State Profiles

OKLAHOMA’S STATE OF SEX ED

Current Requirements At Glance – Oklahoma schools are not required to teach sex education. However, they are required to provide HIV/AIDS prevention instruction and health education. 

  • Curriculum must primarily instruct on abstinence. 
    • Health education curriculum must include instruction on the ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and the services needed to make appropriate health decisions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, and responsible decision making.
  • Curriculum is not required to include instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity but must highlight stigmatizing, false information such as “engaging in homosexual activity, promiscuous sexual activity, intravenous drug use, or contact with contaminated blood products is now known to be primarily responsible for contact with the AIDS virus.”
  • Curriculum must include instruction on consent. 
  • Parents or guardians can submit written notification if they do not want their children to participate in any sexuality and HIV/AIDS courses. This is referred to as an “opt-out” policy.
  • Oklahoma has no regulation regarding medically accurate sex education curriculum but does require HIV/AIDS prevention curriculum to be “medically accurate”. However, also requiring factually incorrect information about same-sex relationships blatantly conflicts with this requirement.

RECENT LEGISLATION SHAPING THE STATE LANDSCAPE

Sex education continues to be a topic of debate among Oklahoma legislators, with legislation introduced over the past several years seeking to restrict the quality of instruction young people receive. For example, Senator Shane Jett introduced Senate Bill 1442 in 2022 to prohibit public schools from using certain funds to promote concepts of social emotional learning. While unsuccessful, Senate Bill 1442 is an example of the many attempts of the opposition to stigmatize sex education. Regressive attempts like this harm young people by limiting access to essential educational concepts. Further, many bills were introduced under the guise of “parental rights”. These bills represent the opposition’s attempt to attack sex education by stigmatizing vital and important curriculum and requiring additional, unnecessary procedures for consent, review of instructional materials, and advanced notification. While much of this “parental rights” legislation was ultimately unsuccessful, these bills represent one of the many challenges faced by advocates in Oklahoma’s legislative landscape.

Advocates have celebrated a few incremental victories in the past few years. In 2019, Senator Kay Floyd championed Senate Bill 926, successful legislation that requires curriculum related to human sexuality to include instruction on consent. In 2021, Senate Bill 89, introduced by Senator John Haste was passed into law and requires instruction about how to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, and responsible decision making. While the legislative text does not name sexuality education, sexual health information and healthy relationships instruction are both understood to be critical components of health education, and health educators may use this opportunity to provide advanced sex education. Advocates are capitalizing on these successes to advance a collaborative effort to require health education in elementary schools. With continued efforts like these, advocates are optimistic about further advancing sex education in Oklahoma

While sex education is not a public school requirement in Oklahoma, schools are required to teach HIV/AIDS prevention and health and physical education. School districts have the ability to decide whether to teach sex education beyond the required HIV/AIDS and health and physical education requirements Local control over sex education presents unique challenges that have resulted in a glaring disparity regarding the quality of sex education that students receive. Advocates report that at least four different types of sex education curricula are used across the state, with students in larger cities such as Oklahoma City and Tulsa being more likely to receive sex education instruction. 

Advocates report that the lack of a statewide mandate, funding and staff availability, and perceived unfavorable public opinion in some communities are among the biggest barriers to providing sex education to Oklahoma youth. Keeping these barriers in mind, advocates can take action right now to ensure young people in their community have access to quality sex education. After contacting their local school board, advocates can determine what topics are missing from sex education instruction, such as instruction on consent, sexual orientation and gender identity, and contraceptives. They can then vocalize the important need for advancing sex education requirements in their community and take action to address misinformation surrounding sex education. Advocates are encouraged to take action on pending legislation that seeks to advance or restrict the principles of sex education and connect with other advocates such as Amplify Tulsa and Metriarch. For a current overview of pending legislation, see table below. Further, advocates can contact their representatives to discuss the critical need for advancing sex education requirements. Advocates are encouraged to use the SIECUS Community Action Toolkit to guide local efforts to advance sex education and to reach out to EducateUS to get connected to local advocacy groups.

