CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 5528
Chapter 91, Laws of 1991
52nd Legislature
1991 Regular Session
LIBRARIES‑-LEARN-IN-LIBRARIES PROGRAM EXPANDED
EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/28/91
Passed by the Senate April 22, 1991
Yeas 46 Nays 0
JOEL PRITCHARD
President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 16, 1991
Yeas 97 Nays 0
JOE KING
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
Approved May 9, 1991
BOOTH GARDNER
Governor of the State of Washington
CERTIFICATE
I, Gordon Golob, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5528 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
GORDON A. GOLOB Secretary
FILED
May 9, 1991 - 11:25 a.m.
Secretary of State
State of Washington
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SENATE BILL 5528
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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Passed Legislature - 1991 Regular Session
State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Senators Rinehart, Bailey, Murray and Erwin.
Read first time February 5, 1991. Referred to Committee on Education.
AN ACT Relating to community support for education; amending 1990 c 290 s 2 (uncodified); adding a new section to chapter 27.04 RCW; and repealing 1990 c 290 s 5 (uncodified).
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. 1990 c 290 s 2 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
(1) The learn-in-libraries program is hereby created. The state library commission shall administer the program.
(2) The state library commission may provide grants, with funds appropriated for that purpose, to local libraries to develop and implement learn-in-library programs that provide after school and vacation programs for children. Grant applicants shall be encouraged to develop programs that use older adult volunteers and other community volunteer resources. The programs shall be designed to increase literacy, improve reading skills, encourage reading, and provide homework assistance for school-age children who would otherwise be unsupervised. Applicants shall be encouraged to develop innovative models to provide services.
(3) In addition to grants provided under subsection (2) of this section, the state library commission may provide grants, with funds appropriated for that purpose, to local libraries to develop and implement other innovative programs for children throughout the year. Programs may be developed in cooperation with a school district and occur during the school day. Programs shall be designed to provide services to children or to help provide training to parents or other persons working with children in order to increase literacy, encourage reading, promote reading readiness, and improve reading and other learning skills. The commission shall encourage grant applicants to develop programs that use older adult volunteers and other community volunteer resources and to develop innovative models to provide services.
(4) The state library commission shall report to the legislature on the results of the program by December 1, 1991.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. 1990 c 290 s 5 (uncodified) is repealed.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. Section 1 of this act is added to chapter 27.04 RCW.