1495-SAMSMCAUS3153.2SHB 1495S AMD TO EKHE COMM AMD (S3035.1)459By Senators McAuliffe, SchmidtADOPTED 04/07/2005 Beginning on page 3, line 35 of the amendment, strike all ofsection 4 and insert the following:NEW SECTION.Sec. A new section is added to chapter 28A.320RCW to read as follows: (1) Each school district board of directors is encouraged toincorporate curricula about the history, culture, and government of thenearest federally recognized Indian tribe or tribes, so that studentslearn about the unique heritage and experience of their closestneighbors. School districts near Washington's borders are encouragedto include federally recognized Indian tribes whose traditional landsand territories included parts of Washington, but who now reside inOregon, Idaho, and British Columbia. School districts and tribes areencouraged to work together to develop such curricula. (2) As they conduct regularly scheduled reviews and revisions oftheir social studies and history curricula, school districts areencouraged to collaborate with any federally recognized Indian tribewithin their district, and with neighboring Indian tribes, toincorporate expanded and improved curricular materials about Indiantribes, and to create programs of classroom and community culturalexchanges. (3) School districts are encouraged to collaborate with the officeof the superintendent of public instruction on curricular areasregarding tribal government and history that are statewide in nature,such as the concept of tribal sovereignty and the history of federalpolicy towards federally recognized Indian tribes. The program ofIndian education within the office of the superintendent of publicinstruction is encouraged to help local school districts identifyfederally recognized Indian tribes whose reservations are in whole or 1 in part within the boundaries of the district and/or those that arenearest to the school district.--- END --- 2