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State Law: A Closer Look

Oklahoma does not require schools to teach sex education. However, according to Oklahoma Statutes  70-11-103.3 and 70-11-105.1, schools are required to provide human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) prevention education. This education must be limited to the “discussion of the disease AIDS and its spread and prevention” and include instruction on consent. The class must be taught once during either grade 5 or 6, once during grades 7–9, and once during grades 10–12. All curricula and materials must be checked for medical accuracy by the Oklahoma Department of Health and must only include “factual medical information for AIDS prevention.” However, the Department also requires false, stigmatizing information about LGBTQAI+ relationships, which creates an inherent conflict within AIDS prevention instruction. Further,

A) AIDS prevention education shall specifically teach students that:

  1. Engaging in homosexual activity, promiscuous sexual activity, intravenous drug use, or contact with contaminated blood products is now known to be primarily responsible for contact with the AIDS virus;
  2. Avoiding the activities specified [above] is the only method of preventing the spread of the virus;
  3. Sexual intercourse, with or without condoms, with any person testing positive for HIV antibodies, or any other person infected with HIV, places that individual in a high-risk category for developing AIDS.

B) The program of AIDS prevention education shall teach that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain means for the prevention of the spread or contraction of the AIDS virus through sexual contact. It shall also teach that artificial means of birth control are not a certain means of preventing the spread of the AIDS virus, and reliance on such methods puts a person at risk for exposure to the disease.

In addition to HIV/AIDS education, schools are required to provide health and physical education. Curriculum must include instruction on the ability to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and the services needed to make appropriate health decisions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, and responsible decision making. If a school district chooses to teach sex education beyond the mandated HIV/AIDS and health education, all curricula and materials must be approved for medical accuracy by the state and by the district superintendent. All materials must also be available to parents for review. In addition, all sex education classes must have “the teaching of or informing students about the practice of abstinence” as one of their primary purposes.

A school district must provide written notification of all sex and HIV/AIDS prevention classes. Parents or guardians can submit written notification if they do not want their children to participate in such classes. This is referred to as an “opt-out” policy.

State Standards

Oklahoma’s Academic Standards for Health Education provides a standard for the development of health curricula. Sex education is not mentioned.

State Legislation

State legislative activity related to sex education does not take place in isolation from the broader embroiled political and policy climate. In 2022, a national wave of attacks on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQAI+) individuals, attempts to restrict or prohibit instruction on “divisive concepts” such as “Critical Race Theory” (which is not taught in public schools), and efforts to limit access to abortion care and other reproductive healthcare services swept the country in an effort to prevent students from receiving sex education and accessing sexual and reproductive healthcare services. Below are highlights of current legislative activity related to these topics. Oklahoma’s 2023 annual session convenes on February 6, 2023.

