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Duval County School Board approves single‑gender option, adds 'abstinence‑based' language to health curriculum policy
Summary
After more than an hour of public comment and board discussion, the Duval County School board voted 6‑1 to adopt revisions to Policy 4.1 that permit separating grades 6–8 by gender for reproductive health instruction and add statutory "abstinence‑based" language; superintendent staff will develop implementation procedures for fall.
The Duval County School Board voted 6 to 1 on Tuesday to adopt revisions to school board manual chapter 4, Policy 4.1 (the curriculum) that allow grades 6–8 to be separated by gender for instruction on human reproduction and that incorporate language describing the district's reproductive‑health curriculum as "abstinence based." Vice Chair Carney moved the motion; Board Member Ricardo seconded it. The board adopted the revision after a public hearing and debate.
Board members and staff said the change aligns district policy with state statute language and that the superintendent's office will prepare procedures for implementation in the fall. "We are waiting for the policy to pass," Superintendent Daniel Bernier told the board during the discussion, saying staff is studying other districts that have implemented single‑gender…
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