SENATE BILL REPORT

                   HB 1367

              As Reported By Senate Committee On:

                   Education, April 4, 1997

Title:  An act relating to disposal of surplus educational property.

Brief Description:  Allowing surplus educational property to be given or loaned to entities for educational use.

Sponsors:  Representatives Johnson, Cole, Smith, Schoesler, Poulsen, O'Brien, Linville, Costa, Blalock, Cooper, Dickerson, Dunshee, Mason, Keiser, Wensman, Wood, Kessler and Gombosky; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:  Education:  4/4/97 [DPA].

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Majority Report:  Do pass as amended.

  Signed by Senators Hochstatter, Chair; Finkbeiner, Vice Chair; Goings, Johnson, McAuliffe, Rasmussen and Zarelli.

Staff:  Susan Mielke (786-7422)

Background:  School districts, educational service districts, or state and local educational agencies may declare textbooks, other books, equipment, relocatable facilities, or other materials as surplus.  The district or agency must notify the public, and any public or private school that asks to be notified, that the surplus material is available for sale, rental, or lease to public school districts or private schools at a depreciated cost or fair market value, whichever is greater.  The district or agency must wait 30 days following the public notice before disposing of the property.  Priority must be given to students who wish to purchase surplus textbooks.

Summary of Amended Bill:  School districts, educational service districts, or state and local educational agencies may sell, rent, or lease surplus educational materials at depreciated cost or fair market value to private schools only if the school is approved by the State Board of Education.

School districts, educational service districts, or state and local educational agencies may grant surplus property to other governmental agencies or to indigent persons for preschool through 12^th grade educational purposes.  Districts and agencies may loan surplus property to private nonreligious organizations for preschool through 12^th grade  educational purposes.

Amended Bill Compared to Original Bill:  The striking amendment makes a technical correction.  It amends current law to make the gift or loan of surplus educational property an exception to the general requirement that surplus state property must be sold.

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Not requested.

Effective Date:  Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For:  None.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  No one.