TitleDescriptionStatusLegislative Topic
House Bill 2078Requires instructional, professional development, library material to be made available to school board members, board of education, and othersIntroduced (2023)Parental Rights, Curriculum Transparency, and Book Banshttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB2078%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 397Requires all school districts, charter schools, and public libraries to assign ratings to books. School districts and charter schools will only be allowed to stock/provide books within their designated rating, place books in the juniors and seniors rating in an area of the library designated only for school staff that can only be checked out with written consent from a parent or guardian. Public libraries must also create junior and senior sections only accessible to staff and only available to patrons under 18 with a written consent form from a parent or guardian. Bans any material with a "predominant tendency to appeal to a prurient interest in sex from being stocked in any public school library, charter school library, or public library."Passed Senate (2023)Parental Rights, Curriculum Transparency, and Book Banshttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB397%20INT.PDF
House Bill 1811Prohibits books and instructional materials that fall under Title 21 of Oklahoma Statutes (child pornography and obscenity)Introduced (2023)Sexually Explicit Materialshttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1811%20INT.PDF
House Bill 1810Prohibits sensitive materials in school setting that fall under obscenity statuteIntroduced (2023)Sexually Explicit Materialshttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1810%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 872Bans any materials beyond a biology book in a public school or public charter school that contain any visualizations, depictions, or descriptions of sex or nudity (explicit or implied). Creates procedures for parents and guardians to survey and apply for materials to be removed from libraries, requires superintendent approval for new materials.Introduced (2023)Sexually Explicit Materialshttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB872%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 95Requires express written consent for a parent or guardian for a student to check out or receive any "sexually explicit" material. Introduced (2023)Sexually Explicit Materialshttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB95%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 20State school employees cannot be compelled to discuss current events or social affairs, and in the case they do, it is required that they present diverse and contending perspectives. Bans schools from requiring or providing credit for learning or participation with any civic engagement related to policy making at any level of governance.Introduced (2023)Parental Rights, Curriculum Transparency, and Book Banshttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB20%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 1007Restricts participation of student athletes born biologically female on men's interscholastic teamsIntroduced (2023)Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB1007%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 878Prohibits gender affirming care to minorsIntroduced (2023)Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB878%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 789Prohibits gender affirming care to minorsIntroduced (2023)Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB789%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 788Prohibits gender affirming care to minorsIntroduced (2023)Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB788%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 787Prohibits gender affirming care to minorsIntroduced (2023)Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB787%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 786Prohibits gender affirming care to minorsIntroduced (2023)Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB786%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 614Prohibits gender affirming care to minorsIntroduced (2023)Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB614%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 613Prohibits gender affirming care to minorsPassed Senate (2023)Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB613%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 345Prohibits gender affirming care to minorsProhibits gender affirming care to minorsSexual Orientation and Gender Identity http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB345%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 252Prohibits gender affirming care to minorsIntroduced (2023)Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB252%20INT.PDF
House Bill 1466Prohibits gender affirming care to minors under 18 and provides clause for civil action similar to Texas SB 8Introduced (2023)Sexual Orientation and Gender Identityhttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1466%20INT.PDF
House Bill 1377Prohibits gender affirming care to minors under 18Introduced (2023)Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1377%20INT.PDF
House Bill 1011Prohibits gender affirming care under 21 and provides criminalization proceduresIntroduced (2023)Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1011%20INT.PDF
House Bill 2670Establishes parental rights in public schools. Emphasizes parental involvement in areas such as homework, instruction, sex education, topics related to sexuality and gender, clubs and extracurriculars, and more.Introduced (2023)Parental Rights & Curriculum Transparencyhttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB2670%20INT.PDF
House Bill 2546Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity shall not occur in kindergarten through grade five or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for studentsIntroduced (2023)Sex Educationhttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB2546%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 933Prohibits school districts from adopting, adhering to, or professing concepts including: no one is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive; people should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress on account of his or her race, ethnicity, national origin, or sex; meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are racist, sexist, oppressive, or were created by members of a particular race, ethnicity, national origin, or sex to oppress members of another race, ethnicity, national origin, or sex. Requires consent of the student, teacher, administrator, or other school employee or the written consent of the student’s parent or legal guardian before discussion of current public policy.Introduced (2023)Racial Equity and Justicehttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB933%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 973School districts are required to provide written notification to the parents or guardians of any class, program, test, survey, or questionnaire that deals with sexual behavior topics. Parents have a right to inspect the curriculum and material and must notify the school in writing if they do not want their child to participate in the class, program, test, survey, or questionnaire. Students are not required to participate in a sex education class or program which discusses sexual behavior or attitudes, and they will not be academically penalized. Curriculum provided to students in K-6 shall be prohibited from including information on sexual orientation or gender identity. For grades in which information on sexual orientation or gender identity is allowed, the teacher providing instruction shall ensure equal time is spent on the two-gender perspective.Introduced (2023)Parental Rights, Curriculum Transparency, and Book Banshttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB973%20INT.PDF
House Bill 2118Requires sex ed curriculum, materials, classes, programs, tests, surveys, or questionnaires to include information about state laws and criminal penalties including, but not limited to, age of consent for sexual intercourse, child pornography and disseminating nude photographs, and nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images.Introduced (2023)Parental Rights, Curriculum Transparency. and Book Banshttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB2118%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 1017No public school district, public charter school, or public school libraries shall maintain in its inventory or use in its curriculum books that make as their primary subject the study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender issues or non-procreative sex. No teacher in a public school district or public charter school shall discuss or administer a survey or questionnaire to students about gender or sexuality.Introduced (2023)Sexual Orientation and Gender Identityhttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB1017%20INT.PDF
House Bill 1780Total ban on sex education instruction and programs, as well as surveys and questionnaires whose primary purpose is to elicit responses on sexual behavior or attitudes in public schoolsIntroduced (2023)Sex Educationhttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1780%20INT.PDF
House Bill 1812Changes opt-out to opt-in for classes, programs, and tests designed for the purpose of discussing sexual behavior or attitudes, and surveys or questionnaires whose primary purpose is to elicit responses on sexual behavior or attitudes.Introduced (2023)Sex Educationhttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1812%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 935Bans critical race theory in education and every other sphere because it is kind of a religious belief? adds onto divisive conceptsIntroduced (2023)Racial Equity and Justicehttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB935%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 865Allows for teachers to keep their holy scriptures in the classroom, use them during instruction of American history if they want "if presented objectively", the right to pray over students, right to refuse to instruct on or participate in a training that conflicts with their religious or otherwise beliefsIntroduced (2023)Otherhttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB865%20INT.PDF
House Bill 1781Enforces parents bill of rights with criminal penalties, allows for objection curriculum if it conflicts with parents beliefs about race, gender, and gender identity, changing sex ed to opt in, opt in to YRBS, or any diversity education etcIntroduced (2023)Parental Rights, Curriculum Transparency, and Book Banshttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1781%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 131Requires parents to provide written consent for their child to receive sex education instruction. Requires parents to provide written consent to participate in surveys like YRBSIntroduced (2023)Parental Rights, Curriculum Transparency, and Book Banshttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB131%20INT.PDF
House Bill 2177Prohibits gender affirming procedures prior to age 18, with the exception of people with intersex conditions, or not having "normal" sex chromosomes structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action. Physicians and mental health providers are subject to loss of license or certification. Insurance is not required to provide for gender affirming care for any agePassed House (2023)Sexual Orientation and Gender Identityhttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB2177%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 129 Prohibits gender affirming procedures prior to age of 26Introduced (2023)Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB129%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 829Prohibits a teacher or school employee from providing a student with any contraceptive drug or device or facilitating a student getting one, without the prior written authorization of the student’s parent or legal guardian.Introduced (2023)Reproductive Health Carehttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB829%20INT.PDF
House Bill 1934Adds curriculum transparency and content appropriateness to the areas that school district boards are required to develop a plan for teacher-parent cooperation.Introduced (2023)Parental Rights, Curriculum Transparency, and Book Banshttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/hB/HB1934%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 866Would require advanced parental notification and written consent from a parent for a child to participate in sex education instruction or take a survey relating to sexIntroduced (2023)Sex Educationhttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB866%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 932Prohibits employees, volunteers, and contractors of a school district, within the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education from addressing a minor student by a name other than the one listed on their birth certificate or pronouns that contradict with the biological sex on their birth certificate, without written consent from the student’s parent or legal guardian.Introduced (2023)Sexual Orientation and Gender Identityhttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB932%20INT.PDF
Senate Bill 30Requires "forced outing" of LGBTQAI students, also prohibits calling transgender students by their preferred name and pronouns, restricts implementation of health behavior surveys such as YRBS in K-3 with parental consent policy,Introduced (2023)Parental Rights, Curriculum Transparency, and Book Banshttp://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2023-24%20INT/SB/SB30%20INT.PDF

