HB1179:

Va. Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous Education Advisory Board; established.

Bill Summary:

Virginia Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino,
and Indigenous Education Advisory Board; establishment. Establishes
the 29-member Virginia Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino,
and Indigenous Education Advisory Board as an advisory board in the
executive branch of state government for the purpose of advising
the Governor, his Cabinet members, and the General Assembly on the
current ways that Asian American, Pacific Islander, Latino, and Indigenous
history is described in the relevant Standards of Learning and associated
curriculum frameworks; how that content is taught in classrooms;
and strategies to develop Asian American and Pacific Islander history
and social studies elective courses, Latino history and social studies
elective courses, and Indigenous history and social studies elective
courses.