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
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Senate Education Committee kills parent payout proposal
Sami Edge, IdahoEdNews.org
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BOISE (IdahoEdNews.org) The Senate Education Committee killed a bill that would have given money to parents who withdrew children from school districts that did not offer full-time face-to-face learning.
Even before Monday’s divided Senate vote, Rep. Codi Galloway’s proposal has been contentious.
Galloway, R-Boise, argues the bill is intended to encourage districts to reopen full-time after COVID-19 forced many into remote or hybrid learning, and to help parents afford an alternative if districts were not open at least four days a week. If a parent chose to withdraw their student from school because learning was not in-person, state funding for that student would have been withheld from the former district and given to the parent instead, to seek a different educational option.