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Clarification on mandatory Title VI training for CUNY staff
1:24:44
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Council Member Eric Dinowitz seeks clarification on whether the Title VI training will be mandatory for all CUNY staff. Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez confirms the mandatory nature of the training and provides additional details.
- Title VI training will be mandatory for all full-time faculty and staff starting in the fall
- Currently, specific audiences like HR directors and public safety staff are receiving training
- An online training version and manual are available for all staff
Eric Dinowitz
1:24:44
I'm sorry to interrupt.
1:24:46
I missed it.
1:24:46
It is available or required for all staff to
1:24:53
Available or required?
1:24:56
Mandatory.
1:24:56
Thank you.
Sherif Soliman
1:24:49
take it?
Félix Matos Rodríguez
1:24:49
It will be beginning in the fall.
1:24:51
All full time faculty and staff.
1:24:55
It'll be mandatory.
1:24:57
Yes.
1:24:58
Right now, right now, so that you know, we've been providing training to specific audiences, HR directors, public safety.
1:25:06
So we've been working with some of the folks that have more direct connection with the discrimination cases.
1:25:16
We also have a training online version which is available for folks.
1:25:23
We also have a manual.
1:25:24
So we've been working very hard on the training and the information and making sure that everybody understands the Title VI manners in complete way.
1:25:37
But then, in the fall, the training will be mandatory.