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                                                      HOUSE BILL 1841

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State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By Representatives Hansen, Chandler, Dorn and R. Meyers

Read first time 02/10/93.  Referred to Committee on Education.

Adding instruction in renewable natural resources as part of the common schools curriculum.

          AN ACT Relating to instruction in renewable natural resources as part of the common schools curriculum; and amending RCW 28A.230.020.

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

        Sec. 1.  RCW 28A.230.020 and 1991 c 116 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:

          All common schools shall give instruction in reading, penmanship, orthography, written and mental arithmetic, geography, the history of the United States, English grammar, physiology and hygiene with special reference to the effects of alcohol and drug abuse on the human system, science with special reference to the environment, including renewable natural resources, and such other studies as may be prescribed by rule or regulation of the state board of education.  All teachers shall stress the importance of the cultivation of manners, the fundamental principles of honesty, honor, industry and economy, the minimum requisites for good health including the beneficial effect of physical exercise and methods to prevent exposure to and transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, and the worth of kindness to all living creatures and the land.  The prevention of child abuse may be offered as part of the curriculum in the common schools.

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