Virginia Regulatory Town Hall View Comments

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.

Previous Comment Next Comment Back to List of Comments

12/22/21 11:13 am

Commenter: Brian Kilpatrick, MD

CRT is divisive and not needed

CRT is a Marxist approach to understanding our history and culture and is not necessary. Just teach real history as it happened. It is not necessary to revise history because you don’t happen to like certain parts of it or they don’t fit your worldview. History (even less that optimal outcomes) is a teacher so that we might not repeat certain things IF we pay attention to it.

CommentID: 117448