SENATE BILL REPORT

 

                                    SB 5779

 

                       AS PASSED SENATE, MARCH 14, 1991

 

 

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

 

SPONSORS:Senators Bauer, Rinehart, Bailey and Sutherland.

 

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

 

Majority Report:  Do pass.

      Signed by Senators Bailey, Chairman; Erwin, Vice Chairman; Anderson, Craswell, Metcalf, Murray, Oke, Rinehart, and A. Smith. 

 

Staff:  Doug Johnson (786‑7422)

 

Hearing Dates:March 4, 1991; March 6, 1991

 

 

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:

 

The School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind are allowed to receive their money directly through the state operating budget.

 

Appropriation:  none 

 

Revenue:  none

 

Fiscal Note:  none requested

 

Effective Date: July 1, 1991  

 

TESTIMONY FOR:

 

The bill will stop duplication of accounting procedures now performed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the  Consolidated Services Office for the School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind.

 

TESTIMONY AGAINST:  None

 

TESTIFIED:  Robin Hunt, Office of Financial Management (pro)