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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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5/7/21 11:16 am

Commenter: Anonymous

STOP deleting comments simply because they don’t support SEL!!

You have removed many many comments that I read previously, including mine! Have you no integrity? SEL guidance states there are “desired outcomes”, which is extremely ominous. This is incredibly self-righteous and arrogant that VDOE has decided to makes itself judge and jury in terms of how our children should think and feel. Keep to core education, the only reason for VDOE to exist. With this garbage, when will teachers have any time to actually educate? Total failure.

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