1143-S2.E AMS HARG S2786.2

E2SHB 1143 - S AMD TO HSC COMM AMD (S2543.1) - 375

By Senators Hargrove, Costa, Kohl-Welles and Hargrove

                                                   ADOPTED 4/13/99

    On page 1, after line 20, insert the following:

    "(c) "Program" means any series of courses or classes necessary to achieve a proficiency standard, certificate, or postsecondary degree."

    On page 1, after line 35, insert the following:

    "An inmate may, prior to the completion of the fee-based education or vocational program authorized under this subsection, apply to a person designated by the secretary for permission to make a change in his or her program.  The secretary, or his or her designee, may approve the application based solely on the following criteria:  (a) The inmate has been transferred to another institution by the department for reasons unrelated to education or a change to a higher security classification and the offender's current program is unavailable in the offender's new placement; (b) the inmate entered an academic program as an undeclared major and wishes to declare a major.  No inmate may apply for more than one change to his or her major and receive the exemption from deductions specified in this subsection; (c) the educational or vocational institution is terminating the inmate's current program; or (d) the offender's training or education has demonstrated that the current program is not the appropriate program to assist the offender to achieve a placement decision made by the department under RCW 72.09.460 to prepare the inmate for work upon release."

EFFECT:  Defines fee-based education or vocational program and places limits on what changes can be made in the program.

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