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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 672

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Representatives Betrozoff, Ebersole, Cole, Pruitt and P. King; by request of Superintendent of Public Instruction and State Board of Education

Read first time 2/6/87 and referred to Committee on Education.

AN ACT Relating to school facilities; adding a new section to chapter 28A.03 RCW; and making an appropriation.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.03 RCW to read as follows:

          The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall establish and maintain an inventory of all buildings and other structures owned by school districts.  The inventory shall be designed to provide a current and accurate description of school buildings and other structures within the common school system.  The inventory shall be used by the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education for purposes which include, but are not limited to, the following:  (1) Determining types and trends of facility construction; (2) describing existing major building systems; (3) reviewing student housing standards, including instruction and support service spaces; (4) forecasting new construction and modernization needs; and  (5) analyzing construction project requests submitted by school districts.  The initial inventory of school facilities shall be completed on or before December 31, 1988.  The inventory shall be updated every two years thereafter.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     The sum of five hundred thousand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated for the 1987-89 biennium from the general fund to the superintendent of public instruction for the purposes of section 1 of this act.