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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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5/24/21 10:50 pm

Commenter: Active and Engaged Parent

100% pure garbage-No to CRT

As a parent, many of the things that are being proposed in this document are the responsibility of the family unit and each child's parents to teach, based on the values each child's family.

It reads like one would think this would be a good thing, but will quickly be turned into Critical Race Theory and that is not something I can support or stand by and accept.

A school SHOULD BE teaching academics with a balance of the arts and athletics making for a well rounded student and once again, their is no room for this steaming pile of garbage that is being proposed.

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