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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75955</law_id><section_number>22.1-207.1:1</section_number><catch_line>Family life education; certain curricula and Standards of Learning</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="22.1">Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="13">Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Programs and Courses of Instruction Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Any family life education curriculum offered by a local school division shall require the Standards of Learning objectives related to dating violence and the characteristics of abusive relationships to be taught at least once in <span class="dictionary">middle school</span> and at least twice in high school, as described in the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x2019;s family life education guidelines. <a id="paragraph-272695" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-207.1_1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any high school family life education curriculum offered by a local school division shall incorporate age-appropriate elements of effective and <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>-based programs on (i) the prevention of dating violence, domestic abuse, sexual harassment, including sexual harassment using electronic means, sexual violence, and human trafficking and (ii) the <span class="dictionary">law</span> and meaning of consent. Such age-appropriate elements of effective and <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>-based programs on the prevention of sexual violence may include instruction that increases student awareness of the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> that consent is required before sexual activity. <a id="paragraph-272696" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-207.1_1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any family life education curriculum offered in any <span class="dictionary">elementary</span> school, <span class="dictionary">middle school</span>, or high school shall incorporate age-appropriate elements of effective and <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>-based programs on the importance of the personal privacy and personal boundaries of other individuals and tools for a student to use to ensure that he respects the personal privacy and personal boundaries of other individuals. <a id="paragraph-272697" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-207.1_1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Any family life education curriculum offered by a local school division shall incorporate age-appropriate elements of effective and <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>-based programs on the harmful physical and emotional effects of female genital mutilation; associated criminal penalties; and the rights of the victim, including any <span class="dictionary">civil action</span> pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Civil action for female genital mutilation" href="/8.01-42.5/">8.01-42.5</a>. <a id="paragraph-272698" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-207.1_1/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Any family life education curriculum offered by a local school division may incorporate age-appropriate elements of effective and <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>-based programs on the prevention, recognition, and awareness of child abduction, child abuse, child sexual exploitation, child sexual abuse, and, in any such curriculum offered in high school, human trafficking of children. <a id="paragraph-272699" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-207.1_1/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2011, c. 634; 2016, c. 434; 2017, cc. 299, 692; 2018, cc. 383, 519; 2019, cc. 372, 595, 596; 2022, c. 459.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
