Bill Text: VA HB371 | 2022 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: School board employees, licensed; cultural competency training, bullying.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-15 - Left in Education [HB371 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2022-HB371-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 371 Offered January 12, 2022 Prefiled January 11, 2022 A BILL to amend and reenact §22.1-298.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to licensed school board employees; cultural competency training; bullying of Asian American and Pacific Islander students. ---------- Patron-- Convirs-Fowler ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §22.1-298.7 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§22.1-298.7. Teachers and other licensed school board employees; cultural competency training.

Each school board shall adopt and implement policies that require each teacher and any other school board employee holding a license issued by the Board to complete cultural competency training, in accordance with guidance issued by the Board, at least every two years. Such guidance shall include a model curriculum for cultural competency training relating to the bullying of Asian American and Pacific Islander students, and such model curriculum shall be incorporated into all training required for licensed school board employees pursuant to this section.