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The Advisory Committee shall include but not be limited to a geographically, ethnically, and religiously diverse representation of teachers, curriculum specialists, principals, superintendents, advocates, higher education institutions, parents, legislators, and community-based organizations. The Advisory Committee shall report its recommendations to the Board of Education, the Governor, and the Chairpersons of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than July 1, 2021. The Committee shall issue interim reports as it deems necessary.\n\nB\n\nThe Advisory Committee shall provide standards recommendations to the Virginia Department of Education, and they shall be considered by the Board of Education, during the 2021-2022 review of the history and social science Standards of Learning. Such recommendations shall include:\n\n1\n\nThe historical underpinnings of the Holocaust and other historical genocides in the context of how increased lower levels of hate, ridicule, and dehumanization led to larger acts of violence and state-sponsored discrimination and violence;\n\n2\n\nSlavery, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and other forms of historical dehumanizing injustice and discrimination;\n\n3\n\nThe ignored and untold history of the indigenous people of Virginia and North America; and\n\n4\n\nThe untold histories of other groups historically underrepresented in American and world history.\n\nC\n\nThe Advisory Committee shall provide recommendations for the issuance of Board of Education guidelines for local school division staff, including teachers and school counselors, to offer age-appropriate anti-bias education to students. The recommendations for such guidelines shall include:\n\n1\n\nRecognition that anti-bias and anti-discrimination education is the work and responsibility of all staff within the local school division;\n\n2\n\nAn emphasis on diversity and building a community of empathy, respect, understanding, and connection;\n\n3\n\nExamination of how lower levels of hate, ridicule, and dehumanization lead to larger acts of violence, discrimination and violence;\n\n4\n\nAcknowledgment of inequity on the individual level, such as biased speech and harassment, and injustice at the institutional or systemic level, such as discrimination, and the harmful impact of inequity and injustice on the community, historically and today;\n\n5\n\nSchool-based and classroom-based responses, which are student centered and proven effective, to various forms of racism, bigotry, and discrimination through empathy, respect, understanding, and connection; and\n\n6\n\nUpdates to the Department of Education’s teacher’s manual, as required by action taken by the 2009 Session of the General Assembly, that emphasizes the causes and ramifications of the Holocaust and genocide.\n\nD\n\nThe Advisory Committee shall provide recommendations on meaningful professional development with school personnel related to culturally relevant and inclusive education practices. In addition to the Board of Education, the Governor, and the Chairpersons of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health, these recommendations shall also be provided to the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure and the State Council for Higher Education in Virginia. This shall include but not be limited to considerations for:\n\n1\n\nThe policies and regulations governing teacher preparation programs; and\n\n2\n\nThe policies and regulations governing teacher licensure and professional development requirements for licensure renewal.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1319286,"text":"The Department of Education, in consultation with the Commonwealth’s Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, shall establish and appoint such members as deemed appropriate to the Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Education Practices Advisory Committee (the Advisory Committee) for the purpose of strengthening culturally relevant education practices and supporting anti-bias education and response in the Commonwealth. 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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 572<\/a> and 573<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1408591,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354412,"identifier":"22.1-208.02","token":"22.1\/13\/1\/22.1-208.02","url":"\/22.1-208.02\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-208.02\/","token":"22.1\/13\/1\/22.1-208.02","dublin_core":{"Title":"Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Education Practices Advisory Committee","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-208.02","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department<\/span> of Education, in consultation with the Commonwealth’s Director of Diversity, Equity<\/span>, and Inclusion, shall establish and appoint such members as deemed appropriate to the Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Education Practices Advisory Committee (the Advisory Committee) for the purpose of strengthening culturally relevant education practices and supporting anti-bias education and response in the Commonwealth. The Advisory Committee shall include but not be limited to a geographically, ethnically, and religiously diverse representation of teachers, curriculum specialists, principals, superintendents<\/span>, advocates, higher education institutions, parents<\/span>, legislators, and community-based organizations. The Advisory Committee shall report its recommendations to the Board<\/span> of Education, the Governor, and the Chairpersons of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than July 1, 2021. The Committee shall issue<\/span> interim reports as it deems necessary. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Advisory Committee shall provide standards recommendations to the Virginia Department<\/span> of Education, and they shall be considered by the Board<\/span> of Education, during the 2021-2022 review of the history and social science Standards of Learning. Such recommendations shall include: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The historical underpinnings of the Holocaust and other historical genocides in the context of how increased lower levels of hate, ridicule, and dehumanization led to larger acts of violence and state-sponsored discrimination and violence; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Slavery, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and other forms of historical dehumanizing injustice and discrimination; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The ignored and untold history of the indigenous people of Virginia and North America; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> The untold histories of other groups historically underrepresented in American and world history. