A sex education bill is being reintroduced by two Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly. Senator Ram Villivalam says public school districts need to provide the comprehensive health and relationship education outlined by the Responsible Education for Adolescent and Children’s Health Act. LGBTQ advocates back the legislation, saying school should be a safe space for all children. Villivalam is co-sponsoring the bill with Representative Kathleen Willis.
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(The Center Square) Students as young as kindergarten in Illinois public schools would get some form of sexual education under a proposal supported by Planned Parenthood.
The Pro-Family Alliance said it goes too far. Planned Parenthood disagrees.
If passed into law, the Responsible Education for Adolescent and Children’s Health, or REACH Act would start sex ed in kindergarten through second grade with lessons on personal safety and respecting others. Grades 3-5 would cover anatomy, sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. Grades 6-12 would build upon that and include benefits of abstinence, birth control and prevention of STDs.
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SPRINGFIELD Gov. JB Pritzker pushed back on criticisms of the state’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout Thursday, Jan. 29, saying state officials are “doing everything we can” to ensure timely delivery of doses.
Illinois currently ranks 47th among all 50 states in vaccine distribution, with 4.8% of the state’s 12.7 million residents having been vaccinated so far. The state has issued 829,488 total doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Thursday, with only 1.4% of the state’s population having received both required doses.
Some state lawmakers have criticized the Pritzker administration for the slow delivery of the vaccine, especially at long-term care facilities that have been prioritized under the state’s vaccine distribution plan.
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Happy Thursday, Illinois. Instead of looking back at Lincoln or FDR for inspiration on how to handle the moment we’re in, former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel writes that Teddy Roosevelt’s term is more fitting.