community.

(4) Participate with the superintendent of public instruction in the establishment of an eight-year comprehensive plan for the existing five vocational-technical institutes, and such institutes as may hereafter be created, the scope of which shall include, but not be limited to, the vocational-technical institutes' role in work force training, and such other elements as shall be determined necessary for the creation of a nationally competitive work force training system. Such plan shall be divided into two parts, a four-year detailed plan covering two biennial periods, and a four-year projection for the time period immediately subsequent to the four-year detailed plan, and shall be updated on a biennial basis.

(5) Review and make recommendations to the office of financial management and the legislature on operating and capital facilities budget requests for operating agencies of the state training system for purposes of consistency with the state comprehensive plan for work force training and education.

(6) Provide for coordination among the different operating agencies of the state training system at the state level and at the regional level.

(7) Establish standards for data collection and maintenance for the operating agencies of the state training system in a format that is accessible to use by the board. The board shall require a minimum of common core data to be collected by each operating agency of the state training system.

The board shall develop requirements for minimum common core data in consultation with the office of financial management and the operating agencies of the training system.

(8) Review within one year a comprehensive plan developed by the superintendent of public instruction necessary to implement within the system of vocational-technical institutes a common core data structure and a management information system comprised of compatible, standardized hardware and software among the existing institutes and any institutes that shall be added under the superintendent of public instruction hereafter.

(9) Establish minimum standards for program evaluation for the operating agencies of the state training system, including, but not limited to, the use of common survey instruments and procedures for measuring perceptions of program participants and employers of program participants, and monitor such program evaluation.

(10) Every two years administer scientifically based outcome evaluations of the state training system, including, but not limited to, surveys of program participants, surveys of employers of program participants, and matches with employment security department payroll and wage files. Every five years administer scientifically based net-impact and cost-benefit evaluations of the state training system.

(11) In cooperation with the employment security department, provide for the improvement and maintenance of quality and utility in occupational information and forecasts for use in training system planning and evaluation. Improvements shall include, but not be limited to, development of state-based occupational change factors involving input by employers and employees, and delineation of skill and training requirements by education level associated with current and forecasted occupations.

(12) Provide for the development of common course description formats, common reporting requirements, and common definitions for operating agencies of the training system.

(13) Provide for effectiveness and efficiency reviews of the state training system.

(14) In cooperation with the higher education coordinating board, facilitate transfer of credit policies and agreements between institutions of the state training system, and encourage articulation agreements for programs encompassing two years of secondary work force education and two years of postsecondary work force education.

(15) In cooperation with the higher education coordinating board, facilitate transfer of credit policies and agreements between private training institutions and institutions of the state training system.

(16) Review within one year a comprehensive plan developed by the superintendent of public instruction necessary to qualify all of the vocational-technical institutes for accreditation as postsecondary institutions under the rules of the northwest association of schools and colleges, including submission by December 1991 of applications for accreditation from all institutes not already accredited by the association, and completion by July 1993 of accreditation self-studies by the institutes not already accredited by the association.

(17) Participate in the development of coordination criteria for activities under the job training partnership act with related programs and services provided by state and local education and training agencies.

(18) Make recommendations to the commission of student assessment, the state board of education, and the superintendent of public instruction, concerning basic skill competencies and essential core competencies for K-12 education. Basic skills for this purpose shall be reading, writing, computation, speaking, and critical thinking, essential core competencies for this purpose shall be English, math, science/technology, history, geography, and critical thinking. The board shall monitor the development of and provide advice concerning secondary curriculum which integrates vocational and academic education.

(19) Establish and administer programs for marketing and outreach to businesses and potential program participants.

(20) Facilitate the location of support services, including but not limited to, child care, financial aid, career counseling, and job placement services, for students and trainees at institutions in the state training system, and advocate for support services for trainees and students in the state training system.

(21) Facilitate private sector assistance for the state training system, including but not limited to financial assistance, rotation of private and public personnel, and vocational counseling.

(22) Facilitate programs for the school-to-work transition that combines classroom education and on-the-job training in industries and occupations without apprenticeship programs.

(23) Encourage and assess progress for the equitable representation of racial and ethnic minorities, women, and people with disabilities among the students, teachers, and administrators of the state training system. As used in this subsection, "equitable" means substantially proportional to their percentage of the state population in the geographic area served. This function of the board shall in no way lessen more stringent state or federal requirements for representation of racial and ethnic minorities, women, and people with disabilities.

