Year 2019 - 2020

New York State Profile

New York’s Sex Education Snapshot Steady efforts to address barriers in sex education in New York have cumulated in the recent introduction of eight bills to improve sex education curriculum, along with a number of local actions to improve curriculum.…

North Carolina State Profile

North Carolina’s Sex Education Snapshot North Carolina advocates have seen a steady increase in efforts to restrict sex education curriculum across the state in recent years. In light of the coronavirus pandemic, advocates report that the irregularity between virtual and…

North Dakota State Profile

North Dakota’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates in North Dakota have faced a continuous uphill battle in advancing sex education since the implementation of the 2012 abstinence-based sex education requirement. While legislators successfully passed House Bill 1237, which establishes a task…

Ohio State Profile

Ohio’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have faced a continuously uphill battle toward advancing sex education in Ohio, most recently cumulating in the introduction of several anti-abortion and restrictive sex education bills. In 2019, Representative Niraj Antani introduced House Bill 90…

Oklahoma State Profile

Oklahoma’s Sex Education Snapshot Sex education continues to be a topic of debate among Oklahoma legislators, with legislation introduced over the past several years seeking to advance the quality of instruction young people receive. In 2021, Senator John Haste introduced…

Oregon State Profile

Oregon’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates in Oregon have championed significant advancements for the state’s sex education requirements, cumulating in mandating all schools to provide comprehensive sex education through the implementation of the Human Sexuality Education Law of 2009, the Healthy…

Pennsylvania State Profile

Pennsylvania’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have worked diligently over recent years to advance sex education in Pennsylvania, their most recent efforts cumulating in efforts to reintroduce legislation to mandate comprehensive sex education. Advocates have been diligently working to advance several…

Rhode Island State Profile

Rhode Island’s Sex Education Snapshot In 2019, Representative Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, Representative Susan Donovan, and Representative Teresa Tanzi introduced House Bill 5046 in an effort to require students to receive instruction on safe relationship behavior and training on the prevention of…

South Carolina State Profile

South Carolina’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have worked tirelessly to advance sex education requirements across South Carolina, most recently cumulating in the U.S. District Court for South Carolina declaring the state’s anti-LGBTQ curriculum law (S.C. Code § 59-32-30(A)(5)) unconstitutional. The…

South Dakota State Profile

South Dakota’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates continue to face an increasingly uphill battle toward advancing sex education in South Dakota, most recently cumulating in the effort to defeat discriminatory bills aiming to diminish the rights of transgender youth. In 2019,…

Tennessee State Profile

Tennessee’s Sex Education Snapshot In 2012 the Tennessee legislature passed Senate Bill 3310, a restrictive measure known as the “Gateway Law.” Under this legislation, family life education programs and sex education courses are prohibited from including instruction on “gateway sexual…