Public elementary and secondary education; cultural competency training.

Public elementary and secondary education; schoolboards and employees; cultural competency training; evaluations.Requires the evaluation of each public school teacher and principaland division superintendent to include an evaluation of culturalcompetency if the relevant local school board has adopted and implementedpolicies to require cultural competency training. Under current law,such an evaluation of cultural competency is required and not conditionedupon any such action of the local school board. The bill permitsany school board to adopt and implement policies that require eachteacher and any other school board employee holding a license issuedby the Board of Education to complete cultural competency training,in accordance with guidance issued by the Board of Education, atleast every two years, but only after providing 30 days' advancedwritten notice of and holding a public hearing regarding the adoptionand implementation of such policies. Current law requires such culturalcompetency training and makes no provision for such notice and publichearing.