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Controversial sex ed curriculum won’t be taught in Madison County’s Venice Community Unit School District 3

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Venice Community Unit School District 3 in Madison 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 Venice Community Unit School District 3, which teaches 85 students, reported it has opted out of teaching the new curriculum, which includes lessons about masturbation starting in Grade 3.

There were five school districts 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.

Madison County School Districts’ Decision About New Sex Ed Curriculum
School DistrictNumber of StudentsDecision
Alton Community Unit School District 115,803No Response
Bethalto Consolidated Unit School District 82,321Opting Out
Collinsville Community Unit School District 106,002Opting Out
East Alton School District 13717No Response
East Alton-Wood River Community High School District 14570No Response
Edwardsville Community Unit School District 77,321Opting Out
Granite City Community Unit School District 95,657No Response
Highland Community Unit School District 52,810Opting Out
Madison Community Unit School District 12633No Response
Roxana Community Unit School District 11,714Opting Out
Triad Community Unit School District 23,880Opting Out
Venice Community Unit School District 385Opting Out
Wood River-Hartford Elementary School District 15612Opting Out

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