5184‑S Not Adopt 3/19/91.1531

SSB 5184 - S Amd

    BySenator Pelz

                                  Not Adopted 3/19/91 - Voice Vote

    On page 76, after line 6, strike all of NEW SECTIONS 92 through 101 on page 79, line 23, and insert the following:

    "NEW SECTION. Sec. 92.  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. 93.  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. 94.  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. 95.  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. 96.  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)."