Supporting public school instruction in tribal sovereignty and federally recognized Indian tribes.

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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5570

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Senate Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Kauffman, Wellman, Hasegawa, Nobles, Riccelli, Stanford, Valdez, and C. Wilson)

READ FIRST TIME 02/28/25.

AN ACT Relating to supporting public school instruction in tribal sovereignty and federally recognized Indian tribes; amending RCW 28A.300.105 and 28A.320.170 ; adding a new section to chapter 28A.305 RCW; creating a new section; and providing expiration dates.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 28A.300.105 and 2011 c 270 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) To the extent funds are available, an Indian education division, to be known as the office of Native education, is created within the office of the superintendent of public instruction. The superintendent shall appoint an individual to be responsible for the office of Native education.