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                                  HOUSE BILL 1148

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Ogden, Wood, Pruitt, Bowman, Anderson, Ferguson, Sprenkle, Jacobsen, Winsley, Morris, Basich and Moyer.

 

Read first time January 21, 1991.  Referred to Committee on State Government\Appropriations.Creating the "serve Washington" pilot program.


     AN ACT Relating to encouraging youth in citizen service; adding new sections to chapter 43.150 RCW; making an appropriation; and providing an expiration date.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

     NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 43.150 RCW to read as follows:

     (1) The legislature believes that providing an opportunity for service to the community is an effective way to develop the values, understanding, and skills necessary for full and effective participation in a democratic society.

     (2) To encourage service activities by youth, the legislature creates the serve Washington pilot program.  The purpose of the program is to provide funds to K‑12 and higher education service projects and to full‑time service projects for out‑of‑school youth.

     (3) The center for voluntary action may grant funds to selected applicants for the implementation of service activities by youth as follows:

     (a) At least one grant shall be awarded to a service-learning project that is part of a major school restructuring program, including but not limited to a school selected as a participant in the schools for the twenty‑first century program.

     (b) At least one grant shall be awarded to a higher education service project.

     (c) At least one grant shall be awarded to a full‑time service project for out‑of‑school youth.

     (d) At least one grant shall be awarded to a project being conducted in collaboration with an existing public or private nonprofit agency.

     (4) The center for voluntary action shall report on the programs receiving grants to the house of representatives and senate education committees no later than January 1, 1993.

 

     NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 43.150 RCW to read as follows:

     The center for voluntary action, in cooperation with the superintendent of public instruction, shall identify objectives for projects to promote the goal of developing the values, understanding, and skills necessary for full and effective participation in a democratic society and shall develop outcome indicators to be used to assess the effectiveness of the projects.  The awarding of grants within the categories identified in section 1 of this act shall be based on the likelihood of accomplishing this goal.

 

     NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  A new section is added to chapter 43.150 RCW to read as follows:

     The center for voluntary action shall evaluate the projects receiving funding under section 1 of this act.  Such evaluation shall include a description of the participants and the service activities undertaken, an assessment of whether the objectives adopted under section 2 of this act have been achieved, and a verification of program costs.  Evaluation information relative to these projects shall be made available to all school districts through the state clearinghouse for educational information.

 

     NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.      Sections 1 through 3 of this act shall expire January 10, 1993.

 

     NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5.      The sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1993, from the general fund to the department of community development for the purpose of administering the serve Washington pilot program.