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Panel supports expanding professional development resources to consider experiences of marginalized students

2678667 · March 18, 2025
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Summary

Substitute Senate Bill 5,177 would require OSPI's curated professional development resources to consider historically marginalized and underrepresented students' experiences and direct districts to adopt model policies on inclusive instructional materials.

Substitute Senate Bill 5,177 would change state guidance and model policy expectations for professional development and instructional materials, directing the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to ensure its list of professional learning resources "consider the experiences of historically marginalized and underrepresented groups."

Ethan Moreno, nonpartisan committee staff, told the House Education Committee the bill expands existing statutory expectations for state‑funded…

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