2331-S AMH HARR MOET 309
SHB 2331 - H AMD 949
By Representative Harris
NOT ADOPTED 02/10/2024
On page 6, after line 10, insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. A new section is added to chapter 28A.345 RCW to read as follows:
By December 1, 2024, the Washington state school directors' association shall create a form for instructional materials committees to use when making recommendations under RCW 28A.320.230. The form must delineate each protected class in chapter 28A.640 and 28A.642 RCW and direct instructional materials committees, for each recommended instructional material, to indicate for which protected class or classes the recommended material applies. The form must also indicate whether the recommended material was adopted by the school district board of directors.
NEW SECTION. Sec. A new section is added to chapter 28A.320 RCW to read as follows:
(1) School district boards of directors, on or before June 15, 2025, and annually thereafter, shall provide completed versions of the forms required by section 4 of this act to the office of the superintendent of public instruction. The superintendent of public instruction, on or before December 15, 2025, and annually thereafter, shall provide a report summarizing the data from the completed forms to:
(a) The educational opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee established in RCW 28A.300.136;
(b) The office of the education ombuds established in RCW 43.06B.010; and
(c) The appropriate committees of the legislature, in accordance with RCW 43.01.036.
(2) Annual reports required by this section shall include an analysis of any disproportionality in recommendations of instructional materials committees, and subsequent adoption decisions of school district boards of directors, for the purpose of determining whether each protected class under RCW 28A.642.010 and 28A.640.010 is equitably addressed in recommendations of instructional materials committees and decisions by school district boards of directors to adopt or decline the recommendations."
Renumber the remaining sections consecutively, correct any internal references accordingly, and correct the title.
| EFFECT: (1) Requires the Washington State School Directors' Association to create a form for instructional materials committees to use when making recommendations. (2) Specifies that the form must delineate each protected class in certain nondiscrimination provisions and direct instructional materials committees, for each recommended instructional material, to indicate for which protected class or classes the recommended material applies. (3) Requires school district boards of directors to annually provide completed versions of the forms to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), beginning June 15, 2025. (4) Requires the OSPI, beginning December 15, 2025, to annually provide a report summarizing the data in the forms to the Educational Opportunity Gap Oversight and Accountability Committee, the Office of the Education Ombuds, and the appropriate committees of the Legislature. (5) Specifies that the reports must include an analysis of any disproportionality in recommendations of instructional materials committees and adoption actions of school district boards of directors for the purpose of determining whether each protected class under certain nondiscrimination provisions is equitably addressed in recommendations of instructional materials committees and decisions by school district boards of directors to adopt or decline the recommendations.
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