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                    ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6364

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senators Wojahn, Hochstatter, Fairley, Deccio, Prentice, Hargrove, Thibaudeau, Jacobsen, Winsley, Costa, Kohl‑Welles and Oke

Read first time 01/14/2000.  Referred to Committee on Labor & Workforce Development.

Including preapprenticeship programs in the definition of work activity.

    AN ACT Relating to including preapprenticeship programs in the definition of work activity; and amending RCW 74.08A.250.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 74.08A.250 and 1997 c 58 s 311 are each amended to read as follows:

    Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, as used in this chapter, "work activity" means:

    (1) Unsubsidized paid employment in the private or public sector;

    (2) Subsidized paid employment in the private or public sector;

    (3) Work experience, including work associated with the refurbishing of publicly assisted housing, if sufficient paid employment is not available;

    (4) On-the-job training;

    (5) Job search and job readiness assistance;

    (6) Community service programs;

    (7) Vocational educational training, not to exceed twelve months with respect to any individual;

    (8) Job skills training directly related to employment;

    (9) Enrollment in a preapprenticeship training program, which shall be considered preemployment training in the WorkFirst priogram provided that the training is no more than twenty weeks in duration;

(10) Education directly related to employment, in the case of a recipient who has not received a high school diploma or a GED;

    (((10))) (11) Satisfactory attendance at secondary school or in a course of study leading to a GED, in the case of a recipient who has not completed secondary school or received such a certificate;

    (((11))) (12) The provision of child care services to an individual who is participating in a community service program; and

    (((12))) (13) Services required by the recipient under RCW 74.08.025(3) and 74.08A.010(3) to become employable.

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