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                                 ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1486

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By House Committee on Education (originally sponsored by Representatives Pruitt, Holm, Walker, Cooper, Rasmussen, Ebersole, Holland, Anderson, Heavey, Crane, P. King, May, Sanders and Spanel)

Read first time on 1/27/87 and passed to Committee on Rules.

AN ACT Relating to citizenship education; and adding new sections to Title 28A RCW.

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

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

          The board of directors of each school district shall adopt a comprehensive plan by September 1, 1989, to include citizenship education in the curriculum of the school district including instruction in each of the following areas:

          (1) Academic disciplines such as history, social studies, or political science;

          (2) Character education.  Instruction in character education shall include teaching the concepts of courage, conviction, generosity, kindness, helpfulness, honesty, honor, justice, tolerance, freedom to choose, freedom to speak, industry, discipline, and compassion;

(3) Societal education such as social problems, consumer education, law-related education, or international or multi-ethnic education; and

          (4) Experiential citizenship education including community service, leadership training, foreign exchange programs, or cocurricular service activities.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to Title 28A RCW to read as follows:

          A citizenship education advisory committee shall be appointed by the board of directors for each first class school district.  The committee shall include members representing teachers, administrators, parents, the school district board of directors, and members of local government.  A school district may use a standing citizen advisory committee instead of appointing a special committee as described for this purpose.  It is the duty of the committee to advise the board in the development of the citizenship education plan and to review the plan annually and make recommendations for change to the board of directors by July 1st of alternate years beginning in 1990.