5023-S AMH ED H2481.1
SSB 5023 - H COMM AMD
By Committee on Education
ADOPTED 04/04/2019
On page 1, line 10, after "to" insert "develop, and periodically update, essential academic learning requirements and grade-level expectations that identify the knowledge and skills that all public school students need to be global citizens in a global society with an appreciation for the contributions of diverse cultures. The office of the superintendent of public instruction must also"
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NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter
28A.655 RCW to read as follows:
By September 1, 2020, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall adopt essential academic learning requirements and grade-level expectations that identify the knowledge and skills that all public school students need to be global citizens in a global society with an appreciation for the contributions of diverse cultures. These essential academic learning requirements and grade-level expectations must be periodically updated to incorporate best practices in ethnic studies."
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(b) Develop"
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NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. The legislature intends that nothing in this act supersedes the use of the since time immemorial: tribal sovereignty in Washington state curriculum, developed as required under RCW 28A.320.170(1)(b)."EFFECT: (1) Requires the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to adopt, and periodically update, essential academic learning requirements and grade-level expectations that identify the knowledge and skills that all public school students need to be global citizens in a global society with an appreciation for the contributions of diverse cultures; and revises the intent section accordingly.
(2) Directs the Ethnic Studies Advisory Committee to advise, assist, and make recommendations to the OSPI regarding the identification and use of ethnic studies materials and resources for use in elementary schools.
(3) Removes the Governor's Office of Indian Affairs from the Ethnic Studies Advisory Committee.
(4) Provides that the Legislature intends that nothing in this act supersedes the use of the Since Time Immemorial: Tribal Sovereignty in Washington curriculum.
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