5355 AMS WICL S1844.1
SB 5355 - S AMD 58
By Senator C. Wilson
ADOPTED 03/01/2023
On page 3, line 3, after "the" strike "2024-25" and insert "2025-26"
On page 3, line 6, after "be" strike "a stand-alone course or"
On page 3, after line 23, insert the following:
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NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. A new section is added to chapter
28A.300 RCW to read as follows:
The child sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention and identification public-private partnership account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from gifts, grants, or endowments from public or private sources, federal funds, and any appropriations made by the legislature or other sources must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for curriculum and professional development to support instruction on child sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention and identification. Only the superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter
43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures."
SB 5355 - S AMD 58
By Senator C. Wilson
ADOPTED 03/01/2023
On page 1, line 3 of the title, after "RCW;" insert "adding a new section to chapter
28A.300 RCW;"
EFFECT: (1) Delays the requirement to provide instruction on sex trafficking prevention and identification at least once between grades seven and 12 by one school year.
(2) Removes the reference to the instruction being provided in a stand-alone course and maintains that the instruction may be integrated into other relevant courses or an existing course may be repurposed to include this instruction.
(3) Creates a nonappropriated, public-private partnership account to be used for curriculum and professional development to support instruction on child sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention and identification.
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