SB 5688-S - DIGEST
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 2ND SUB)

Requires the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Convene a work group to recommend comprehensive social emotional learning benchmarks for grades kindergarten through high school; and

(2) Conduct a survey of schools to ascertain how many schools in the state are implementing a social emotional learning program and to understand individual districts' capacity to implement social emotional learning.

Requires educational service districts to develop and maintain the capacity to serve as a convener, trainer, and mentor for educators and other school district staff on social emotional learning.

Authorizes school districts to use specific funding to develop and update school specific action plans to implement multitiered systems of support frameworks and curriculum aligned with the frameworks.