HB 977 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Public elementary & secondary education; school boards & employees to promote diversity and respect.

Summary
Public elementary and secondary education; schoolboards and employees; promotion of diversity and respect. Requireseach local school board and employee thereof to promote (i) diversityand respect, with the understanding that all individuals are createdequal and diversity is a strength of the United States, and (ii)the concept that all cultures have contributed greatly to the richhistory of the United States and the way of life that Americans enjoytoday. The bill prohibits any local school board or employee thereoffrom training, teaching, or promoting to enrolled students or schoolboard employees the concept that (a) any race is inherently superioror inferior to any other race; (b) any individual, by virtue of hisrace or skin color, is inherently racist, privileged, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously; (c) any individual, by virtueof his race or religion, bears responsibility for the actions committedby other members of his race or religion; (d) any individual's moralcharacter is determined by his race; (e) the United States is a fundamentallyor systemically racist country; or (f) capitalism is an inherentlyracist economic system.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
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Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2022 Last action Feb 15, 2022
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Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
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Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102828D
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John McGuire
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