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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5133

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Senators Zarelli and Schow)

Read first time 02/20/97.

Prohibiting censorship of United States and Washington history.

    AN ACT Relating to censorship by school districts; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.230 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.230 RCW to read as follows:

    School district boards of directors shall not censor any documents, writings, speeches, or records relating to the founding of the United States or the state of Washington because of religious references in these documents, writings, speeches, or records.  School district boards of directors shall allow any teacher in any public school to read or post in a classroom any documents, writings, speeches, or records relating to the founding of the United States and the state of Washington.

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