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Read. Follow. Verify.Michigan requires school staff and educators to complete cultural competency training starting in 2027
Last action · June 26, 2025: REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONSponsors: Stephanie Chang and 9 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Beginning in the 2027-2028 school year, Michigan school districts and public school academies must require all educators and student-facing personnel to complete training in . The state department of education must provide supporting resources by June 1, 2027. Non-educator personnel are exempt from specific historic contribution topics in the training.
Changes professional development obligations for all school district personnel and educators across Michigan, requiring completion of training aligned with state-provided or comparable local resources.
- State legislatures frequently introduce bills to regulate professional development topics and school curriculum standards for teachers and administrative personnel. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
educators
Educators must complete cultural competency training using state or comparable local resources starting in the 2027-2028 school year.
school personnel who have contact with pupils and are not educators
Non-educator school personnel who have contact with pupils must complete cultural competency training, excluding specific historic contribution topics, starting in the 2027-2028 school year.
school districts, intermediate school districts, and public school academies
School boards and boards of directors must require all educators and student-facing personnel to receive cultural competency training starting in the 2027-2028 school year.
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When does the cultural competency training requirement take effect?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- Jun 26, 2025SenateCommitteeREFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
- Jun 26, 2025SenateIntroducedINTRODUCED BY SENATOR STEPHANIE CHANG
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Mandatory Cultural Competency Training for School Staff
The bill transitions cultural competency training from optional professional development into a mandatory requirement for both educators and non-educator student-facing staff in Michigan schools.
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legislature.mi.gov
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- Controversy55Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
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