Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Education
 
Board
State Board of Education
 
Guidance Document Change: The 2020 Virginia General Assembly passed House Bill 753 directing the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) to develop guidance standards for social emotional learning (SEL) for all public students in grades Kindergarten through 12 in the Commonwealth. The Virginia Social Emotional Learning Standards were developed in collaboration with an SEL Advisory Committee, composed of educators, community leaders, agency personnel, and parents. The Virginia SEL Standards are aligned with the Profile of a Virginia Graduate and centered in equity. This intentional focus allows the Standards to explicitly teach the skills needed to be “life ready” and to create more equitable learning environments.
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5/5/21  9:59 am
Commenter: Candace Poling

STAY IN YOUR LANE!
 

The department of education continues to overreach and interfere with family values and morals. Your job is to teach our children subjects such as math, English, geography, history (although I'm beginning to think you are not capable of this one), etc. Parents and legal guardians should be the ONLY ones teaching our children about our personal values such as appropriate sexual relationships and how they treat others. If their is an issue with a child's behavior in these areas the parents should be contacted and allowed to handle it. If Virginia schools continue in this direction, my child and future grandchildren will not be attending them. You are going down a slippery slope and it needs to stop now!

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