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again, I think the idea is that it is up to each community. What is appropriate in Chicago may be different from what is appropriate in Decatur. If the state legislature required certain teachings at a particular age state-wide, you'd be all over that--how dare the out-of-touch politicians legislate what each community should teach their kids? I believe all they are saying is that certain topics must be discussed to the extent that the local school board believes is appropriate based on age--just not based on content (such as refusing to discuss HIV to high-school age students).

 

I had monthly Sex ed. classes in 2nd grade and none at all in high school.

 

I teach sex ed to my five-year-old, after a fashion. She asks why boys go to the bathroom faster than girls. I answer. She also wants to watch me pee. I explain why it isn't appropriate. She pretends that there is a baby in her tummy, and I explain that babies don't grow in the tummy, but in a different area next to the tummy.

Am I wrong to do so?

 

I assume that it was to ensure that all students receive the full gamut of information w/r/t sex education. Why are state legislatures around the country embroiled in how schools should teach the sciences?

 

The extent of involvement in each state would be up to the legislature. I can't judge them, or answer for them. All I can say is that if their constituents feel otherwise, there are mechanisms in place for them to be heard.

One piece of information that might be helpful is whether the same or similar legislation was sponsored by Planned Parenthood and the ACLU in other states as well. IF this legislation was enacted in, say, 20 otehr states in a virtually identical fashion, it would seem to me that this debate is silly. If, on the other hand, Illinois went far beyond what other states have done--including lberal states such as NJ and California--then greater scrutiny would probably be warranted. Why did they think it was necessary in Illinois when it wasn't necessary anywhere else? I don't know the answer to that, and I guess the best place to turn is to ask Planned Parenthood and the ACLU themselves.

 

I would look at the experience of other states that have passed identical legislation to gain a better sense of what was intended for five and six year olds. If another state had actually passed such a bill, there would also be legislative history to peruse, where legislators would explain on the record their viewpoints on the purpose each provision in the statutory language.

 

yes, the public school system in some areas are a joke. take DC, for instance, where a recent study indicated that some ridiculous percentage of 8th graders were functionally illiterate. Of course, who establishes the budget for the district of columbia?

 

5 year olds need to know what is and isn't appropriate in regards to their gentiles so that they know when they are being abused. Yes, ideally, it would be done at home by the parents, but there are an awful lot of bad parents out there.

 

If you say so. What about this?

 

Well, they were, at the time. But ever since the Palin pick, that theme is pretty much non-existent.