SB 6847 - DIGEST

     Declares that any department, agency, or institution of higher education may purchase services, including services that have been customarily and historically provided by employees in the classified service under chapter 41.06 RCW, by contracting with individuals, nonprofit organizations, businesses, employee business units, or other entities.

     Directs the office of financial management to establish a process for identifying the savings achieved by state agencies and institutions of higher education as a result of contracting for services under the authority granted in this act.  It is the intent of the legislature that, of the initial seven hundred million dollars in identified savings, fifty percent be directed to providing increased state funding for common school basic education programs and fifty percent be directed to providing increased state funding for transportation projects and programs.

     Repeals RCW 41.06.380 and RCW 41.06.382.