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program to provide behavioral health support for youth and trauma- 1 informed, culturally responsive staff training. 2 (ff) $50,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 3 year 2024 is provided solely for the office to consult with one or 4 two public high schools that offer established courses in the early 5 childhood development and services career pathway and develop model 6 materials that may be employed by other school districts with an 7 interest in establishing or expanding similar instructional offerings 8 to students. The model materials must be developed by January 1, 9 2024. 10 (gg) $62,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 11 year 2024 and $62,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 12 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the creation of a 13 deliberative democratic climate change education program in public 14 high schools based on the Washington student climate assembly pilot 15 program. The office must use the funding to develop and promote a 16 full curriculum for student climate assemblies that can be replicated 17 in public high schools across the state and to fund a part-time 18 statewide coordinator position to oversee program outreach and 19 implementation. By January 1, 2025, the office must collect and 20 evaluate feedback from teachers, students, local government 21 employees, and elected officials participating in the pilot program 22 and report to the legislature on options to improve, expand, and 23 extend the program. 24 (hh) $75,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 25 year 2024 and $75,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 26 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office to contract with 27 a nongovernmental agency to coordinate and serve as a fiscal agent 28 and to cover direct costs of the project education impact workgroup 29 to achieve educational parity for students experiencing foster care 30 and/or homelessness, consistent with chapter 233, Laws of 2020. The 31 office must contract with a nongovernmental agency with experience 32 coordinating administrative and fiscal support for project education 33 impact. 34 (ii) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 35 year 2024 is provided solely for the office to contract for a 36 feasibility study for the creation of a maritime academy on the 37 Olympic peninsula. The study must include the scope, location, 38 design, and budget for the construction of the maritime academy. The 39 p. 472 ESSB 5187.SL