SENATE BILL REPORT

                                    SB 5779

                       AS PASSED SENATE, MARCH 14, 1991

Brief Description:  Requiring direct appropriations to the school for the deaf and the school for the blind.

SPONSORS:Senators Bauer, Rinehart, Bailey and Sutherland.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Majority Report:  Do pass.

      Signed by Senators Bailey, Chairman; Erwin, Vice Chairman; Anderson, Craswell, Metcalf, Murray, Oke, Rinehart, and A. Smith. 

Staff:  Doug Johnson (786‑7422)

Hearing Dates:March 4, 1991; March 6, 1991

BACKGROUND:

Appropriations for the School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind are made to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.  The amounts are specified and may not be used for any other purposes.  The moneys are transferred from the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind at the request of each school's superintendent.

SUMMARY:

The School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind are allowed to receive their money directly through the state operating budget.

Appropriation:  none 

Revenue:  none

Fiscal Note:  none requested

Effective Date: July 1, 1991  

TESTIMONY FOR:

The bill will stop duplication of accounting procedures now performed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the  Consolidated Services Office for the School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind.

TESTIMONY AGAINST:  None

TESTIFIED:  Robin Hunt, Office of Financial Management (pro)