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Department of Education

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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5/21/21 2:38 pm

Commenter: Anonymous

kindness/ acceptance is already taught, evaluating kids on how they are told to feel is WRONG

SEL wants to include in curriculum, "teaching" students how they should feel about their own thoughts, others, and what feelings are right or wrong. They will then be evaluated on being able to feel the "correct" way that has been decided appropriate for them. Feelings are based on an individuals interpretation of the world based their individual experiences. All individuals may feel different about any given situation, and that is ok. We must continue to encourage appropriate expression of feelings; which is currently happening in the schools. We do not need SEL telling "groups" how they should be feeling and which feelings are "comfortable" and "uncomfortable"/ right or wrong.

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