Washington State School District Equity and Race Policies

WSSDA has compiled a list of school districts across the state of Washington whose school boards have adopted equity policies. The policies vary in title and content, but most focus on equity for each and every student regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, family income, homelessness, language, disability, sexual orientation, gender identification and other demographics.

Some of the policies included here explicitly seek to eliminate racial barriers, discrimination and bias to increase achievement and graduation rates for students of color. They may also address the historic inequities students of color and other marginalized students have faced and how those barriers will be eliminated within their school district.

If your school district has adopted or updated an equity and race policy, please email us at leadershipdevelopment@wssda.org.

• Arlington Public Schools – Equity 0529
• Auburn School District – Racial Equity 0050
• Bainbridge Island School District – Race, Equity, and Identity
• Bellevue School District – Equity and Accountability 0130
• Bellingham School District – Race and Equity EL10
• Bethel School District – Equity 0540
• Camas School District – Equity 3112
• Central Kitsap School District – Equity 0030
• Clover Park School District – Equity and Excellence 1109
• Coupeville School District – Equity and Inclusion 0001
• Edmonds School District – Race and Equity 0600
• Evergreen School District – Condemning Racism 6365
• Granite Falls School District – Equity in Education 5520
• Federal Way Public Schools – Race and Equity 0200
• Highline Public Schools – Equity, Race and Identity 0010
• Issaquah School District – Equity EL 16
• Kent School District – Race and Equity 1801
• Lake Stevens School District – Equity 1020
• Marysville School District – Educational Equity 0210
• Mercer Island School District – Equity and Diversity 1610 BP
• Mukilteo School District – Equity 0540
• Northshore School District – Diversity and Equity 0001
• North Thurston Public Schools – Race and Equity EL 11
• Othello School District – Equity 1010
• Quincy School District – Race and Equity Board Policy No. 3208
• Ridgefield School District – District Equity Philosophy 1910
• Seattle Public Schools – Ensuring Educational and Racial Equity 0030
• Shoreline Public Schools – Race and Equity 0150
• South Whidbey School District
• Snohomish School District – Equity in Accessibility to Courses 2121
• Spokane Public Schools – 1350 Equity Policy
• Tacoma Public Schools – Nondiscrimination and Equity 3111
• Tukwila School District – Race and Equity 0535
• Tumwater School District – Ensuring Educational Equity 3212
• Vashon Island School District – Ensuring Educational and Racial Equity 3212
• Yakima School District – Policy 0550 – Educational and Racial Equity