Reagan Reese on November 30, 2022
On Tuesday, the Loudoun County School Board passed a policy that requires schools to notify parents when classrooms contain sexually explicit content.
As part of the policy, which was passed 7-2, the school must give parents a 30 day written notice before “sexually explicit” instructional materials are taught in the classroom. A sexually explicit book was discovered in the library of Loudoun County School District in 2021, according to the Loudoun Times-Mirror.
In accordance with the policy, each school in the district must post any “sexually explicit” content taught or used in the classroom on its website so that parents may access the information. It is possible for parents to opt their children out of the instructional material, and the teacher is required to prepare a different lesson for them.
In accordance with the policy, sexually explicit content is defined as any instructional material that includes nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse.
According to ABC 13 News, the debate over the policy began in September when parents within the district voiced concern that the policy would ban books from the school system.
“We’re not here to ban books,” Clint Thomas, a parent within the school district told ABC 13 News. “Please hear me. I love literacy. We do feel there are certain books though. Why do we need to talk about sexual excitement, coprophilia, urophilia, fetishism? Why does that belong in the public school environment? Why can’t we talk about academics again?”
In April, Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a law mandating that schools notify parents of sexually explicit materials used in the classroom.
“It is just one more step by Governor Youngkin and his clan of politicians to attack public schools,” Andrea Weiskopf, a Loudoun County middle school English teacher, told FOX 5 in response to the vote.
Loudoun County Public Schools and Youngkin’s office did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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