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  12:53 pm
Commenter: Rainey Deford

Absolutely yes! Cultural competency is just human decency.
 

This isn't about CRT I don't believe, but it's a step in the right direction. Teachers and other professionals, especially those dealing w kids regularly, need these skills and lessons that will be taught in order to successful at helping all youth from all backgrounds that could walk into that classroom. And they are also partially responsible for raising those little humans to also be decent, which this training will certainly help provide tools to do so. People and parents who are against this are either ignorant to the service it will provide for their community or they are hell bent on not seeing the current problems of the world as they are. Please don't listen to them and their fear, help children and teachers by giving this training and continuing to progress and improve the way we educate here in the US.

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