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New Legislation Gives Students Time for Civic Engagement


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Students meet with Gov. Northam and other state leaders in advance of their bill becoming law. (Photo courtesy Virginia Young Democrats Teen Caucus)
A new bill taking effect July 1 will require Virginia schools to grant all middle and high school students one excused absence every year to “engage in a civic event.”
It started with a group of passionate teenagers who wanted to make a 2019 Fairfax County School Board policy the law for all Virginia middle and high school students.
Saehee Perez, chair of the Virginia Young Democrats Teen Caucus and a rising junior at McLean High School in Fairfax County, said the language “civic event” is important – because she says students could use the day to do a wide range of things, not limited to attending a protest or school walk-out. ....

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Virginia to pass bill giving students time off to protest - because teen Republicans and Democrats teamed up


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Virginia to pass bill giving students time off to protest - because teen Republicans and Democrats teamed up
Hannah Natanson, The Washington Post
Feb. 3, 2021
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From left, Adrian Klaits and Matthew Savage of the Virginia Young Democrats Teen Caucus, and Josh Lyon of the Teenage Republican Federation of Virginia in Falls Church, Va., on Thursday.Washington Post photo by Jahi Chikwendiu.
When Virginia s largest school district began allowing students time off to protest in 2019, the backlash was swift and partisan: Conservative critics denounced Fairfax County Public Schools for coddling its too-liberal, too-sensitive youth and predicted kids would abuse the policy to play hooky. ....

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