{"id":131643,"date":"2022-10-03T09:15:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T13:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=131643"},"modified":"2022-10-02T19:10:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T23:10:29","slug":"parents-must-be-notified-of-schools-intent-to-teach-sexually-explicit-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=131643","title":{"rendered":"Parents must be notified of school’s intent to teach sexually explicit material"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A new Virginia law will require schools to notify their students’ parents of sexually explicit material slated for instruction. This new law, which must be adopted by January, enforces the right of the parents to determine if their children will be exposed to this kind of material or not. After reviewing the sexually explicit material, parents will be able to opt their children out of such instruction in favor of alternative instruction. This law does not censor books or instructional material.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The policy mandates that public schools in Virginia, which has been a hotbed of conflict between parents and school boards, must give parents prior notice if they intend to use any material with sexually explicit content, which it defines as “any description, picture, photograph, drawing, motion picture film, digital image or similar visual representation depicting sexual bestiality, a lewd exhibition of nudity, sexual excitement, sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse, coprophilia, urophilia, or fetishism.”<\/p>\n

Parents will be allowed to review the potentially objectionable material and be given the opportunity for their child to be given an alternative in a process that schools will be required to create before the start of each school year.<\/p>\n

Schools will also be mandated to list the materials on their websites and give parents at least 30 days’ notice before such material is slated to be taught.<\/p>\n

The policies apply to “Any content used by one or more students for an educational purpose, regardless of (a) its format, whether printed, representational, audiovisual, electronic, or digital (such as materials, social media content, and software applications accessible through the internet), or (b) the time, place and manner in which the content is used.”<\/p>\n

“Library materials are considered instructional materials when used (i) for completion of an assignment, or (ii) as part of an academic or extracurricular educational program. This includes any division, school, and\/or classroom purchased or created assessments. However, the phrases \u2018instructional material\u2019 and ‘instructional materials’ do not include standardized national or state assessments, such ACT, SAT, NAEP, and AP or SOL exam,” the policies continue.<\/p>\n

The new law comes weeks after a judge in Virginia Beach dismissed a lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds that had sought to deem two controversial books as obscene and to restrict their distribution to minors in libraries and bookstores.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News has additional information and images at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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