2010‑S2 AMH QUAL SANC 1

2SHB 2010 ‑ H AMD 582 W/D, 586 ADOPTED 4/7/95

By Representative Quall

     On page 4, beginning on line 38, strike all material through "section." on page 5, line 14, and insert the following:

     "(5)(a) By July 1, 1996, the legislature shall provide specific funding for educational programs required by subsection (3) (b) of this section to no less than twenty-five percent of the inmates who meet the criteria of subsection (3)(b) of this section.

(b) By July 1, 1997, the legislature shall provide

specific funding for educational programs required by subsection (3)(b) of this section  to no less than fifty percent of the inmates who meet the criteria of subsection  (3) (b) of this section.

(c) By July 1, 1998, the legislature shall provide specific funding for educational programs required by subsection (3)(b) of this section  to no less than seventy-five percent of the inmates who meet the criteria of subsection  (3) (b) of this section.

(d) By July 1, 1999, the legislature shall provide specific funding for educational programs required by subsection (3)(b) of this section  to all of the inmates who meet the criteria of subsection  (3) (b) of this section."

EFFECT:  Requires that specific incremental funding be dedicated by the legislature for the inmate educational programs targeted for offenders whose reading skills are assessed as below the eighth grade level.