Youth Sexual Health Data

Young people are more than their health behaviors and outcomes. While data can be a powerful tool to demonstrate the sex education and sexual health care needs of young people, it is important to be mindful that these behaviors and outcomes are impacted by systemic inequities present in our society that affect an individual’s sexual health and well-being. To learn more about Oklahoma’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) results, click here. At the time of publication, 2021 YRBS data has not been made available yet.

Oklahoma School Health Profiles Data 

In 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the School Health Profiles, which measure school health policies and practices and highlight which health topics were taught in schools across the country. Since the data were collected from self-administered questionnaires completed by schools’ principals and lead health education teachers, the CDC notes that one limitation of the School Health Profiles is bias toward the reporting of more positive policies and practices. In the School Health Profiles, the CDC identifies 22 sexual health education topics as critical for ensuring a young person’s sexual health. Below are key instruction highlights for secondary schools in Oklahoma as reported for the 2019–2020 school year.

Reported teaching all 22 critical sexual health education topics

  • 26.6% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students all 22 critical sexual health education topics in a required course in any of grades 6, 7, or 8.
  • 14.8% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students all 22 critical sexual health education topics in a required course in any of grades 9, 10, 11, or 12.

Reported teaching about the benefits of being sexually abstinent

  • 47.6% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students about the benefits of being sexually abstinent in a required course in any of grades 6, 7, or 8.
  • 41.1% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students about the benefits of being sexually abstinent in a required course in any of grades 9, 10, 11, or 12.

Reported teaching how to access valid and reliable information, products, and services related to HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy

  • 49.8% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students how to access valid and reliable information, products, and services related to HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy in a required course in any of grades 6, 7, or 8.
  • 42.7% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students how to access valid and reliable information, products, and services related to HIV, other STDs, and pregnancy in a required course in any of grades 9, 10, 11, or 12.

Reported teaching how to create and sustain healthy and respectful relationships

  • 45.8% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students how to create and sustain healthy and respectful relationships in a required course in any of grades 6, 7, or 8.
  • 39.7% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students how to create and sustain healthy and respectful relationships in a required course in any of grades 9, 10, 11, or 12. 

Reported teaching about preventive care that is necessary to maintain reproductive and sexual health

  • 42.3% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students about preventive care that is necessary to maintain reproductive and sexual health in a required course in any of grades 6, 7, or 8. 
  • 33.8% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students about preventive care that is necessary to maintain reproductive and sexual health in a required course in any of grades 9, 10, 11, or 12.

Reported teaching how to correctly use a condom

  • 33.4% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students how to correctly use a condom in a required course in any of grades 6, 7, or 8.
  • 23.9% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students how to correctly use a condom in a required course in any of grades 9, 10, 11, or 12.

Reported teaching about methods of contraception other than condoms

  • 38.6% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students about methods of contraception other than condoms in a required course in any of grades 6, 7, or 8.
  • 37.1% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students about methods of contraception other than condoms in a required course in any of grades 9, 10, 11, or 12.

Reported teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity

  • 30% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students about sexual orientation and gender identity in a required course in any of grades 6, 7, or 8.
  • 21.6% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students about sexual orientation and gender identity in a required course in any of grades 9, 10, 11, or 12.

Reported teaching about how gender roles and stereotypes affect goals, decision-making, and relationships

  • 32.6% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students about gender roles and stereotypes in a required course in any of grades 6, 7, or 8.
  • 23.9% of Oklahoma secondary schools taught students about gender roles and stereotypes in a required course in any of grades 9, 10, 11, or 12.

Reported providing curricula or supplementary materials relevant to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or questioning (LGBTQ) youth 

  • 33.2% of Oklahoma secondary schools provided students with curricula or supplementary materials that included HIV, STD, or pregnancy prevention information relevant to LGBTQ youth.

Visit the CDC’s School Health Profiles report for additional information on school health policies and practices.

The quality of sex education taught often reflects funding available for sex education programs. To learn more about federal funding streams, click here.

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