WA SB5386

Legislative youth advisory council must lead collaborative discussions on mandatory reporting requirements for child abuse/neglect, reviewing school employee training, model policies, and OSPI's 2023 report on supporting K-12 sexual assault survivors, with recommendations due by December 1, 2025

Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction must post staff training materials on trauma-informed, survivor-centered responses to disclosures of sexual abuse, misconduct, and assault by November 1, 2026

Amends school employee training requirements to include trauma-informed and survivor-centered responses to sexual abuse, misconduct, and assault, plus bystander intervention training, effective August 1, 2027

OSPI must develop a student and family guide to sexual harassment policies and mandatory reporting laws by November 1, 2026, translated into common non-English languages spoken in Washington

Collaborative discussions must include representatives from OSPI, DCYF, Department of Health, DSHS, Washington State Patrol, Attorney General's office, and local community experts in sexual assault prevention and response