PARENTS, California Healthy Youth Act does not have YOU in mind

On October 1, 2015, California Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 329 which requires Comprehensive Sexual Health Education for middle school and high school, and the same is optional for elementary school. The law became effective January 1, 2016, and this is the school year that the curriculum must be implemented by your School District.

"Too much, Too soon" Families Rally at Capitol against Sex Educaton" The Sacramento Bee March 28, 2019
 https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article228532414.html

Under the law, California Comprehensive Sexual Health Education involves:

     * providing students "with knowledge and skills to protect their sexual and reproductive health
            from HIV, STDs and unintended pregnancy."

     * providing students "with knowledge and skills to develop healthy attitudes re adolescent growth
            and development, body image, gender, sexual orientation, relationships, marriage and family."

     * promoting "understanding of sexuality as a normal part of human development."

     * ensuring students "receive integrated, comprehensive, accurate, and unbiased sexual health and
              HIV prevention instruction and provide educators with clear tools and guidance".

     * providing students "with the knowledge and skills necessary to have healthy, positive, and safe
              relationships and behaviors."
                                                                                 (Quotes from California Education Code Section 51930 (AB329)).

Oh, this appears to be appropriate for our students until you look at how the California Board of Education interprets this set of objectives. Does it match your own family values? BE SURE YOU KNOW, don't just assume it does.

Yes, the law says the training must be "age appropriate" as to topics, messages and teaching methods...'based on developing cognitive, emotional, and behavioral capacity typical for the age or age group. Yet, do sex discussions belong in elementary school? CA BOE believes so.

Can't we just teach 'the birds and the bees' first, before we confuse a child with sexual orientation, a sexual lifestyle choice? Nope. Not in California schools. Although it has scientifically been determined that homosexuality is NOT a predisposition at birth, this law pretends that it is.

No matter your family values, don't you want your child to be taught about sex through a rational and genuinely 'age appropriate' progression? Or are you ok with the school confusing your child so much they don't know whether they are male or female?

DON'T WAIT until after your student hears it all from the school. Give your student the information you want them to have. Have your discussions before they have the discussions at school with peers. Give your students tools so that they can safely and wisely stand up for their own values.

What you need to know about California Healthy Youth Act:

     1) Each California School District was obligated to select its own curriculum. Know what your District selected, go look at the curriculum for yourself.

       KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Before Orange County BOE Attorney Brad Dacus (3.11 mins)

      2) The CA BOE recommended curriculum was developed by LGBT advocacy groups, and includes some content you may not want to be taught, in the way they teach it, to your student before you get to discuss it with them, if at all. Sex Ed curriculum like Teen Talk and others encourage sexual promiscuity and exploration with others while downplaying the consequences of casual sex.

See videos by Educator and Board member, Brenda Lebsack https://youtu.be/g134pSNrhf0

Yes, you can opt-out your student from the sexual health education curriculum class,

      But you cannot opt-out of other classroom studies that include sexual orientation, gender identity, etc. such as history class discussing LGBT history, or English writing about sexual identity, etc.


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