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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 10:14 am

Commenter: Anonymous

prepare to out students LGBTQ and religious identification and discuss with the class

Religion is pulled from the schools. But, SEL will force children to divulge their group affiliation and to "Respectfully question" aspects about group identification. Will the public school begin having discussions about religious affiliation now, and learning about different religious views as part of curriculum? The school does not have the right to make LGBTQ children identify, discuss, or to be questioned as part of the curriculum. Some of these aspects are personal and should occur in that child's time. I hope the public school and teachers are ready.

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