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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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1/5/22 10:37 pm

Commenter: NoVA parent

Not good - back to the drawing board

I have attended several diversity trainings and also designed unconscious bias training course for my work place. These guidelines are too vague to offer real guidance to anyone. You might need a more diverse working group to come up with new, fresh ideas on how to do cultural competency training. This does not cut it.

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