Family Life Curriculum

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.

View information from Virginia Department of Education on Family Life Curriculum.

Curriculum Content by Grade Level

Parents who prefer for their student to opt out of Family Life Education should complete the form for the student's corresponding grade level and submit it to his/her school.