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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the School Code. Requires in-service training for school personnel to include training on civil rights and in cultural diversity, including racial and ethnic sensitivity and implicit racial bias. Effective July 1, 2017.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes: Makes legislative findings. Requires the in-service training to include training to develop cultural competency (rather than training on civil rights and in cultural diversity), including understanding and reducing implicit racial bias (rather than including racial and ethnic sensitivity and implicit racial bias). Defines "implicit racial bias". Effective July 1, 2017.
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