FINAL BILL REPORT

                  HB 2495

                          C 84 L 96

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Revising educational program for juveniles in detention facilities.

Sponsors:  Representatives Brumsickle and Cole; by request of Department of Social and Health Services.

House Committee on Education

Senate Committee on Education

Background:  The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) staffs and maintains a series of residential schools within the state for the education and treatment of juvenile offenders on probation or parole.  A school district that has a residential school in its district must conduct a program of education for residents of the facility that are of common school age.

In 1994, the Legislature passed a law requiring DSHS to establish and operate, or contract to operate, a juvenile offender basic training camp.  DSHS is currently evaluating sites for such a camp.

Summary:  A school district that has in its district a juvenile offender basic training camp established and operated by DSHS, or operated by another agency through a contract with DSHS, must conduct a program of education for residents of the facility that are of common school age.

Votes on Final Passage:

House     96 0

Senate    47 0

Effective:  June 6, 1996