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                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 3439

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Senators Gaspard, McDermott, Bauer, Deccio, Sellar, Vognild, Johnson and Wojahn)

Read first time 2/21/85.

AN ACT Relating to basic education allocation for vocational education; adding a new section to chapter 28A.41 RCW; and creating new sections.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     For the 1986-87 school year, the formula adopted by the legislature pursuant to RCW 28A.41.140 shall include a ratio of one certificated person to seventeen and one-half annual average full time equivalent vocational students in grades nine through twelve enrolled in vocational education programs approved by the superintendent of public instruction:  PROVIDED, That any increase in funds generated by the change in the ratio of certificated personnel to annual average full time equivalent vocational students shall be used by local school districts to provide additional support for the local vocational education program for the 1986-87 school year.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     Section 1 of this act shall take effect if funds are appropriated in the state operating appropriations act for the 1985-87 biennium for the purposes of section 1 of this act.  If funds are not so appropriated for the purposes of section 1 of this act, section 1 of this act shall be null and void in its entirety.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.41 RCW to read as follows:

          Commencing with the 1987-88 school year, the formula adopted by the legislature pursuant to RCW 28A.41.140 shall include a ratio of one certificated person to sixteen and sixty-seven one-hundredths annual average full time equivalent vocational students in grades nine through twelve enrolled in vocational education programs approved by the superintendent of public instruction:  PROVIDED, That any increase in funds generated by the change in the ratio of certificated personnel to annual average full time equivalent vocational students shall be used by local school districts to provide additional support for the local vocational education program commencing with the 1987-88 school year.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.