BILL REQ. #: H-3738.2

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HOUSE BILL 2406
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State of Washington

58th Legislature

2004 Regular Session

By Representatives McCoy, Rockefeller, Conway, McDermott, Sullivan, Ormsby, Fromhold, Hunt, Lovick, Cooper, Haigh, Anderson, Kenney, Santos, Darneille, Chase, Moeller and Lantz

Read first time 01/14/2004. Referred to Committee on Education.

AN ACT Relating to teaching Washington's tribal history and culture; and adding a new section to chapter 28A.320 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 28A.320 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) A school district must incorporate into its history and social studies curricula for each grade in which the district offers instruction, the tribally developed history and culture of a federally recognized Indian tribe whose reservation in whole or in part sits within the boundaries of the school district. If a district has no portion of a tribal reservation located within its boundaries, the district must incorporate into its curricula the tribally developed history and culture of the federally recognized Indian tribes whose traditional lands and territories are within a one hundred mile radius of the school district. The program of Indian education within the office of the superintendent of public instruction must assist school districts in determining the location of tribal reservations and traditional lands and territories.
     (2) A school district must collaborate with the Indian tribe to develop and implement the history and culture curriculum required under subsection (1) of this section.

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