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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 5:21 pm

Commenter: Tax payer

Tax payers to fund division and hate

It is insulting to expect tax paying citizens to fund public school programming that teaches division, for kids to hate each other, and to hate the country. What do you think it means in the ESL to have kids identity what is “unfair and unjust”. Sounds good in concept; but the “unfair and unjust” will be determined based on political agenda. I hope it lines up with what you want your children to believe because you will have no say once SEL is in place.

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