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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12/15/21  5:16 pm
Commenter: Delane Karalow

No to Competency Training
 

This initiative to teach Cultural Competency Training should be ended immediately. The Document (draft) does not even accurately define what Cultural Competency is and how it would be measured. It is no different than Critical Race Theory. It divides by beginning from the premise of "differences." It is Marxist and "equity" is embedded in the term. Furthermore, it competes with substantial training and content in other subjects, taking time and effort away from other more important and substantive content.

Additionally, in the fourth domain, the term "internal and external stakeholders" needs to be explained. This is very suspicious. 

I am a recently retired college professor who has seen much damage resulting from these programs and policies. If not discarded, it should at least be revisited (scrutenized) by the new Youngkin administration appointee for Education. Not so fast with this!

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