HB 1709-S2 - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 1/21/98)

     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 school districts may use the one-half of one percent of the appropriation for the acquisition of works of art to select a local work of art or to select from options made available through the Washington state arts commission.