FINAL BILL REPORT

                  HB 2691

                          C 11 L 96

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Correcting obsolete references in the state even start program.

Sponsors:  Representatives Brumsickle, Cole, Carlson, Radcliff, Quall and Hatfield; by request of State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.

House Committee on Higher Education

Senate Committee on Higher Education

Background:  In 1987, the Legislature created Project Even Start to assist parents who have dropped out of school.  The program provides parents with basic academic and parenting skills.

In 1991, the Legislature passed the workforce training and education bill which moved Project Even Start from the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the Office of Adult Literacy at the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.

Legislation in 1995 attempted to make the statutory language consistent with this transfer of responsibility.  However, there were two statutory sections in which the necessary changes were omitted.

Summary:  In the statutes governing the Even Start Program, the term vocational technical institutes is changed to technical colleges.  The term Superintendent of Public Instruction is changed to the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.

Votes on Final Passage:

House     96 0

Senate    46 0

Effective:  June 6, 1996