H-3034.1 _______________________________________________
HOUSE BILL 2304
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 1st Special Session
By Representative Quall
Read first time . Referred to Committee on .
AN ACT Relating to school safety programs; creating new sections; making appropriations; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The sum of four million dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the general fund to the superintendent of public instruction for the biennium ending June 30, 2001, for:
(1) Alternative school start-up grants which are in addition to the grants funded in the two million dollars alternative school start-up appropriation contained in section 501(2)(l), chapter 309, Laws of 1999, and these grants shall be awarded in the same manner and for the same purposes;
(2) School safety programs for prevention and intervention. Educational service districts, jointly with school districts, may apply for grants. The funds may be expended for proven-effective programs to improve safety in schools, including: Security assessments of school facilities; violence prevention and reporting training for staff as appropriate to the particular duties and responsibilities of the specific staff, including administrators; nonviolence and leadership training for staff and students; establishing local hot lines; and school safety plans. The programs may be provided by educational service districts or consortiums of educational service districts or local school districts. The educational service districts and school districts may contract for any services under this subsection.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. The sum of three million dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the general fund to the superintendent of public instruction for the biennium ending June 30, 2001, for matching grants to enhance security in schools. This appropriation is a supplement to the five million nine hundred twenty-three thousand dollars school security appropriation contained in section 501(2)(e), chapter 309, Laws of 1999, and shall be expended in the same manner and for the same purposes.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. The biennial appropriations in this act shall be allotted by the office of financial management evenly between fiscal year 2000 and fiscal year 2001.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. 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 takes effect July 1, 1999.
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