Could A New Bill Limit Student Access To Evidence-Based Sex Ed?

Advance America Founder Eric Miller said the bill is necessary to address a “loophole” in current legislation that allows parental access to instructional materials, but does not specify sexuality health instruction. Miller said this should be explicit.

The new bill would also require every parent to sign and return a permission slip before their child is allowed to take sex ed. “That way the parents, everybody, has buy in. Then everybody wins,” Miller said.

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• Source: Sideeffectspublicmedia
• Via: Emily Forman

A potential law before the Indiana Senate would require written parental consent for sexual education in schools. Critics say the bill would limit student access to evidence-based programming. Only proponents of the bill – a stream of parents, former educators and an executive of the conservative political advocacy group Advance America – showed up to address the Committee on Education and Career Development Wednesday.

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