SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2596
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 2006 Regular Session
State of Washington 59th Legislature 2006 Regular Session
By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Kenney, McDonald, Conway, Wood, Hasegawa, Hudgins, Rodne, McCoy, Morrell and Ormsby)
READ FIRST TIME 1/31/06.
1 AN ACT Relating to the cosmetology apprenticeship program; amending
2 RCW 18.16.280; and creating a new section.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
4 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that direct-entry
5 apprenticeship programs can be very beneficial to both students and
6 employers. However, there is also concern that apprenticeship programs
7 may reduce the number of students who enroll in traditional cosmetology
8 school. The advisory committee is to update the legislature on the
9 program with an updated final report by December 31, 2008, and is to
10 include an evaluation of the effectiveness of the apprenticeship
11 program, including but not limited to the number of apprentices who
12 complete the program, the number of apprentices who take and pass the
13 licensing examination, and a formal review of any impact the expansion
14 of such an apprenticeship program may have on the enrollment of
15 traditional cosmetology schools, including but not limited to whether
16 the enrollment of traditional cosmetology schools is negatively
17 impacted by the direct-entry apprenticeship programs.
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1 Sec. 2. RCW 18.16.280 and 2003 c 400 s 1 are each amended to read
2 as follows:
3 A cosmetology apprenticeship pilot program is hereby created.
4 (1) An advisory committee is created that may consist of
5 representatives from individuals and businesses licensed under chapter
6 18.16 RCW; cosmetology, barbering, esthetics, and manicuring advisory
7 board members; department of labor and industries; department of
8 licensing; United States department of labor apprenticeship; and other
9 interested parties.
10 (a) The advisory committee shall meet to review progress of the
11 cosmetology apprenticeship pilot program.
12 (b) The department of labor and industries apprenticeship council
13 shall coordinate the activities of the advisory committee. The
14 advisory committee shall issue annual reports on the progress of the
15 apprenticeship program to interested parties and shall issue a final
16 report regarding the outcome of the apprenticeship program to be
17 presented to the appropriate committees of the house of representatives
18 and senate by December 31, 2005. The advisory committee shall submit
19 an updated report, including an evaluation of the effectiveness of the
20 apprenticeship program, to the appropriate committees of the house of
21 representatives and senate by December 31, 2007.
22 (2) Up to twenty salons approved by the department of labor and
23 industries apprenticeship council may participate in the apprenticeship
24 program. The participating salons shall proportionately represent the
25 geographic diversity of Washington state, including rural and urban
26 areas, and salons located in both eastern and western Washington.
27 (3) The department of licensing shall adopt rules, including a
28 mandatory requirement that apprentices complete in-classroom theory
29 courses as a part of their training, to provide for the licensure of
30 participants of the apprenticeship program.
31 (4) The cosmetology apprenticeship pilot program expires July 1,
32 ((2006)) 2008.
Passed by the House March 4, 2006.
Passed by the Senate March 2, 2006.
Approved by the Governor March 21, 2006.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 21, 2006.
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