Massachusetts college students will now have entry to extra inclusive and complete intercourse and well being training, following a unanimous vote by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Schooling. That is the primary replace to the curriculum frameworks since 1999. The brand new requirements are divided into 4 age teams: pre-Ok by way of second grade, grades 3-5, grades 6-8, and grades 9-12.

For the youngest college students, the main target is on studying about wholesome consuming, managing stress, working towards good hygiene, and understanding emergency conditions. They may even be taught about gender stereotypes, bullying, and the significance of taking treatment as directed.

As kids progress by way of faculty, the curriculum expands to incorporate training on intercourse, wholesome relationships, gender identification, substance use, and staying protected from human and intercourse trafficking. The rules additionally present extra particular, science-based strategies for bodily training.

To develop these new requirements, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Schooling carried out a summer-long public remark interval, throughout which they obtained nearly 5,400 feedback by way of numerous channels resembling electronic mail, mail, and on-line surveys.