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Controversial sex ed curriculum won’t be taught in Jefferson County’s Spring Garden Community Consolidated School District 178

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Spring Garden Community Consolidated School District 178 in Jefferson 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 Spring Garden Community Consolidated School District 178, which teaches 237 students, reported it has opted out of teaching the new curriculum, which includes lessons about masturbation starting in Grade 3.

There were one school district 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.

Jefferson County School Districts’ Decision About New Sex Ed Curriculum
School DistrictNumber of StudentsDecision
Bethel School District 82185Opting Out
Farrington Community Consolidated School District 9958Opting Out
Field Community Consolidated School District 3257Opting Out
Grand Prairie Community Consolidated School District 673Opting Out
McClellan Community Consolidated School District 1246No Response
Mount Vernon School District 801,485Opting Out
Mount Vernon Township High School District 2011,155Opting Out
Opdyke-Belle Rive Community Consolidated School District 5147Opting Out
Rome Community Consolidated School District 2396Opting Out
Spring Garden Community Consolidated School District 178237Opting Out
Summersville School District 79278Opting Out
Waltonville Community Unit School District 1319Opting Out
Woodlawn Unit School District 209501Opting Out

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