Clint Jenkins
- Democratic
Primary
Teachers and other licensed school board employees;cultural competency. The bill requires teacher, principal, and division superintendent evaluations to include an evaluation ofcultural competency. The bill requires every person seeking initiallicensure or renewal of a license from the Board of Education (i)to complete instruction or training in cultural competency and (ii)with an endorsement in history and social sciences to complete instructionin African American history, as prescribed by the Board. The billalso requires each school board to adopt and implement policies that require each teacher and any other school board employee holdinga license issued by the Board to complete cultural competency training,in accordance with guidance issued by the Board, at least every twoyears.
Approved by Governor-Chapter 23 (effective 7/1/21)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 26, 2021
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2021
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Signed by President
Impact statement from DPB (HB1904ER)
Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
Read third time
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
Reported from Education and Health (8-Y 6-N)
Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Constitutional reading dispensed
VOTE: Passage (59-Y 41-N)
Read third time and passed House (59-Y 41-N)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Impact statement from DPB (HB1904)
Reported from Education (15-Y 6-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12
Referred to Committee on Education
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101996D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101996D | HTML |
| HB1904ER | HTML |
| CHAP0023 | HTML |
| Document | Format |
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| Fiscal Impact Statement: HB1904F122.PDF |
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