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education to promote participation in government by middle and high 1 school students. Of the amounts provided, $15,000 of the general fund 2 —state appropriation for fiscal year 2024 and $15,000 of the general 3 fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for 4 awarding a travel grant to the winner of the we the people: The 5 citizen and the constitution state competition. 6 (b) $373,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 7 year 2024 and $373,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 8 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for implementation of chapter 9 127, Laws of 2018 (civics education). Of the amounts provided in this 10 subsection (3)(b), $10,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 11 for fiscal year 2024 and $10,000 of the general fund—state 12 appropriation for fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for grant 13 programs to school districts to help cover travel costs associated 14 with civics education competitions. 15 (c) $55,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 16 year 2024 and $55,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 17 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office of the 18 superintendent of public instruction for statewide implementation of 19 career and technical education course equivalency frameworks 20 authorized under RCW 28A.700.070 for math and science. This may 21 include development of additional equivalency course frameworks, 22 course performance assessments, and professional development for 23 districts implementing the new frameworks. 24 (d) Within the amounts appropriated in this section the office of 25 the superintendent of public instruction shall ensure career and 26 technical education courses are aligned with high-demand, high-wage 27 jobs. The superintendent shall verify that the current list of career 28 and technical education courses meets the criteria established in RCW 29 28A.700.020(2). The superintendent shall remove from the list any 30 career and technical education course that no longer meets such 31 criteria. 32 (e) $3,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 33 year 2024 and $3,000,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 34 fiscal year 2025 are provided solely for the office of the 35 superintendent of public instruction to provide grants to school 36 districts and educational service districts for science teacher 37 training in the next generation science standards including training 38 in the climate science standards. At a minimum, school districts 39 p. 522 ESSB 5187.SL