California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, approved a final state budget on Monday that includes $3 million for LGBTQ cultural competency training for public school teachers.
That makes the state the first in the country to allocate funding in this specific way, according to Equality California, an LGBTQ advocacy group that has pushed for the training for years.
The funding will allow the California Department of Education to develop a curriculum aimed at helping teachers support LGBTQ students.
“There’s no doubt that our schools must be a safe, supportive and welcoming for all students,” Rick Chavez Zbur, executive director of Equality California, said in a statement. “At a time when states across the country are attacking transgender kids, we are elated that California has taken this momentous step toward ensuring that public school teachers and staff have the tools and training they need to support LGBTQ+ students.”
The funding is a win for advocates, who were disappointed after Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, vetoed a similar bill in 2018. At the time, Brown said he had already signed a law that would allow the Department of Education to use its existing resources for cultural competency training if the department determined that teachers needed it, according to the Bay Area Reporter.
From a Darwin/nature perspectives, these students are NOT normal – the only special treatment they should get is mental health treatment!
$3M to learn about the alphabet soup community? What to point teachers to the internet and read word for word briefing charts?
Do it your self projects (videos) are FREE on the internet, not having to pay for a class to learn how to change the insides of a toilet.
How about helping teachers the simple mechanics of TEACHING the regular curriculum. A real MATH too!
Yup got to teach the children about playing the skin flute or sack a phone! Throw in a story about carpet munching and there you go!
Help the Homeless using this Money !!!!!
Spend the money on our combat vets. They’ve more than earned it.