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1998 SESSION

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HB 258 Standards of Quality for the several school divisions.

Introduced by: Mitchell Van Yahres | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Standards of Quality for the several school divisions. Requires the programs of instruction for grades K through 12 to include cultural diversity in Virginia and the United States. The bill amends Standards 1 and 6 to require programs that local school boards are required to implement to be developed and implemented as age-appropriate curricula focused on sensitivity to and inclusion of diversity in American society, including content standards, learning materials, instructional design and strategies, activities for staff development, and strategies for evaluation and enforcement. "Diversity in American society" includes racial, ethnic, gender, and disability variety. The divisionwide six-year improvement plan must include an educational diversity plan to create a learning environment which is sensitive to and inclusive of race, gender, ethnicity, and disability.

FULL TEXT

• 01/15/98  House: Presented & ordered printed 986785480  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/15/98  House: Presented & ordered printed 986785480
• 01/15/98  House: Referred to Committee on Education
• 01/21/98  House: Assigned to Education sub-committee: 1
• 02/17/98  House: No action taken by Education by voice vote