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Kansas’ Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have faced an uphill battle to advance sex education in Kansas over the past six years in an apparent backlash to a 2007 effort to advance instruction requirements. In 2007, the Kansas School Board of…
Michigan’s Sex Education Snapshot Michigan advocates have worked tirelessly to advance sex education. Their most recent efforts culminated in the introduction of Senate Bill 270, introduced by Senator Curtis Hertel in 2019. Although unsuccessful, the bill sought to mandate sex…
Massachusetts’ Sex Education Snapshot Advocates in Massachusetts have worked tirelessly to advance the Healthy Youth Act. First introduced in 2011, the Healthy Youth Act would ensure youth receive research-based, medically accurate, and culturally competent sex education in districts that require sex…
Delaware’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have worked tirelessly over the past nine years to advance sex education in Delaware, most recently cumulating in the passage of Senate Bill 78. Sponsored by Senator Nicole Poole and Senator Stephanie Hansen, the legislation…
District of Columbia’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have seen tremendous progress over the past decade toward advancing sex education requirements in the District of Columbia. In 2010, Councilwoman Mary Cheh championed the successful DC Healthy Schools Act, which increased the…
Georgia’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have diligently pushed for a series of actions to advance sex education in Georgia at both state and local levels over the past decade. Georgia’s health standards are currently undergoing review, providing advocates with an…
Kentucky’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have worked diligently to advance sex education in Kentucky over the past few years, most recently cumulating in the introduction of House Bill 296, known as the Education for Healthy Youth Act. This bill, introduced…
Louisiana’s Sex Education Snapshot Louisiana has experienced a surge of regressive action intended to limit access to reproductive health care, most notably culminating in the Supreme Court case June Medical Services v. Gee. The case could effectively eliminate abortion statewide,…
Mississippi’s Sex Education Snapshot Sex education advocates have endured a prolonged struggle to advance sex education requirements in Mississippi, most recently cumulating in an ultimately unsuccessful effort to pass House Bill 1347, sponsored by Representative Jeramey Anderson and Representative Kathy…
Montana’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have focused on working at the local level to advance sex education in Montana over the past decade despite efforts to restrict young people’s access to sex education and reproductive health services. The most recent…
Nebraska’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have made multiple efforts over the past seven years to advance sex education in Nebraska, including both successful local efforts and unsuccessful statewide efforts. Most recently, the Nebraska Department of Education revised their Nondiscrimination and…
Maine’s Sex Education Snapshot There have been incremental advancements in sex education in Maine over the past three years, signifying a slow but steady effort to make curriculum more comprehensive statewide. In 2017, the state passed Legislative Directive 1180, requiring…
