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HB 916 Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Education Practices Advisory Committee; established, report.

Introduced by: Mark D. Sickles | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Department of Education; Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Education Practices Advisory Committee; report. Requires the Department of Education to establish and appoint such members as it deems appropriate to a Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Education Practices Advisory Committee for the purpose of providing (i) standards recommendations to the Department of Education that shall be considered by the Board of Education during the 2021-2022 review of the history and social science Standards of Learning and (ii) recommendations on meaningful professional development with school personnel related to culturally relevant and inclusive education practices. The bill requires the Committee to report its recommendations to the Board of Education, the Governor, and the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than July 1, 2021. This bill incorporates HB 483 and HB 1110 and is identical to SB 853.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Department of Education; Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Education Practices Advisory Committee; report. Requires the Department of Education to establish and appoint such members as it deems appropriate to a Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Education Practices Advisory Committee for the purpose of providing (i) standards recommendations to the Department of Education that shall be considered by the Board of Education during the 2021-2022 review of the history and social science Standards of Learning and (ii) recommendations on meaningful professional development with school personnel related to culturally relevant and inclusive education practices. The bill requires the Committee to report its recommendations to the Board of Education, the Governor, and the Chairs of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than July 1, 2021. This bill incorporates HB 483 and HB 1110.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Department of Education; Holocaust and Genocide Education Advisory Committee; report. Requires the Department of Education to establish and appoint such members as it deems appropriate to a Holocaust and Genocide Education Advisory Committee for the purpose of (i) assessing the current state of instructional requirements, curricula, standards, and teacher training relating to the Holocaust and other historical genocides and reporting its findings, including any recommendations for changes to such instructional requirements, curricula, standards, and teacher training, to the Board of Education, the Governor, and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than July 1, 2021; and (ii) guiding the Department of Education in developing a robust model curriculum and teacher training module for providing age-appropriate instruction on the Holocaust and other historical genocides as a method of providing anti-bias education for public school students in the Commonwealth that include case studies and instructional lessons on (a) the historical underpinnings of the Holocaust and other genocides in the context of how lower levels of hate, ridicule, and dehumanization led to larger acts of violence and state-sponsored discrimination and violence; (b) the impact of and the tools for responding to different forms of racism, bigotry, and discrimination; and (c) slavery and other forms of historical dehumanizing injustice.