HB 1709-S - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 2ND SUB)

     Directs the office of the superintendent of public instruction to report to the legislature before December 1, 1997, on specific actions it has taken in calendar year 1997 to meet paperwork reduction and other requirements in RCW 28A.150.290(3).

     Provides that examinations of school districts shall be made every three years, unless a more frequent audit is required as a condition of a grant received, or a contract entered into, by a school district, or the state auditor has evidence that a more frequent audit of an individual school district is needed.

     Provides that neither the superintendent nor the department of health may require that school employees receive training in AIDS.

     Provides that school districts may, in lieu of accepting a work of art selected by the Washington state arts commission, select a local work of art that is of equal or lesser value than the work of art selected by the Washington state arts commission.