Relating to: grants for LGBTQIA+ rights training for school counselors and school social workers and making an appropriation. (FE)
SB 320 creates $2 million in annual state funding for grants to school boards to provide LGBTQIA+ rights training for school counselors and social workers. The bill requires the Department of Public Instruction to award these grants for training programs developed or approved by the department. It directly affects school counselors, social workers, and school boards across the state, with the training focusing on supporting LGBTQIA+ students. The legislation specifies that "LGBTQIA+" includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and other nonheterosexual or noncisgender identities.
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Jun 2025
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Introduced Jun 12, 2025
Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Introduced
Introduced by Senators Spreitzer, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Roys, Ratcliff, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Smith, Hesselbein and Drake;
cosponsored by Representatives Vining, Phelps, Cruz, Neubauer, Rivera-Wagner, Snodgrass, Spaude, Stroud, Udell, Arney, Clancy, Andraca, Emerson, Hong, Joers, Madison, McCarville, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Roe, Sheehan, Tenorio, Fitzgerald, Bare, Prado, Subeck, Mayadev, DeSmidt, DeSanto, Stubbs, Anderson and Johnson
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Chris Larson
DDemocratic
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Dianne Hesselbein
DDemocratic
P
Dora Drake
DDemocratic
P
Jeff Smith
DDemocratic
P
Jodi Habush Sinykin
DDemocratic
P
Kelda Roys
DDemocratic
P
Kristin Dassler-Alfheim
DDemocratic
P
LaTonya Johnson
DDemocratic
P
Mark Spreitzer
DDemocratic
P
Melissa Ratcliff
DDemocratic
P
Sarah Keyeski
DDemocratic
P
Tim Carpenter
DDemocratic
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