According to The State, a report by the New Morning Foundation, a health-and-sex education advocacy group has found that three out of four South Carolina school districts fail to comply with a state law outlining how they should teach sex education.
Continue reading...The Associated Press reports in The Washington Post that two parents and a coalition of groups have filed a lawsuit against Clovis Unified School District alleging that its sex education program is putting teens’ health at risk by failing to provide students with information about condoms and contraception.
Continue reading...Associated Press (AP) reports in the Sheboygan Press that the Wisconsin Assembly has passed a bill that would require schools to teach abstinence as the only reliable way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
Continue reading...According to the Billings Gazette, members of the Helena School Board approved terms of a settlement agreement regarding a lawsuit filed by opponents of the school district’s controversial health curriculum approved in 2010. The group alleged various open-meeting violations and violations of the requirements to provide public records in connection with the passage of the health enhancement curriculum.
Continue reading...The Dallas Morning News reports in Education Week that that the number of Texas school districts teaching students about contraception along with abstinence has surged in the last three years.
Continue reading...Responding to soaring sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy rates, the New York City Department of Education (NYCDE) is implementing mandatory sex education for middle school and high school students, reports Courthouse News Service.
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