Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Education
 
Board
State Board of Education
 
Guidance Document Change: In 2021, the Virginia General Assembly passed House Bill 1904 and Senate Bill 1196, and was signed into law by Governor Northam. The law establishes new requirements to support culturally competent educators in the Commonwealth. The Guidance on Cultural Competency Training for Teachers and Other Licensed School Board Employees in Virginia Public Schools was developed for the Board to fulfill the statutory mandate to provide guidance on the minimum standards for the local training requirement.
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1/5/22  11:58 am
Commenter: Anonymous

No to this ridiculousness. Change this law and reverse course immediately. No politics in school
 

This should not be implemented into the school system and absolutely should not be a law. Teachers already have way too much power and go largely unchecked in classrooms when dealing with impressionable youth. Many teachers I know are under 30 and are politically motivated and driven to push their ideology and worldview on children. Teachers jobs are to teach subjects like math, English, history, science, foreign language, spelling, stud strategies, etc. None of this is needed for teachers to do their jobs rather it is a political effort to turn kids into activists and take their innocence. I am firmly against this and if this is not reversed, public schools will be a shadow of themselves (even more so than now) in the next 5-10 when all the smart parents pull their children out of the government run cesspools they have become. 

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