5418-S AMS HOCH S2174.1

SSB 5418 - S AMD - 101

By Senator Hochstatter

                                               NOT ADOPTED 3/10/99

    On page 10, after line 17, insert the following:

                   "STATE ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS

NEW SECTION. Sec. 601.  A new section is added to chapter 28A.300 RCW to read as follows:

    To assist high school students to meet the standards set in civics at the high school level, the superintendent of public instruction shall provide each high school student with a copy of Our Constitution and What it Means, by William Kottmeyer and Thomas F. Eagleton, prior to the student studying the Constitution of the United States and the Washington state Constitution.

                              PART 7"

    Renumber the remaining parts and sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

EFFECT:  Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to provide a copy to each high school student of Our Constitution and What it Means prior to studying the federal and state constitutions.

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