Dallas ISD debates sex education lessons focused on reducing teen pregnancy
6:00 AM on May 16, 2022 CDT
Members of the district’s health committee who brought forward the new sexual health recommendations told DISD trustees at a Thursday board briefing that access to more information promotes better sexual health for students. “While I am thoroughly pro-abstinence, I do know that children don’t always do as we wish,” one SHAC member said, according to meeting minutes. “The McGraw Hill Curriculum did a better job of educating from a scientific point of view.”
She also implored trustees to backtrack on a proposed partnership with the North Texas Alliance to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy in Teens, which would provide afterschool programming for high schoolers.District officials said parents and principals would need to opt in for this programming to be available..
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