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Board reviews health and family-life education policy language, affirms opt-out approach
Summary
Staff proposed minor updates to policy/administrative regulation IHAM/IHAM-R; the district reaffirmed it has historically opted out of the state curriculum model and prefers an opt-out approach that does not require parents to provide a reason.
The Elizabeth School District board reviewed policy IHAM and accompanying regulation IHAM-R, which cover health and family-life education, and discussed whether to preserve the district’s long-standing decision to opt out of the state’s recommended curriculum.
Superintendent Dan said the district “opted out of conference of *** education” long before his tenure and instead addresses human-growth topics within standard health and biology instruction. He told the board the district’s practice has been to teach body…
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