ESHB 2331 — Modifying requirements for public school instructional and supplemental instructional materials.

What this bill does

Bars school district boards of directors (school boards) from refusing to approve or prohibiting the use of an educational material on the basis that it relates to or includes the study of the role and contributions of individuals or groups that are part of a protected class as established in public school nondiscrimination provisions. Directs school boards to adopt or revise policies and procedures for reviews and removals of supplemental instructional materials and establishes related requirements. Establishes new requirements for written complaints about instructional materials. Requires recommendations of instructional materials committees to include recommendations for culturally and experientially representative materials. Directs the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop rules and guidelines related to the instructional materials and supplemental instructional materials provisions.

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Floor votes

• House — 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 10, 2024
  58 yea · 39 nay · 1 not voting
• House — Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · March 5, 2024
  57 yea · 38 nay · 2 not voting
• Senate — 702 Short Pg 2 Ln 34 · February 22, 2024
  20 yea · 29 nay
• Senate — 3rd Reading & Final Passage as Amended by the Senate · February 22, 2024
  29 yea · 20 nay

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