Standards of Learning

Overview

Virginia's standards for family life education provide a comprehensive, sequential K-12 curriculum. They include age-appropriate instruction in family living and community relationships, abstinence education, the value of postponing sexual activity, the benefits of adoption as a positive choice in the event of an unwanted pregnancy, human sexuality and human reproduction. Instruction is designed to promote parental involvement, foster positive self-concepts and provide mechanisms for coping with peer pressure and the stresses of modern living according to the students' developmental stages and abilities. Parents have the right to review the complete family life curricula, including all supplemental materials used in any family life education program.

Questions about the Family Life Education Standards of Learning or Health Education Instruction should be directed to jennifer.vedder@doe.virginia.gov.

2020 Family Life Education Standards of Learning

Standards of Learning for Family Life Education – Adopted 2020