Virginia Dems introduce classroom DEI curriculum law on day 1 of legislative session

As Democrats retake power of the Virginia legislature and governor's mansion, a flurry of far-left bills has been introduced to statesman the legislative session, including 1 that would enshrine DEI successful the schoolroom into law.

HB 614, titled "History and societal subject standards and instruction; historically marginalized communities," was filed connected Jan. 13, a time earlier the league adjacent began, by Del. Sam Rasoul, D-Roanoke.

The measure seeks to "ensure comprehensive, accurate, and inclusive education" for simple and secondary schoolhouse children, according to its summary. To fulfill that goal, the measure mandates instructional materials and standards successful past and societal subject courses that see "contributions, perspectives, and experiences of historically marginalized communities."

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Those communities, per the summary, see radical and taste minorities, immigrants and refugees, women, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ+ people, radical from assorted socioeconomic backgrounds, individuals from assorted spiritual backgrounds and an open-ended, "any different radical of individuals that the Board of Education deems appropriate, successful bid to affirm specified communities and beforehand a much holistic knowing of history."

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The measure itself is abbreviated connected specifics of what volition beryllium taught, but says that by March 1, 2027, which is the state's scheduled reappraisal of and revision of its "Standards for Learning," the caller instructional materials and program guidelines indispensable beryllium successful spot to "explicitly see the political, economic, social, and taste contributions of the communities described."

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It does enactment that teachers indispensable beryllium equipped with materials to observe Black History Month, Women's History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Disability History and Awareness Month, LGBTQ+ History Month, and different recognitions arsenic determined by the Board.

"The Department of Historic Resources shall coordinate consultation with taxable substance experts from institutions of higher acquisition and assemblage organizations representing these communities," the bill's substance says.

The aforesaid section is tasked with disseminating the caller program guidance to schools "to guarantee integration of inclusive past crossed curricula and to debar isolating specified contented to a azygous period oregon observance."

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Rasoul did not instrumentality a petition for comment.