FINAL BILL REPORT

                  ESB 5276

                           C 77 L 95

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Changing references from "handicapped" to "with disabilities" in the common school education code.

Sponsors:  Senators McAuliffe, Drew, Bauer, Hochstatter, Sutherland, Long, Pelz, Rasmussen, Haugen, Fairley, Winsley and Kohl.

Senate Committee on Education

House Committee on Education

Background:  In 1990, Congress amended the federal special education laws.  The term "handicapped" was replaced with the term "disability."

Summary:  Terminology used in the common school provisions is changed.  The term "handicapped" is replaced with the term "disability."  The term "special education" is inserted to clarify that the educational program students with disabilities can qualify for is the special education program.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate    45 0

House     95 0

Effective:  July 23, 1995

          September 1, 2000