Virginia Voting on Plan to Ban Teacher, Student Facebook Friending
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Virginia doesn’t want its teachers to be friends with students–not on Facebook. The state’s public school system is voting on a new rule titled “Proposed Guidelines for the
Prevention of Sexual Misconduct & Abuse in Virginia Public Schools,” which would ban extra curricular communication between students and teachers, including texting and Facebook friending.
According to the proposed rule, communication between students and teachers would be restricted specifically to school sanctioned communication platforms. Communication via texting and “personal online social-networking sites” is banned altogether. Teachers “must decline or disregard invitations from students” to join social networks.
If the teacher has to contact a student through one of these methods in the case of an emergency, all communication must be reported to a school supervisor. Online gaming with students is also out of the question, under these new rules.
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