State Ed Board Postpones Further Development of Health Standards
The Nebraska State Board of Education voted Friday to postpone further development of controversial health education standards.
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The Nebraska State Board of Education voted Friday to postpone further development of controversial health education standards.
Nebraska currently has no state health standards. The controversial proposed standards, if approved after an impending revision, would only be recommended for adoption by local districts.
Children as young as first grade would be taught about gender identity and gender stereotypes under draft public-school health standards released Wednesday by the Nebraska Department of Education. The draft standards emphasize teaching children respect for people of all genders, gender expressions and gender identities. Kindergarteners would be taught about different kinds of family structures, including âcohabitatingâ and same-gender families. Fourth-graders would be taught the difference between sex assigned at birth and gender identity. Fifth-graders would be taught that gender e...