Virginia May Ban Teachers From Facebooking With Students

Virginia might ban public school employees from communicating with students on Facebook, depending on a January 13 vote.

School teachers may be officially discouraged, if not completely banned, from communicating with students via Facebook, depending on the outcome of a January 13 vote by the Virginia Department of Education.

The state educational agency may set an example for others in the U.S. in requiring teachers to deny or ignore friend requests from students.

This would comply with a report called “Guidelines for the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct and Abuse in Virginia Public Schools.”

The big picture: The Virginia Department of Education has dealt with of 120 cases of sexual misconduct between teachers and minors since 2000, according to The Daily Caller.

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