Wisconsin Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have faced a continuously uphill battle in advancing Wisconsin sex education requirements since the state’s statute was revised in 2012 to no longer mandate instruction on human growth and development. However, significant advancements have been…
Wyoming’s Sex Education Snapshot Because Wyoming schools are not required to provide sex education to students, school districts are left to decide what type of sex education–if any at all–they provide to youth. While some districts such as Sheridan County…
Utah’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates in Utah have made incremental progress in advancing sex education requirements across the state over the past four years. In 2016, legislators successfully passed Senate Bill 196, sponsored by Senator Stuart Adams, which removed sex…
Florida’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have diligently worked to advance sex education in Florida over recent years, most recently introducing a series of progressive bills. These bills, which sought to require schools that provide sex education to teach comprehensive and…
Vermont’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates in Vermont have celebrated significant successes in advancing sex education over the past seven years, particularly after community based youth and sexual health service providers established an Inclusive Sex Ed Taskforce in 2019. Their efforts…
Colorado’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have worked diligently to advance sex education in Colorado over the past seven years, most recently cumulating in the monumental passage of House Bill 1032. Sponsored by Representative Susan Lontine, House Bill 1032 requires sex…
West Virginia’s Sex Education Snapshot West Virginia advocates have taken significant steps to advance sex education in recent years. Despite repeated legislative efforts to limit access to reproductive heath care services, including abortion, and attempts to ban sex education, progress…
Connecticut’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have worked diligently to advance sex education across Connecticut, most recently cumulating in the introduction of two bills designed to advance instruction statewide. House Bill 6192, introduced by Representative Themis Klarides, sought to require the…
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’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’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,…
Alaska’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have faced a continuously uphill battle in advancing sex education in Alaska, routinely working to oppose restrictive efforts by state legislators. In 2019, Representative George Rauscher introduced House Bill 7 in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt…