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Advisory Committee shall provide recommendations for the issuance of Board<\/span> of Education guidelines for local school division staff, including teachers and school counselors, to offer age-appropriate anti-bias education to students. The recommendations for such guidelines shall include: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Recognition that anti-bias and anti-discrimination education is the work and responsibility of all staff within the local school division; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> An emphasis on diversity and building a community of empathy, respect, understanding, and connection; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Examination of how lower levels of hate, ridicule, and dehumanization lead to larger acts of violence, discrimination and violence; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Acknowledgment of inequity on the individual level, such as biased speech and harassment, and injustice at the institutional or systemic level, such as discrimination, and the harmful impact of inequity and injustice on the community, historically and today; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> School-based and classroom-based responses, which are student centered and proven effective, to various forms of racism, bigotry, and discrimination through empathy, respect, understanding, and connection; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> Updates to the Department<\/span> of Education’s teacher’s manual, as required by action taken by the 2009 Session of the General Assembly, that emphasizes the causes and ramifications of the Holocaust and genocide. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> The Advisory Committee shall provide recommendations on meaningful professional development with school personnel related to culturally relevant and inclusive education practices. In addition to the Board<\/span> of Education, the Governor, and the Chairpersons of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health, these recommendations shall also be provided to the Advisory Board<\/span> on Teacher Education and Licensure and the State Council for Higher Education in Virginia. This shall include but not be limited to considerations for: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The policies and regulations governing teacher preparation programs; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The policies and regulations governing teacher licensure and professional development requirements for licensure renewal. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCULTURALLY RELEVANT AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION PRACTICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE (\u00a7\n22.1-208.02)\n\nA. The Department of Education, in consultation with the Commonwealth’s\nDirector of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, shall establish and appoint such\nmembers as deemed appropriate to the Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Education\nPractices Advisory Committee (the Advisory Committee) for the purpose of\nstrengthening culturally relevant education practices and supporting anti-bias\neducation and response in the Commonwealth. The Advisory Committee shall include\nbut not be limited to a geographically, ethnically, and religiously diverse\nrepresentation of teachers, curriculum specialists, principals, superintendents,\nadvocates, higher education institutions, parents, legislators, and\ncommunity-based organizations. The Advisory Committee shall report its\nrecommendations to the Board of Education, the Governor, and the Chairpersons of\nthe House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and\nHealth no later than July 1, 2021. The Committee shall issue interim reports as\nit deems necessary.\n\nB. The Advisory Committee shall provide standards recommendations to the\nVirginia Department of Education, and they shall be considered by the Board of\nEducation, during the 2021-2022 review of the history and social science\nStandards of Learning. Such recommendations shall include:\n\n 1. The historical underpinnings of the Holocaust and other historical\n genocides in the context of how increased lower levels of hate, ridicule, and\n dehumanization led to larger acts of violence and state-sponsored\n discrimination and violence;\n\n 2. Slavery, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and other forms of historical\n dehumanizing injustice and discrimination;\n\n 3. The ignored and untold history of the indigenous people of Virginia and\n North America; and\n\n 4. The untold histories of other groups historically underrepresented in\n American and world history.\n\nC. The Advisory Committee shall provide recommendations for the issuance of\nBoard of Education guidelines for local school division staff, including\nteachers and school counselors, to offer age-appropriate anti-bias education to\nstudents. The recommendations for such guidelines shall include:\n\n 1. Recognition that anti-bias and anti-discrimination education is the work\n and responsibility of all staff within the local school division;\n\n 2. An emphasis on diversity and building a community of empathy, respect,\n understanding, and connection;\n\n 3. Examination of how lower levels of hate, ridicule, and dehumanization lead\n to larger acts of violence, discrimination and violence;\n\n 4. Acknowledgment of inequity on the individual level, such as biased speech\n and harassment, and injustice at the institutional or systemic level, such as\n discrimination, and the harmful impact of inequity and injustice on the\n community, historically and today;\n\n 5. School-based and classroom-based responses, which are student centered and\n proven effective, to various forms of racism, bigotry, and discrimination\n through empathy, respect, understanding, and connection; and\n\n 6. Updates to the Department of Education’s teacher’s manual, as\n required by action taken by the 2009 Session of the General Assembly, that\n emphasizes the causes and ramifications of the Holocaust and genocide.\n\nD. The Advisory Committee shall provide recommendations on meaningful\nprofessional development with school personnel related to culturally relevant\nand inclusive education practices. In addition to the Board of Education, the\nGovernor, and the Chairpersons of the House Committee on Education and the\nSenate Committee on Education and Health, these recommendations shall also be\nprovided to the Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure and the State\nCouncil for Higher Education in Virginia. This shall include but not be limited\nto considerations for:\n\n 1. The policies and regulations governing teacher preparation programs; and\n\n 2. The policies and regulations governing teacher licensure and professional\n development requirements for licensure renewal.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, cc. 572, 573.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}