(24) Participate in the planning and policy development of governor set-aside grants under P.L. 97-300, as amended.

(25) Provide for the administration of veterans' programs, licensure of private vocational schools, the job skills program, and the Washington award for vocational excellence.

(26) Review within one year a comprehensive plan developed by the superintendent of public instruction necessary to implement the granting of credit by the system of vocational-technical institutes for vocational and adult education coursework, which plan shall recommend the mechanism, rules, and procedures for the vocational-technical institutes to grant such credit and for the state's two-year postsecondary schools to accept such credit toward fulfillment of requirements toward associate of technical arts and associate of arts and other such degrees.

(27) Allocate funding from the state job training trust fund.

(28) Adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.

(29) Establish rules consistent with this chapter to ensure that the vocational-technical institutes are competitive with all other work force training schools and institutions throughout the United States.

The board may delegate to the director any of the functions of this section."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 9. The state board for vocational education is hereby abolished and its powers, duties, and functions are hereby transferred to the work force training and education coordinating board. All references to the director or the state board for vocational education in the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed to mean the director or the work force training and education coordinating board."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 10. All reports, documents, surveys, books, records, files, papers, or written material in the possession of the state board for vocational education shall be delivered to the custody of the work force training and education coordinating board. All cabinets, furniture, office equipment, motor vehicles, and other tangible property employed by the state board for vocational education shall be made available to the work force training and education coordinating board. All funds, credits, or other assets held by the state board for vocational education shall be assigned to the work force training and education coordinating board.

Any appropriations made to the state board for vocational education shall, on the effective date of this section, be transferred and credited to the work force training and education coordinating board.

Whenever any question arises as to the transfer of any personnel, funds, books, documents, records, papers, files, equipment, or other tangible property used or held in the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties and functions transferred, the director of financial management shall make a determination as to the proper allocation and certify the same to the state agencies concerned."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 11. All employees of the state board for vocational education who are classified under chapter 41.06 RCW, the state civil service law, are assigned to the work force training and education coordinating board to perform their usual duties upon the same terms as formerly, without any loss of rights, subject to any action that may be appropriate thereafter in accordance with the laws and rules governing state civil service."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 12. All rules and all pending business before the state board for vocational education shall be continued and acted upon by the work force training and education coordinating board. All existing contracts and obligations shall remain in full force and shall be performed by the work force training and education coordinating board."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 13. The transfer of the powers, duties, functions, and personnel of the state board for vocational education shall not affect the validity of any act performed prior to the effective date of this section."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 14. If apportionments of budgeted funds are required because of the transfers directed by sections 10 through 13 of this act, the director of financial management shall certify the apportionments to the agencies affected, the state auditor, and the state treasurer. Each of these shall make the appropriate transfer and adjustments in funds and appropriation accounts and equipment records in accordance with the certification."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 15. Nothing contained in sections 9 through 14 of this act may be construed to alter any existing collective bargaining unit or the provisions of any existing collective bargaining agreement until the agreement has expired or until the bargaining unit has been modified by action of the personnel board as provided by law."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 16. There is hereby created the Washington state job training coordinating council. The council shall perform all duties of state job training coordinating council as specified in the federal job training partnership act, P.L. 97-300, as amended, including the preparation of a coordination and special services plan for a two-year period, consistent with the state comprehensive plan for work force training and education prepared by the work force training and education coordinating board as provided for in section 8 of this act."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 17. (1) Current members of the Washington state job training coordinating council appointed pursuant to P.L. 97-300, as amended, shall serve as the state council for purposes of this chapter until new appointments are made consistent with this section.

(2) New appointments to the state council shall be made by July 1, 1991. Members of the Washington state job training coordinating council shall be appointed by the governor as required by federal law and shall be representative of the population of the state with regard to sex, race, ethnic background, and geographical distribution. Ten members of the council shall consist of the chair and voting members of the work force training and education coordinating board.

