WA SB5637

Requires all Washington high school districts to provide a mandatory one-half credit stand-alone civics course, with credit applied toward social studies graduation requirements

Beginning in the 2026-27 school year, civics courses must include new content on voter registration, media literacy related to elections and misinformation, tools for initiating public policy change, and factors affecting political participation such as redistricting and gerrymandering

Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction must identify and make available nonpartisan media literacy and civic education materials by September 1, 2025, in collaboration with 501(c)(3) nonprofits

Materials must be reviewed at least every five years to ensure relevance, and may be used by school districts to modify their civics curriculum

Defines "media literacy" as the ability to decode, assess, access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of communication