{"id":1590165,"date":"2022-08-05T06:47:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T10:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1590165"},"modified":"2022-08-05T06:48:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T10:48:38","slug":"virginia-to-require-schools-to-notify-parents-of-sexually-explicit-content-in-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-to-require-schools-to-notify-parents-of-sexually-explicit-content-in-classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia to Require Schools to Notify Parents of Sexually Explicit Content in Classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvirginia-to-require-schools-to-notify-parents-of-sexually-explicit-content-in-classrooms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1590165&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is finishing model policies for school districts to give parents notice about lessons featuring \u201csexually explicit content,\u201d according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.<\/p>\n<p>VDOE <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.virginia.gov\/L\/GetFile.cfm?File=C:%5CTownHall%5Cdocroot%5CGuidanceDocs_Proposed%5C201%5CGDoc_DOE_6205_20220615.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">policy<\/a> requires schools to post all \u201csexually explicit content,\u201d including all materials used for the lessons and curriculum, on the school\u2019s website and also requires parents to be alerted at least 30 days before the lessons take place. The policy says it is designed to help parents make decisions for their children \u201cin accordance with their customs, faith and values.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/06\/fairfax-county-training-kids-permission-change-name-pronouns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Virginia Teacher Training: Kids Don\u2019t Need Permission To Change Their Names, Pronouns)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, local school boards should develop policies that provide parents the opportunity to change their decision by providing notice to the school,\u201d it says.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an April <a href=\"https:\/\/lis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?ses=221&#038;typ=bil&#038;val=sb656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bill<\/a> mandating the adoption of the model policies by January. The public comment period on the model policies concluded on Aug. 3, <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.com\/news\/local\/education\/virginia-education-department-crafting-policies-for-sexually-explicit-content\/article_06f9cbe6-8550-58fd-b70b-517868ae995e.html#tncms-source=signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Richmond Times-Dispatch<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7493912\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7493912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin gives the inaugural address after being sworn in as the 74th governor of Virginia on the steps of the State Capitol on January 15, 2022 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia argued that the model policy will \u201clead to classroom censorship,\u201d according to an Aug. 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/acluva.org\/en\/press-releases\/aclu-vas-comment-opposing-classroom-censorship-model-policies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">comment<\/a> sent to VDOE Superintendent Jillian Balow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs drafted, the proposed model policies codify and force all Virginia school districts to adopt this anti-free speech practice and will only exacerbate an alarming trend toward classroom censorship, all while denying students the opportunity to be inspired by stories of people from all walks of life trying to live authentically in school curriculum, \u201d the letter says.<\/p>\n<p>Teachers and parents <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/06\/parents-teacher-sue-virginia-school-district-concealing-gender-identity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sued<\/a>\u00a0the Harrisonburg City Public School Board in Harrisonburg, Virginia, in June over the \u201cGender Transition Action Plan\u201d which hides a student\u2019s gender identity from parents. Parents voiced <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/23\/parents-upset-virginia-librarian-caught-reading-lgbtq-love-story-elementary-school-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">concerns<\/a> after Marshall Elementary in Manassas, Virginia, featured a children\u2019s book about a gay relationship during a library story time in June.<\/p>\n<p>The VDOE and the ACLU of Virginia did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is finishing model policies for school districts to give parents notice about lessons featuring \u201csexually explicit content,\u201d according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.VDOE policy requires<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1590309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1590165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1590165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1590165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1590165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1590309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1590165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1590165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1590165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}