(3) The Washington state job training coordinating council shall provide staff and allocate funds to the work force training and education coordinating board, as appropriate, to carry out the overlapping functions of the two bodies."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 18. There is hereby created the Washington state council on vocational education. The council on vocational education shall perform all duties of councils on vocational education as specified in P.L. 101-392, as amended."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 19. Current members of the Washington state council on vocational education appointed pursuant to P.L. 98-524, as amended, shall serve as the state council on vocational education for purposes of this chapter until new appointments are made consistent with this section. New appointments to the state council on vocational education shall be made by July 1, 1991. The council on vocational education shall consist of thirteen members appointed by the governor consistent with the provisions of P.L. 101-392, as amended. In making these appointments, to the maximum extent feasible, the governor shall give consideration to providing overlapping membership with the membership of the state job training coordinating council."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 20. The council on vocational education shall perform its functions consistent with the state comprehensive plan for work force training and education prepared by the work force training and education coordinating board as provided for in section 8 of this act."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 21. There is hereby created the Washington advisory council on adult education. The advisory council shall advise the state board for community college education and the work force training and education coordinating board concerning adult basic education and literacy programs. The advisory council shall perform all duties of state advisory councils on adult education as specified in P.L. 100-297, as amended. The advisory council's actions shall be consistent with the state comprehensive plan for work force training and education prepared by the work force training and education coordinating board as provided for in section 8 of this act.

The advisory council on adult education shall consist of nine members as required by federal law, appointed by the governor. In making these appointments, to the maximum extent feasible, the governor shall give consideration to providing overlapping membership with the membership of the state job training coordinating council, and the governor shall give consideration to individuals with expertise and experience in adult basic education."

"Sec. 22. RCW 28B.50.020 and 1969 ex.s. c 261 s 17 are each amended to read as follows:

The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the dramatically increasing number of students requiring high standards of education either as a part of the continuing higher education program or for occupational education and training, or for adult basic skills and literacy education, by creating a new, independent system of community colleges which will:

(1) Offer an open door to every citizen, regardless of his or her academic background or experience, at a cost normally within his or her economic means;

(2) Ensure that each ((~~community~~)) college district shall offer thoroughly comprehensive educational, training and service programs to meet the needs of both the communities and students served by combining((~~, with equal emphasis,~~)) high standards of excellence in academic transfer courses; realistic and practical courses in occupational education, both graded and ungraded; community services of an educational, cultural, and recreational nature; and adult education, including basic skills and general, family, and work force literacy programs and services;

(3) Provide for related and supplemental instruction for apprentices at community colleges;

(4) Provide administration by state and local boards which will avoid unnecessary duplication of facilities or programs; and which will encourage efficiency in operation and creativity and imagination in education, training and service to meet the needs of the community and students;

((~~(4)~~)) (5) Allow for the growth, improvement, flexibility and modification of the community colleges and their education, training and service programs as future needs occur; and

((~~(5)~~)) (6) Establish firmly that community colleges are, for purposes of academic training, two year institutions, and are an independent, unique, and vital section of our state's higher education system, separate from both the common school system and other institutions of higher learning, and never to be considered for conversion into four-year liberal arts colleges."

"Sec. 23. RCW 28B.50.030 and 1985 c 461 s 14 are each amended to read as follows:

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the term:

(1) "System" shall mean the state system of community colleges, which shall be a system of higher education;

(2) "Board" shall mean the work force training and education coordinating board;

(3) "College board" shall mean the state board for community college education created by this chapter;

((~~(3)~~)) (4) "Director" shall mean the administrative director for the state system of community colleges;

((~~(4)~~)) (5) "District" shall mean any one of the community college districts created by this chapter;

((~~(5)~~)) (6) "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;~~))

(7) "Occupational education" shall mean that education or training that will prepare a student for employment that does not require a baccalaureate degree;

(8) "K-12 system" shall mean the public school program including kindergarten through the twelfth grade;

(9) "Common school board" shall mean a public school district board of directors;

(10) "Community college" shall include ((~~where applicable, vocational-technical and adult~~)) those higher education institutions that conduct education programs ((~~conducted by community colleges and vocational-technical institutes whose major emphasis is in post-high school education~~)) under RCW 28B.50.020;

(11) "Adult education" shall mean all education or instruction, including academic, vocational education or training, basic skills and literacy training, and "occupational education" provided by public educational institutions, including common school districts for persons who are eighteen years of age and over or who hold a high school diploma or certificate((~~: PROVIDED, That~~)). However, "adult education" shall not include academic education or instruction for persons under twenty-one years of age who do not hold a high school degree or diploma and who are attending a public high school for the sole purpose of obtaining a high school diploma or certificate((~~: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That~~)), nor shall "adult education" ((~~shall not~~)) include education or instruction provided by any four year public institution of higher education((~~: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That adult education shall not include~~)) or education or instruction provided by a vocational-technical institute."

