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This law was first created in 2020. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 548<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":75472,"section_number":"2.2-1201","catch_line":"Duties of Department; Director","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-1201\/"}],"permalink":{"id":172913,"object_type":"law","relational_id":62084,"identifier":"2.2-1211","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/12\/2.2-1211","url":"\/2.2-1211\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-1211\/","token":"2.2\/I\/C\/12\/2.2-1211","dublin_core":{"Title":"Required diversity and cultural competency training","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-1211","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All state employees commencing or recommencing employment with the Commonwealth on or after January 1, 2021, shall complete an online diversity and cultural competency training module provided by the Department pursuant to subdivision A 9 of \u00a7 2.2-1201<\/a> within 90 days of commencing or recommencing such employment. Each state agency<\/span> shall maintain records showing that each employee has completed the training required by this section and the date on which such training was completed.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUIRED DIVERSITY AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING (\u00a7 2.2-1211)\n\nAll state employees commencing or recommencing employment with the Commonwealth\non or after January 1, 2021, shall complete an online diversity and cultural\ncompetency training module provided by the Department pursuant to subdivision A\n9 of \u00a7 2.2-1201 within 90 days of commencing or recommencing such employment.\nEach state agency shall maintain records showing that each employee has\ncompleted the training required by this section and the date on which such\ntraining was completed.\n\nHISTORY: 2020, c. 548.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}