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  2:47 pm
Commenter: Elisabeth

YES YES YES
 

All the idiot racists in VA are the only one against this. Nothing wrong with increasing cultural competency. This can do so much good and 0 harm. Glad that CCT exists. As someone living in rural Virginia and went through the public school system here from k-12 it would have helped if teachers were more educated on Hispanic/Latino families. I would get pulled out of my kindergarten class back in 2003 to translate for a student in another class that didn’t speak English. Diversity should be ENCOURAGED AND EMBRACED

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