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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5/11/21  1:18 pm
Commenter: Danielle

Overstepping
 

I am opposed to this plan as a parent of a public school student. This plan oversteps the role of public education. It is not the school's job to teach my daughter about race. I do not think it's appropriate to tell children of color they're victims, and that the white children are the victimizers. It's policies like this that are driving us look into relocating.

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