SB 5269 - DIGEST
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Establishes the Washington state first peoples' language, culture, and history teacher certification program. The professional educator standards board shall adopt rules to implement the program in collaboration with the sovereign tribal governments of Washington state, including the tribal leader congress on education and the first peoples' language and culture committee. The collaboration required under this act shall be defined by a protocol for cogovernance in education developed by the professional educator standards board and the sovereign tribal governments of Washington state.