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Beaufort County advisory committee begins review of reproductive-health curriculum, assigns modules for independent review
Summary
At an Aug. meeting the School Health Advisory Committee reviewed state requirements for reproductive-health instruction, discussed statutory limits including a provision limiting discussion of "alternate lifestyles," assigned members to review middle- and high-school supplement modules, and set a Sept. 16 follow-up meeting; no curricular adoption occurred.
The Beaufort County School District School Health Advisory Committee met Aug. 1 and began a detailed review of proposed reproductive-health curriculum materials, focusing on compliance with state law and a plan to assign committee members to independently review assigned modules before the committee reconvenes.
At the meeting an unidentified meeting leader summarized the committee's charge "to review components of curriculum of components and curriculum materials reflective of what is stated in the South Carolina Comprehensive Education Act" and noted that local boards "may use the instructional unit made available by the state of South Carolina" or select their own materials on reproductive health, family life and pregnancy prevention education.
The leader read statutory material the committee will use as the compliance framework and told members to pay attention to content limits in state…
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