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                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5545

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Higher Education (originally sponsored by Senators Smitherman and Saling)

Read first time 1/30/90.

AN ACT Relating to vocational education; creating new sections; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     As used in this chapter the following definitions shall apply:

          (1) "Board" means the state board for vocational education.

          (2) "Vocational education" means a planned series of learning experiences, the specific objective of which is to prepare persons to enter, continue in, or upgrade themselves in gainful employment in recognized occupations, and home and family life programs, which are not designated as professional or requiring a baccalaureate or higher degree.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     (1) The state board for vocational education is hereby created as a state agency and as the successor agency to the commission for vocational education.  The board shall have authority to carry out any existing statutory duties formerly administered by the commission.  The board shall be composed of five members consisting of the governor, the superintendent of public instruction, the director of the state board for community college education, one representative of organized labor appointed by the governor, and one representative of business appointed by the governor.  Each board member may appoint a designee to function in his or her place with the right to vote.  The governor shall appoint an executive director of the board.  The board may delegate, by resolution, to the executive director any of its duties or responsibilities.  The board may employ such other personnel as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

          (2) All references to the commission for vocational education in the Revised Code of Washington shall be construed to mean the state board for vocational education.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.     The board may adopt such rules as are necessary to comply with the intent of this chapter in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW, the administrative procedure act, and adopt such bylaws as deemed necessary to the business of the board.  Rules of the commission for vocational education shall remain in effect until the board acts to adopt or revoke those rules.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.     Members of the board shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.240 and will receive travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5.     This act shall expire July 1, 1991.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 6.     This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 7.     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.