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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 3:40 pm

Commenter: Parent/ Educator

Good concept not a good standard or delivery

SEL is instructional programing and learning standards. Who is deciding what is fair and unfair? Who is deciding what is just and unjust? Yet these decisions and ideas will be taught to your children, and they will be expected to demonstrate these ideas. They will be evaluated on doing what the school has taught them is fair and unfair, just and unjust. Beware parents. This is not acceptable for the public school to impose.

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