Illinois School Districts Utilizing National Sex Ed Standards

The Chicago Sun-Times (3/7, McFarlan) reports on "the first-ever National Sexuality Education Standards, proposed state legislation that would impact sex education in Illinois schools, and a study tying a state's sex education programs to its teenage birth rates." The standards, released in January, "were developed by the American Association of Health Education, American School Health Association, National Education Association Health Information Network, and Society of State Leaders of Health and Physical Education ... in coordination with the Future of Sex Education Initiative, a project to create national dialogue about sex education and promote the institutionalization of comprehensive sexuality education in public schools." The piece details how the standards are being implemented in local Illinois school districts.