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2022 House Bill 2078: Establishing the outdoor school for all program
Introduced by Rep. Alicia Rule (Whatcom County) (D) on January 21, 2022
Referred to the House Education Committee on January 21, 2022
Referred to the House Appropriations Committee on February 3, 2022
Substitute offered in the House on February 7, 2022
Establishes the Outdoor Learning Grant program (Grant Program) to develop and support educational experiences for students in Washington public schools.
Received in the Senate on February 15, 2022
Referred to the Senate Ways & Means Committee on February 15, 2022
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 28, 2022
Amendment offered in the Senate on March 4, 2022
Specifies that the outdoor education experiences may be either overnight or consecutive day programs when overnight programs are impractical.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on March 4, 2022
Amendment offered by Sen. Sam Hunt (Olympia) (D) on March 4, 2022
(1) Specifies that outdoor education experiences for fifth and sixth grade students that are day programs do not have to be consecutive days.
(2) Specifies that day programs are allowable when overnight programs are impractical due to capacity considerations in addition to health or cultural considerations.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on March 4, 2022
Received in the House on March 8, 2022
House concurred in Senate amendments.
Passed final passage.
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on March 23, 2022