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Bill Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Education Practices Advisory Committee; established, report. Department of Education; Holocaust and GenocideEducation Advisory Committee; report. Requires the Departmentof Education to establish and appoint such members as it deems appropriateto a Holocaust and Genocide Education Advisory Committee for thepurpose of (i) assessing the current state of instructional requirements,curricula, standards, and teacher training relating to the Holocaustand other historical genocides and reporting its findings, includingany recommendations for changes to such instructional requirements, curricula, standards, and teacher training, to the Board of Education,the Governor, and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Educationand the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than July1, 2021; and (ii) guiding the Department of Education in developinga robust model curriculum and teacher training module for providingage-appropriate instruction on the Holocaust and other historicalgenocides as a method of providing anti-bias education for publicschool students in the Commonwealth that include case studies and instructional lessons on (a) the historical underpinnings of theHolocaust and other genocides in the context of how lower levelsof hate, ridicule, and dehumanization led to larger acts of violenceand state-sponsored discrimination and violence; (b) the impact ofand the tools for responding to different forms of racism, bigotry,and discrimination; and (c) slavery and other forms of historicaldehumanizing injustice. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 916 Virginia HB 916 (2020)
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Virginia HB 916 (2020) — Culturally Relevant and Inclusive Education Practices Advisory Committee; established, report.

Department of Education; Holocaust and GenocideEducation Advisory Committee; report. Requires the Departmentof Education to establish and appoint such members as it deems appropriateto a Holocaust and Genocide Education Advisory Committee for thepurpose of (i) assessing the current state of instructional requirements,curricula, standards, and teacher training relating to the Holocaustand other historical genocides and reporting its findings, includingany recommendations for changes to such instructional requirements, curricula, standards, and teacher training, to the Board of Education,the Governor, and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Educationand the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than July1, 2021; and (ii) guiding the Department of Education in developinga robust model curriculum and teacher training module for providingage-appropriate instruction on the Holocaust and other historicalgenocides as a method of providing anti-bias education for publicschool students in the Commonwealth that include case studies and instructional lessons on (a) the historical underpinnings of theHolocaust and other genocides in the context of how lower levelsof hate, ridicule, and dehumanization led to larger acts of violenceand state-sponsored discrimination and violence; (b) the impact ofand the tools for responding to different forms of racism, bigotry,and discrimination; and (c) slavery and other forms of historicaldehumanizing injustice.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0572) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB916ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB916) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Impact statement from DPB (HB916H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Appropriations (17-Y 4-N) — 174 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with amendment (25-Y 13-N 1-A) — 2513 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (76-Y 21-N) — 7521 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (79-Y 19-N 1-A) — 7819 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — 53 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — 184 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Education and Health with amendment (12-Y 3-N) — 123 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)
  • Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
  • Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
  • Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103908D introduction
  • 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2020-01-13 Assigned Education sub: SOL and SOQ referral-committee
  • 2020-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB916)
  • 2020-01-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
  • 2020-01-29 Committee substitute printed 20106657D-H1 substitution
  • 2020-01-29 Incorporates HB1110 (Hudson)
  • 2020-01-29 Incorporates HB483 (Kory)
  • 2020-01-29 Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-29 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-01-30 Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education referral-committee
  • 2020-01-31 Reported from Appropriations (17-Y 4-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-04 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-05 Passed by for the day
  • 2020-02-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB916H1)
  • 2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 20106657D-H1
  • 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB916H1
  • 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House (79-Y 19-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-07 VOTE: Passage (79-Y 19-N 1-A)
  • 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2020-02-27 Reported from Education and Health with amendment (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-02 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-03-02 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2020-03-02 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2020-03-02 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2020-03-02 Passed Senate with amendment (25-Y 13-N 1-A) passage
  • 2020-03-03 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-03-03 Senate amendment agreed to by House (76-Y 21-N)
  • 2020-03-03 VOTE: Adoption (76-Y 21-N)
  • 2020-03-06 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB916ER)
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
  • 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 572 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb4e63b3-9b67-4957-9343-ce45ff8d35a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).