HOUSE BILL REPORT

                      SB 5779

                           As Passed Legislature

Title:  An act relating to the school for the deaf and the school for the blind.

Brief Description:  Requiring direct appropriations to the school for the deaf and the school for the blind.

Sponsor(s):  Senators Bauer, Rinehart, Bailey and Sutherland.

Brief History:

   Reported by House Committee on:

Appropriations, April 8, 1991, DP;

Passed House, April 17, 1991, 96-0;

Passed Legislature, 96-0.

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON

APPROPRIATIONS

Majority Report: Do pass.  Signed by 28 members:  Representatives Locke, Chair; Inslee, Vice Chair; Spanel, Vice Chair; Silver, Ranking Minority Member; Morton, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Appelwick; Belcher; Bowman; Braddock; Brekke; Ebersole; Ferguson; Fuhrman; Hine; Holland; Lisk; May; McLean; Mielke; Nealey; Peery; Pruitt; Rust; H. Sommers; Valle; Vance; Wang; and Wineberry.

Staff:  John Woolley (786-7154).

Background:  Appropriations for the School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind are made to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.  The amounts are specified and may not be used for any other purposes.  The moneys are transferred from the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind at the request of each school's superintendent.

Summary of Bill:  Appropriations for the School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind are required to be made directly to them.

Fiscal Note:  None requested.

Effective Date:  The bill contains an emergency clause and takes effect July 1, 1991.

Testimony For:  None.

Testimony Against:  None.

Witnesses:  None.