Responsible Sex Ed Heard in State House Education Policy and Oversight Committee
Responsible Sexual Education, HF906 received an informational hearing on Thursday April 2nd. An audio recording of the hearing is available at www.house.mn. Advance to time point 54:10 to hear testimony. HF 906 Responsible Family Life and Sexuality Education seeks to create standards for sexual education for Minnesota public school students in grades 7-12. Key Components include: - Age-appropriate, medically accurate education that includes an abstinence-first approach, while also including information about contraception and disease prevention.
- Includes parents in the development of standards on the district level.
- Allows parents the choice of exempting their children from participation in all or part of a sexual education program.
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