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                       ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1296

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By House Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Ogden, Wood, Spanel, Miller, Sheldon, Dellwo, May, Fraser, Paris, Ferguson, Betrozoff, Mitchell, Wineberry, R. Johnson, Brekke, Basich and Anderson).

Read first time February 7, 1991.  Improving access to higher education for students with disabilities.

     AN ACT Relating to access to higher education for students with disabilities; adding new sections to chapter 28B.80 RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.      The higher education coordinating board shall establish an advisory committee on access to higher education for students with disabilities.  The committee shall include but need not be limited to representation from the following:  Students with disabilities, coordinators of services for students with disabilities, the governor's committee on disability issues and employment, and agencies and organizations that work with or represent persons with disabilities.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.      In consultation with the advisory committee on access to higher education for students with disabilities the board shall:

     (1) Inventory existing campus and agency resources available to address the accommodation needs of students with disabilities;

     (2) Distribute the inventory to institutions of higher education and to the superintendent of public instruction for further distribution to appropriate personnel in the K-12 system;

     (3) Survey institutions of higher education and students with disabilities to identify specific services that have been requested but not provided;

     (4) Report the results of the survey, with recommendations on a phased plan to meet identified needs in priority order, to the governor, the house of representatives and senate higher education and fiscal committees, and the institutions of higher education;

     (5) In coordination with the state board for community college education, conduct a state-wide training workshop for coordinators of services for students with disabilities.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.      If specific funding for the purposes of this act, referencing this act by bill number, is not provided by June 30, 1991, in the omnibus appropriations act, this act shall be null and void.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.      Sections 1 and 2 of this act are each added to chapter 28B.80 RCW.