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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: bill electronically reproduced 06/25/2025Sponsors: Matt Koleszar and 14 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Beginning in the 2027-2028 school year, Michigan public school districts and academies must require all educators and student-facing personnel to complete professional training in cultural competency. The state department of education must provide supporting resources on diversity, cultural identity, historical perspectives, and implicit bias by June 1, 2027.
School districts and public school academies statewide face new mandatory training requirements and administrative timelines for all teachers and non-teaching staff who interact with students.
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 professional training in cultural competency starting in the 2027-2028 school year.
school personnel who have contact with pupils and are not educators
Non-teaching staff who interact with students must complete cultural competency training starting in the 2027-2028 school year, excluding historical perspective topics.
school districts and intermediate school districts
School boards must require and ensure that all educators and student-facing personnel complete the mandated cultural competency training.
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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
4 actions- Jun 26, 2025Housebill electronically reproduced 06/25/2025
- Jun 25, 2025HouseCommitteereferred to Committee on Government Operations
- Jun 25, 2025HouseIntroducedread a first time
- Jun 25, 2025HouseIntroducedintroduced by Representative Rep. Matt Koleszar
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Mandatory Cultural Competency Training
The legislation transitions cultural competency training from optional professional development into a mandatory requirement for all Michigan educators and student-facing school personnel.
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- Controversy75Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz45Current news / social attention level
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