This bill amends RCW 28A.300.475 and creates a new statutory section with legislative findings, and it changes school education law rather than creating a criminal offense or changing penalties. It requires public schools (as defined in RCW 28A.150.010) to provide recurring comprehensive sexual health education to all students by the 2022-23 school year, with specified minimum frequencies by grade (once for K–3, once for grades 4–5, twice for grades 6–8, and twice for grades 9–12). Beginning 2021-22 the instruction must be provided to grades 6–12 and by 2022-23 to all grades. The bill sets content standards: curriculum must be medically and scientifically accurate, age-appropriate, inclusive regardless of protected class status, include information on abstinence plus contraceptives and disease prevention, and for 4–12 must cover physiological, developmental, interpersonal skills, resources, healthy relationships, influences on relationships, affirmative consent, and bystander training. The bill defines "affirmative consent" as a conscious, voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity and defines "comprehensive sexual health education" with grade-differentiated requirements; the definition of “medically and scientifically accurate” is partly cut off in the provided text. The bill adds procedural and administrative requirements rather than penalties: parents or legal guardians must provide written approval before their child participates in any planned instruction in comprehensive sexual health education, and beginning in 2025-26 schools must annually notify parents that written approval is required and provide or link to course materials by grade. Parents may review curricula by written request to the district board, school principal, or designee. OSPI and the Department of Health must post standards and a January 2005 guidance document online, develop and annually update a list of curricula consistent with those standards, and OSPI (subject to appropriations) must periodically review and revise teacher/principal training materials (initial review required by March 1, 2021). Schools must annually report curricula used and alignment to OSPI by September 1, and OSPI must summarize submissions and report biennially to legislative education committees beginning after the 2022-23 school year. The anti-harassment reporting provision in RCW 28A.600.480(2) applies to this section. Affected parties named include public schools, school districts, principals, OSPI, DOH, the Washington State School Directors' Association, parents and students, guest speakers, and certain professional organizations. The provided text also references obstetricians and gynecologists, DOH, and the federal CDC in an incomplete clause. Important portions are missing from the extracted text: the remainder of the definition of “medically and scientifically accurate” and the full context of the clause mentioning obstetricians and gynecologists, DOH, and the CDC, so the summary cannot state how those references are used.

If enacted, every public K–12 school will need to offer recurring, age‑appropriate sexual health education that includes medically accurate information, abstinence and contraceptive/disease prevention, and affirmative consent and bystander training. Schools and districts will have to choose or review curricula against state standards, tell parents each year that written permission will be required before a child participates (starting 2025–26), provide access to course materials by grade, allow parental review on request, and report which curricula they use to the state each September; OSPI and the Department of Health must publish model materials and keep a list of approved curricula and training resources subject to available funding. The groups most affected are school districts, principals, teachers, and staff who will face added administrative duties (curriculum selection or review, annual notifications, managing consent records, and reporting) and likely new costs for curriculum purchases and staff training; OSPI and DOH will need resources to maintain lists, review training, and post guidance; parents gain a formal opt‑in right and students will experience standardized content across schools. The bill text provided leaves some practical details unclear, including the complete definition of “medically and scientifically accurate” and the precise role of the named experts and agencies (obstetricians/gynecologists, DOH, CDC) in developing or endorsing materials.