SB 5327 — Concerning learning standards and graduation requirements.

S-1318.1S-0479.2 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5327 State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education (originally sponsored by Senators Wellman, Nobles, and C.

Wilson)Wilson READRead FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 02/12/25.01/17/25.

Referred to Committee on Early Learning & K-12 Education.

amending RCW 28A.300.468 and 28A.655.070;

(1) As the state board of education reviews potential changes to graduation requirements, the board shall, at minimum, include in its recommendations adjustments necessary to ensure that students have adequate opportunity to demonstrate competency of the foundational skills established in the high school computer science state learning standards and state financial education learning standards.

1 SSBSB 5327 (3) The state board of education shall, in accordance with RCW 43.01.036, report its recommendations to the governor and the education committees of the legislature by December 31, 2026.

(2) The officestate board of education shall collect information from school districts about the superintendentcourses ofand publicother instructionlearning shallopportunities initiatecurrently aoffered reviewin ofcomputer science for high school students in their district, how the statedistrict financialalready educationassesses learningor standardsplans adoptedto underassess authoritycompetency of RCWthe 28A.300.469computer science state learning standards, and identifywhat anythe standardsdistrict consideredmay need to beimplement foundationalthe forstate graduationboard purposesof aseducation's recommendations established inunder section 1 of this act.

(3) The state board of education shall collect information from school districts about the courses and other learning opportunities currently offered in computer science and financial education for high school students in their district, how the district already assesses or plans to assess competency of the computer science or financial education state learning standards, and what the district may need to implement the state board of education's recommendations established under section 1 of this act.

The state board of education shall report a summary of the information collected to the legislature by December 31, 2026,2025, and shall include any recommendations on what actions the legislature could take to assist school districts in meeting the needs identified by school districts, including whether exploring options for increasing the number of educators endorsed to teach computer science is necessary.

p.(3) This section expires August 1, 2027.

2 SSB 5327 (4) This section expires August 1, 2027.

RCW 28A.300.468 and 2015 c 211 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) After consulting with the financial education public-private partnership, the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall make available to all school districts a list of instructional materials that align with the state financial education learning standards ((integrated into the state learning standards pursuant to RCW 28A.300.460(2)(d))) adopted in RCW 28A.300.469.

(2) School districts shall provide all students in grades nine through ((twelve)) 12 the opportunity to access the financial education learning standards, whether through a regularly scheduled class period;

before or after school;

during lunch periods;

at library and study time;

at home;

via online learning opportunities;

through career and technical education course equivalencies;

or other opportunities.

School districts shall publicize the availability of financial education opportunities to students and their families.

School districts are encouraged to grant credit toward high school graduation to students who successfully complete financial education courses.

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(1) The superintendent of public instruction shall develop state learning standards that identify the knowledge and skills all public schoolp. students need to know and be able to do based on the student learning goals in RCW 28A.150.210, develop student assessments, and implement the accountability recommendations and requests regarding assistance, rewards, and recognition of the state board of education.

2 SB 5327 school students need to know and be able to do based on the student learning goals in RCW 28A.150.210, develop student assessments, and implement the accountability recommendations and requests regarding assistance, rewards, and recognition of the state board of education.

(b) Include a screening for biased content in each development or revision of a state learning standard and ensure that the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion, as those terms are defined in RCW p.28A.415.443, are incorporated into each new or revised state learning standard.

3 SSB 5327 28A.415.443, are incorporated into each new or revised state learning standard.

(3)(a) In consultation with the state board of education, the superintendent of public instruction shall maintain and continue to develop and revise a statewide academic assessment system in the content areas of reading, writing, mathematics, and science for use in the elementary, middle, and high school years designed to determine if each student has mastered the state learning standards identifiedp. in subsection (1) of this section.

3 SB 5327 identified in subsection (1) of this section.

(c) By the 2014-15 school year, the superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the state board of education, shall modify the statewide student assessment system to transition to p.assessments developed with a multistate consortium, as provided in this subsection:

4 SSB 5327 assessments developed with a multistate consortium, as provided in this subsection:

(5) The assessment system shall be designed so that the results under the assessment system are used by educators as tools to evaluate instructional practices, and to initiate appropriate educational support for students who have not mastered the state learningp. standards at the appropriate periods in the student's educational development.

4 SB 5327 learning standards at the appropriate periods in the student's educational development.

p.(a) Information on classroom-based and other assessments that may provide additional achievement information for individual students;

5 SSB 5327 (a) Information on classroom-based and other assessments that may provide additional achievement information for individual students;

(13)p. The superintendent shall consider methods to address the unique needs of highly capable students when developing the assessments under this section.

5 SB 5327 (13) The superintendent shall consider methods to address the unique needs of highly capable students when developing the assessments under this section.

The notification must be provided to the state board of p.education in advance for review at a regularly scheduled or special board meeting and must include the following information: