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(3)(a) $75,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 1 year 2022 and $75,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 2 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for project citizen and we the 3 people: The citizen and the constitution programs sponsored by the 4 national conference of state legislatures and the center for civic 5 education to promote participation in government by middle and high 6 school students. Of the amounts provided, $15,000 of the general fund 7 —state appropriation for fiscal year 2022 and $15,000 of the general 8 fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for 9 awarding a travel grant to the winner of the we the people: The 10 citizen and the constitution state competition. 11 (b) $373,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 12 year 2022 and $373,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 13 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for implementation of chapter 14 127, Laws of 2018 (civics education). Of the amounts provided in this 15 subsection (3)(b), $10,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 16 for fiscal year 2022 and $10,000 of the general fund—state 17 appropriation for fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for grant 18 programs to school districts to help cover travel costs associated 19 with civics education competitions. 20 (4)(a) $55,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 21 year 2022 and $55,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 22 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the office of the 23 superintendent of public instruction for statewide implementation of 24 career and technical education course equivalency frameworks 25 authorized under RCW 28A.700.070 for math and science. This may 26 include development of additional equivalency course frameworks, 27 course performance assessments, and professional development for 28 districts implementing the new frameworks. 29 (b) Within the amounts appropriated in this section the office of 30 the superintendent of public instruction shall ensure career and 31 technical education courses are aligned with high-demand, high-wage 32 jobs. The superintendent shall verify that the current list of career 33 and technical education courses meets the criteria established in RCW 34 28A.700.020(2). The superintendent shall remove from the list any 35 career and technical education course that no longer meets such 36 criteria. 37 (c) $3,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 38 year 2022 and $5,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 39 p. 1285 ESSB 5187.SL