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Grades K-6 California Healthy Youth Act Factsheet
In January 2016, California adopted a new law covering comprehensive sexual health education and HIV prevention education in public schools, the California Healthy Youth Act (Education Code §§ 51930-51939).
The California Healthy Youth Act requires school districts to provide students with integrated, comprehensive, accurate, and unbiased sexual health and HIV prevention education. While it must be taught in grades 7-12, at least once in middle school and once in high school, it may also be taught in any grade K-6, inclusive. Any time it is taught in grades K-6, sexual health and HIV prevention education must meet all requirements of the law other than the specific content requirements for grades 7-12.
Requirements in Grades K-12 As in grades 7-12, all sexual health and HIV prevention instruction in grades K-6 must:
? Be age-appropriate, medically accurate, and objective;
? Align with and support the purposes of the California Healthy Youth Act;
? Be appropriate for use with pupils of all races, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic and cultural backgrounds;
? Be appropriate for and equally available to English language learners;
? Be appropriate for and accessible to pupils with disabilities;
? Affirmatively recognize different sexual orientations and be inclusive of same-sex relationships in discussions and examples; ?
Teach about gender, gender expression, gender identity, and the harm of negative gender stereotypes; ? Encourage students to communicate with their parents/guardians and other trusted adults about human sexuality, and provide skills for doing so;
? Teach respect and skills for committed relationships such as marriage;
? Provide knowledge and skills for forming healthy relationships that are free from violence, coercion, and intimidation;
? Provide knowledge and skills for making healthy decisions about sexuality;
? Be free of religious doctrine;
? Be free of bias based on actual or perceived disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race or ethnicity, nationality, religion, or sexual orientation, or any other category protected by the non-discrimination policy codified in Education Code § 220.
Microsoft Word - K-6 Factsheet 12-2017.docx (aclunc.org)
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" I guarantee you that many of them aren't waiting for parental consent."
from the above link,
Parental Notification and Consent Requirements for K-6 ?
In all grades, K-12, districts must notify parents of the instruction and provide them with an opportunity to view the curriculum and other instructional materials. The school district must also inform parents/guardians whether the instruction will be provided by district personnel or outside consultants. If instruction will be provided by outside consultants, the notice must include the name and organizational affiliation of the outside consultant and the date of the instruction. The notice must also inform parents/guardians of their right to request copies of Education Code §§ 51933, 51934, and 51938. ?
In all grades, K-12, parents give passive consent for sexual health education instruction, meaning students receive instruction unless parents “opt-out” via a written request. Districts may not require active consent (“opt-in”) by requiring that students return a permission slip in order to receive the instruction; this applies to all grades, including K-6. ?
Parents must be notified of any planned surveys or questionnaires and, in grades K-6, parents must give active consent (“opt-in”) for their child to participate in the survey or questionnaire. This is different than in grades 7-12, where parents must give passive consent for participation in surveys and questionnaires.
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