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                                           SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 805

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Taylor, Ebersole, Brough, Haugen, B. Williams, H. Sommers, Sanders, Leonard, Betrozoff, Ballard, Bristow, May, Locke, Braddock, Peery, Walker, Padden, D. Sommers, Amondson, Schoon, L. Smith, Bumgarner and Miller)

Read first time 3/4/87 and passed to Committee on Rules.

AN ACT Relating to school plant construction; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.47 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.47 RCW to read as follows:

          School districts shall be required to lease for a reasonable fee vacant school plant facilities from a contiguous school district wherever possible.        No school district with unhoused students may be eligible for the state matching funds for the construction of school plant facilities if:

          (1) The school district contiguous to the school district applying for the state matching percentage has vacant school plant facilities;

          (2) The superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education have determined the vacant school plant facilities available in the contiguous district will fulfill the needs of the applicant district in housing unhoused students.  In determining whether the contiguous district school plant facilities meet the needs of the applicant district, consideration shall be given, but not limited to the geographic location of the vacant facilities as they relate to the applicant district; and

          (3) A lease of the vacant school plant facilities can be negotiated.                            Passed the House March 11, 1987.

Speaker of the House.

Passed the Senate April 7, 1987.

President of the Senate.