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Department of Education

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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12/20/21 2:02 pm

Commenter: John D. Hooper

NO ON SEL, CRT and CCT FOR TEACHERS !!

I strongly oppose the continuation of any training of students on CRT, and similarly CCT for VA teachers. CRT is racist, based on Marxist principles, and was outlawed by the Federal Law in "Civil Rights Act of 1964" and more recently by Title IX. Given the academic proficiency scores in this country for all manner of subjects (we score 25th in the world), I recommend that teachers, Principals and Superintendents get focused on "reading, writing, arithmetic, history and science" ONLY.

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