Senate committee kills sex education âopt-inâ bill
Kevin Richert, IdahoEdNews.org
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Rep. Barbara Ehardt R-Idaho Falls
BOISE (IdahoEdNews.org) An âopt-inâ bill for courses in human sexuality is dead for the session.
On a 5-4 vote, the Senate Education Committee rejected House Bill 249, which would have given parents the right to opt their children into classes on sexuality.
Under the current law, which remains place despite Wednesdayâs vote, local school districts decide on curriculum in sex education and human sexuality. Parents have the right to opt children out of classes on sex education.
HB 249 would not have changed the opt-out language on sex ed â on discussions of the physiology of sex. But the bill would have added opt-in language for discussions on âthe topics of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, eroticism, sexual pleasure, or sexual intimacy.â
UPDATE: Monae Harris, a 17-year-old Native American girl from Billings has been found safe, according to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women USA Facebook page.
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UPDATE: Monae Harris, a 17-year-old Native American girl from Billings has been found safe, according to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women USA Facebook page.