"Sec. 24. RCW 15.76.120 and 1961 c 61 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

For the purposes of this chapter all agricultural fairs in the state which may become eligible for state allocations shall be divided into categories, to wit:

(1) "Area fairs"--those not under the jurisdiction of boards of county commissioners; organized to serve an area larger than one county, having both open and junior participation, and having an extensive diversification of classes, displays and exhibits;

(2) "County and district fairs"--organized to serve the interests of single counties other than those in which a recognized area fair or a district fair as defined in RCW 36.37.050, is held and which are under the direct control and supervision of the county commissioners of the respective counties, which have both open and junior participation, but whose classes, displays and exhibits may be more restricted or limited than in the case of area or district fairs. There may be but one county fair in a single county: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That the county commissioners of two or more counties may, by resolution, jointly sponsor a county fair.

(3) "Community fairs"--organized primarily to serve a smaller area than an area or county fair, which may have open or junior classes, displays, or exhibits. There may be more than one community fair in a county.

(4) "Youth shows and fairs"--approved by duly constituted agents of Washington State University and/or the Washington ((~~state board for vocational education~~)) work force training and education coordinating board, serving three or more counties, and having for their purpose the education and training of rural youth in matters of rural living."

"Sec. 25. RCW 28A.305.270 and 1989 c 146 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The Washington state minority teacher recruitment program is established. The program shall be administered by the state board of education. The state board of education shall consult with the higher education coordinating board, representatives of institutions of higher education, education organizations having an interest in teacher recruitment issues, the superintendent of public instruction, the state board for community college education, the ((~~department of~~)) employment security department, and the ((~~state board of vocational education within the office of the governor~~)) work force training and education coordinating board. The program shall be designed to recruit future teachers from students in the targeted groups who are in the ninth through twelfth grades and from adults in the targeted groups who have entered other occupations.

(2) The program shall include the following:

(a) Encouraging students in targeted groups in grades nine through twelve to acquire the academic and related skills necessary to prepare for the study of teaching at an institution of higher education;

(b) Promoting teaching career opportunities to develop an awareness of opportunities in the education profession;

(c) Providing opportunities for students to experience the application of regular high school course work to activities related to a teaching career; and

(d) Providing for increased cooperation among institutions of higher education including community colleges, the superintendent of public instruction, the state board of education, and local school districts in working toward the goals of the program."

"Sec. 26. RCW 28C.04.015 and 1990 c 188 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

As used in this chapter the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "Board" means the ((~~state board for vocational education~~)) work force training and education coordinating board.

(2) "Vocational education" means a planned series of learning experiences, the specific objective of which is to prepare persons to enter, continue in, or upgrade themselves in gainful employment in recognized occupations, and home and family life programs, which are not designated as professional or requiring a baccalaureate or higher degree."

"Sec. 27. RCW 28C.04.024 and 1990 c 188 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The ((~~state board for vocational education~~)) work force training and education coordinating board is hereby created as a state agency and as the successor agency to the commission for vocational education. The board shall have authority to carry out any existing statutory duties formerly administered by the commission and other duties assigned by the governor. ((The board shall be composed of five members consisting of the governor, the superintendent of public instruction, the director of the state board for community college education, one representative of organized labor appointed by the governor, and one representative of business appointed by the governor. Each board member may appoint a designee to function in his or her place with the right to vote. The governor shall appoint an executive director of the board. The board may delegate, by resolution, to the executive director any of its duties or responsibilities. The board may also delegate by interagency agreement its responsibilities under the Washington award for vocational excellence program to any existing state agency, board, or council. The board may employ such other personnel as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

~~(2) All references to the commission for vocational education in the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed to mean the state board for vocational education.~~))"

"Sec. 28. RCW 28C.10.020 and 1990 c 188 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

(1) "Agency" means the ((~~state board for vocational education~~)) work force training and education coordinating board or its successor.

