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  9:40 pm
Commenter: Stacey

Oppose Cultural Competency requirements
 

As has been demonstrated in our local school system, culturally responsive teaching has become something drastically different than what was previously advertised. Making a sincere effort to understand and relate to every single child is imperative and should be common sense among our professional teachers. Now the new CRT is applying the tenets of critical race theory and viewing EVERYTHING through the lens of race. This is highly divisive and unnecessary. Focus on common humanity and mutual respect. This has ZERO to do with teaching history that gets thrown around....please by all means, teach it....all of it!  Stop focusing on race! We are all humans!

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