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Controversial sex ed curriculum won’t be taught in Livingston County’s Dwight Township High School District 230

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Dwight Township High School District 230 in Livingston County won’t be teaching the state’s new controversial sex education curriculum, despite protests the lessons are “obscene and fail to align with community standards.”

The Dwight Township High School District 230, which teaches 228 students, reported it has opted out of teaching the new curriculum, which includes lessons about masturbation starting in Grade 3.

There were four school districts which did not reply to a query about if it would opt out of teaching the curriculum or said it would wait to make a decision.

The curriculum was criticized by Republicans as “outrageous” and “perverted” while advocates claimed it would safely teach students about things they’re already learning on the internet.

Out of Illinois’ 852 school districts, 520 have opted out of teaching the lessons, leaving students with no sex education lessons at all.

School districts can’t normally opt out of teaching part of a curriculum. However, the sex education bill signed by the Illinois governor included the opportunity for school districts to opt out of teaching the curriculum if they were opposed to the teaching. Some school districts have opted out of teaching the curriculum for certain grades.

Individual school data was gathered by grassroots organization Awake, IL.

Livingston County School Districts’ Decision About New Sex Ed Curriculum
School DistrictNumber of StudentsDecision
Cornell Community Consolidated School District 42694Opting Out
Dwight Common School District 232450Opting Out
Dwight Township High School District 230228Opting Out
Flanagan-Cornell District 74314Opting Out
Odell Community Consolidated School District 435136No Response
Pontiac Community Consolidated School District 4291,141Opting Out
Pontiac Township High School District 90677Opting Out
Prairie Central Community Unit School District 81,692Opting Out
Rooks Creek Community Consolidated School District 42551No Response
Saunemin Community Consolidated School District 438128Opting Out
Tri-Point Community Unit School District 6-J359No Response
Woodland Community Unit School District 5441No Response

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