5077-S AMS LIIA NOAH 040

SSB 5077 - S AMD 287

By Senator Liias

NOT ADOPTED 04/02/2015

    On page 125, on line 35, after "prevention." Insert the following:

"Of the amounts provided in this section $26,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2017 is provided solely for the office of the superintendent of public instruction to develop a statewide anti-bullying training for school district staff that act as the primary contact for the school district’s anti-harassment, intimidation, or bullying policy, as required by RCW 28A.300.285.  The training shall include materials addressing harassment, intimidation, or bullying as defined in 28A.300.285; transgender student policy and procedures created by the Washington state school directors' association; and materials addressing hazing. The office of superintendent of public instruction to work in collaboration with the educational service districts to offer the statewide anti-bullying training at least once at each of the educational service districts.

The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall align the questions in the healthy youth survey with the model transgender student policy and procedure created by the Washington state school directors' association."

EFFECT: Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction (OSPI) to develop and provide training for school district staff that act as the point of contact for the anti-harassment, intimidation, or bullying policy.  The training must be held once at each of the educational service districts. OSPI must align the healthy youth survey questions with the model transgender policy and procedure created by the Washington state school directors' association.

FISCAL IMPACT: None.

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