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The O'Fallon Township High School District 203, which teaches 2,479 students, reported it has opted out of teaching the new curriculum, which includes lessons about masturbation starting in Grade 3.
There were eight 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.
| School District | Number of Students | Decision |
|---|---|---|
| Belle Valley School District 119 | 1,100 | Opting Out |
| Belleville School District 118 | 3,449 | Opting Out |
| Belleville Township High School District 201 | 4,657 | Opting Out |
| Brooklyn Community Unit School District 188 | 146 | No Response |
| Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 | 3,143 | No Response |
| Central School District 104 | 555 | No Response |
| Dupo Community Unit School District 196 | 963 | Opting Out |
| East St. Louis School District 189 | 4,841 | Adopting |
| Freeburg Community Consolidated School District 70 | 767 | Opting Out |
| Freeburg Community High School District 77 | 650 | Adopting |
| Grant Community Consolidated School District 110 | 556 | Opting Out |
| Harmony Emge School District 175 | 765 | No Response |
| High Mount School District 116 | 339 | Opting Out |
| Lebanon Community Unit School District 9 | 523 | Opting Out |
| Marissa Community Unit School District 40 | 509 | Opting Out |
| Mascoutah Community Unit School District 19 | 3,946 | Opting Out |
| Millstadt Consolidated Community School District 160 | 721 | No Response |
| New Athens Community Unit School District 60 | 487 | Opting Out |
| O'Fallon Community Consolidated School District 90 | 3,572 | Opting Out |
| O'Fallon Township High School District 203 | 2,479 | Opting Out |
| Pontiac-William Holliday School District 105 | 642 | No Response |
| Shiloh Village School District 85 | 573 | Opting Out |
| Signal Hill School District 181 | 303 | No Response |
| Smithton Community Consolidated School District 130 | 529 | Opting Out |
| St. Libory Consolidated School District 30 | 54 | Opting Out |
| Whiteside School District 115 | 1,182 | Opting Out |
| Wolf Branch School District 113 | 691 | No Response |
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