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fiscal year 2025 are for the operation and expenses of the Washington 1 professional educator standards board including implementation of 2 chapter 172, Laws of 2017 (educator prep. data/PESB). 3 (2)(a) $600,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 4 fiscal year 2024 and $600,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 5 for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for grants to improve 6 preservice teacher training and funding of alternate routes to 7 certification programs administered by the professional educator 8 standards board. 9 (b) Within the amounts provided in this subsection (2), up to 10 $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2024 11 and up to $500,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 12 year 2025 are provided solely for grants to public or private 13 colleges of education in Washington state to develop models and share 14 best practices for increasing the classroom teaching experience of 15 preservice training programs. 16 (3) $1,005,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 17 year 2024 and $1,001,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 18 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the recruiting Washington 19 teachers program with priority given to programs that support 20 bilingual teachers, teachers from populations that are 21 underrepresented, and English language learners. Of the amounts 22 provided in this subsection (3), $500,000 of the general fund—state 23 appropriation for fiscal year 2024 and $500,000 of the general fund— 24 state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for 25 implementation and expansion of the bilingual educator initiative 26 pilot project established under RCW 28A.180.120. 27 (4) $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 28 year 2024 and $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 29 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the implementation of 30 chapter 295, Laws of 2019 (educator workforce supply). 31 (5) $17,535,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 32 fiscal year 2024 and $17,535,000 of the general fund—state 33 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for 34 implementation of chapter 237, Laws of 2017 (paraeducators). Of the 35 amounts provided in this subsection: $16,873,000 of the general fund— 36 state appropriation for fiscal year 2024 and $16,873,000 of the 37 general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided 38 solely for grants to districts to provide two days of training per 39 p. 477 ESSB 5187.SL