State approves new health and sex ed guidelines
The state first started the process of revising sex ed curriculum standards in 2018, and approved the new framework Tuesday after soliciting public comment over the summer.
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The state first started the process of revising sex ed curriculum standards in 2018, and approved the new framework Tuesday after soliciting public comment over the summer.
After five years of working on new standards, the state is bringing some clarity on sex education to the classroom.
The new proposal - five years in the making - is being pushed by the states' governor, and serves as the first update to the state curriculum since 1999.
Massachusetts is considering major changes to physical and sexual education but some parents don't like it.
On Tuesday, The Board of Education and Secondary Education met to officially begin the public comment period for a proposal to overhaul the physical and sexual education framework for pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.