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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2891

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Dorn and Springer)

Read first time 02/04/94.

Providing medical aid benefits coverage for school district-sponsored work-based learning experiences.

    AN ACT Relating to school district-sponsored, nonpaid, work-based learning experiences; and adding a new section to chapter 51.12 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 51.12 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) A person enrolled and participating in a school district-sponsored, nonpaid, work-based learning experience, shall be considered a "volunteer" as provided in RCW 51.12.035 and is subject to the applicable provisions of this title for the time spent in actual attendance at the nonpaid work-based experience.

    (2) A person who has earned wages for the time spent in participating in a school district-sponsored, work-based learning experience, is no longer considered a "volunteer."

    (3) The superintendent of public instruction shall create a task force composed of an equal representation of business, labor, parents, and teachers to develop a definition of nonpaid, work-based learning experience.

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