2SSB 5358: Concerning career and technical education in sixth grade.
Signed into law: Chapter 134, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Braun
- Introduced
- January 20, 2025
- Status
- C 134 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 22, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Specifies that school districts are allowed to enroll sixth grade middle school students in exploratory career and technical education (CTE) courses. Requires middle school and high school CTE programs to be treated as a single program for accounting purposes.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 10, 202595 yea · 0 nay · 3 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 6, 202548 yea · 1 nay
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