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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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5/19/21 1:53 pm

Commenter: parent

not the school's role. this is not appropriate.

with basic academic skills weaknening why would the school feel that they should focus on SEL. first of all they are not capable to do this effectively or appropriately. and division and racism are being worked into the SEL model. along with forced emotional awareness they are making sure to work in telling kids what each group is or isn't regardless. stick to the academics. i encourage you to actually read the proposed SEL and you will see how it works to shape children to further divide groups. school is for academics and not hidden agenda.

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