(2) "Agent" means a person owning an interest in, employed by, or representing for remuneration a private vocational school within or without this state, who enrolls or personally attempts to secure the enrollment in a private vocational school of a resident of this state, offers to award educational credentials for remuneration on behalf of a private vocational school, or holds himself or herself out to residents of this state as representing a private vocational school for any of these purposes.

(3) "Degree" means any designation, appellation, letters, or words including but not limited to "associate," "bachelor," "master," "doctor," or "fellow" which signify or purport to signify satisfactory completion of an academic program of study beyond the secondary school level.

(4) "Education" includes but is not limited to, any class, course, or program of training, instruction, or study.

(5) "Educational credentials" means degrees, diplomas, certificates, transcripts, reports, documents, or letters of designation, marks, appellations, series of letters, numbers, or words which signify or appear to signify enrollment, attendance, progress, or satisfactory completion of the requirements or prerequisites for any educational program.

(6) "Entity" includes, but is not limited to, a person, company, firm, society, association, partnership, corporation, or trust.

(7) "Private vocational school" means any location where ((~~[there is]~~)) there is an entity offering postsecondary education in any form or manner for the purpose of instructing, training, or preparing persons for any vocation or profession.

(8) "To grant" includes to award, issue, sell, confer, bestow, or give.

(9) "To offer" includes, in addition to its usual meanings, to advertise or publicize. "To offer" also means to solicit or encourage any person, directly or indirectly, to perform the act described.

(10) "To operate" means to establish, keep, or maintain any facility or location where, from, or through which education is offered or educational credentials are offered or granted to residents of this state, and includes contracting for the performance of any such act."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 29. Community colleges may contract with local common school districts to provide occupational programs for high school students."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 30. The college board personnel administering state and federally funded programs for adult basic skills and literacy education shall be known as the state office for adult literacy."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 31. The legislature finds that a vocational institute in the central area of the city of Seattle provides civic, social, and economic benefits to the people of the state of Washington.

Economic development is enhanced by increasing the number of skilled individuals who enter the labor market and social welfare costs are reduced by the training of individuals lacking marketable skills. The students at the institute are historically economically disadvantaged, and include racial and ethnic minorities, recent immigrants, single‑parent heads of households, and persons who are dislocated workers or without specific occupational skills. The institute presents a unique opportunity for business, labor, and community-based organizations, and educators to work together to provide effective vocational-technical training to the economically disadvantaged of urban Seattle, and to serve as a national model of such cooperation. Moreover, a trained work force is a major factor in attracting new employers, and with greater minority participation in the work force, the institute is uniquely located to deliver training and education to the individuals employers must increasingly turn to for their future workers."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 32. The mission of the institute shall be to provide occupational, basic skills, and literacy education opportunities to economically disadvantaged populations in urban areas of the college district it serves. The board of trustees of the sixth college district shall appoint a nine-member advisory committee consisting of equal representation from business, labor, and community representatives to provide advice and counsel to the administration of the institute and the district administration."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 33. Funding for the institute shall be included in a separate allocation to the Washington institute for applied technology, and funds allocated for the institute shall be used only for purposes of the institute."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 34. The Washington institute for applied technology shall conduct a survey of the capital facilities and equipment necessary to operate the program at the institute. The district shall present the survey to the state board for community college education by December 1, 1991. The board shall include the survey in its budget request to the legislature which shall consider a supplementary appropriation for the 1992-93 fiscal year to the sixth college district based on the results of this survey."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 35. The Washington institute for applied technology may provide for waivers of tuition and fees and provide scholarships for students at the institute. The Washington institute for applied technology may negotiate with applicable public or private service providers to conduct the instructional activities of the institute, however, the Washington institute for applied technology shall not hire instructional staff or faculty. In order to allow the Washington institute for applied technology flexibility in its personnel policies with the institute, the Washington institute for applied technology and the institute, with reference to employees of the institute employed during an initial two-year period until July 1, 1993, are exempt from chapters 28B.16, 28B.52 (relating to collective bargaining), 41.04, 41.05, 41.06, and 41.40 RCW; from RCW 43.01.040 through 43.01.044; and from RCW 28B.50.551 and 28B.50.850 through 28B.50.875 (relating to faculty tenure)."

"NEW SECTION. Sec. 36. A new section is added to chapter 41.06 RCW to read as follows: