Subcommittee reports House Bill 814 to create advisory board to broaden curriculum perspectives

The subcommittee voted unanimously to report House Bill 814, a measure to establish an advisory board focused on expanding cultural perspectives in K–12 curriculum.

Staff member Zach described the bill from Delegate Reeser, which would create an advisory board charged with recommending ways to ensure representation from African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Latino and Indigenous communities across Standards of Learning, curriculum frameworks, course options and culturally competent professional development. The bill requires the advisory board to meet at least once by the end of fiscal year 2027 and includes a sunset date of July 1, 2030.

An unidentified member moved to report the bill and a second was recorded. The clerk recorded the roll vote as 7 to 0, and the bill was reported out of the subcommittee.