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NEW SECTION. Sec. 121. FOR THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF INDIAN 1 AFFAIRS 2 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2024). . . . . . . . . $801,000 3 General Fund—State Appropriation (FY 2025). . . . . . . . . $797,000 4 Climate Commitment Account—State Appropriation. . . . . . . $658,000 5 TOTAL APPROPRIATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,256,000 6 The appropriations in this section are subject to the following 7 conditions and limitations: 8 (1) The office shall assist the department of enterprise services 9 on providing the government-to-government training sessions for 10 federal, state, local, and tribal government employees. The training 11 sessions shall cover tribal historical perspectives, legal issues, 12 tribal sovereignty, and tribal governments. Costs of the training 13 sessions shall be recouped through a fee charged to the participants 14 of each session. The department of enterprise services shall be 15 responsible for all of the administrative aspects of the training, 16 including the billing and collection of the fees for the training. 17 (2)(a) $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 18 fiscal year 2024 and $125,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 19 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office to engage a 20 contractor to: 21 (i) Conduct a detailed analysis of the opportunity gap for native 22 American students; 23 (ii) Analyze the progress in developing effective government-to- 24 government relations and identification and adoption of curriculum 25 regarding tribal history, culture, and government as provided under 26 RCW 28A.345.070; 27 (iii) Develop recommendations for continuing efforts to close the 28 educational opportunity gap while meeting the state's academic 29 achievement indicators as identified in the state's every student 30 succeeds act consolidated plan; and 31 (iv) Identify performance measures to monitor adequate yearly 32 progress. 33 (b) The contractor shall submit a study update by December 1, 34 2024, and submit a final report by June 30, 2025, to the educational 35 opportunity gap oversight and accountability committee, the governor, 36 the superintendent of public instruction, the state board of 37 education, and the education committees of the legislature. 38 p. 29 ESSB 5187.SL