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Committee hears bill to encourage high school instruction on blood and marrow donation
Summary
Sponsors and blood‑bank representatives told the House Education Committee that classroom instruction and awareness programs could increase donations and public health resilience; bill encourages schools to offer age‑appropriate modules and requires OSPI to link materials online.
Substitute Senate Bill 56 41 would encourage Washington school districts, charter schools and state tribal education compact schools to offer instruction and awareness of blood donation to high school students, and permit age‑appropriate instruction in lower grades.
Megan Wargacki, counsel to the committee, described existing law on instruction about bone marrow donation and explained the Senate bill would apply similar encouragement and posting requirements to blood donation beginning in the 2025–26 school year. The bill names organizations that may provide…
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