Saying parents need more control, a Senate panel voted late Tuesday to change sex education in Arizona schools into an opt-in only situation and outlaw any form of it outright before the fifth grade.
SB 1456 also contains very specific provisions requiring governing boards, before approving any sex ed instruction, to have at least two public hearings. And the course of study would have to be available for review and comment at least 60 days before final approval.
âThese are common-sense improvements to what weâre all, I think, trying to achieve: putting parents back in control and making sure that they know and are, once again, fully responsible for their childrenâs education in every way, especially on a sensitive topic,â said Sen. Nancy Barto, R-Phoenix.
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