{"id":1601416,"date":"2022-08-11T15:05:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T19:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1601416"},"modified":"2022-08-11T15:05:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T19:05:33","slug":"illinois-public-schools-opt-out-of-left-wing-sex-ed-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-public-schools-opt-out-of-left-wing-sex-ed-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Public Schools Opt Out Of Left-Wing Sex Ed Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillinois-public-schools-opt-out-of-left-wing-sex-ed-standards%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1601416&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Less than 4 percent of Illinois public schools agreed to teach the National Sex Education Standards promoted by Democrats across the United States.<\/p>\n<p>More than 500 of Illinois school districts opted out of the standards, with only 20 districts adopting them, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/illinois\/most-illinois-schools-opt-out-of-new-sex-education-standards-that-critics-say-are-age\/article_33cce90c-18df-11ed-9f7c-6784439d4785.html\"><i><span>The Center Square<\/span><\/i><\/a><span> reported<\/span>. The Illinois <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awakeil.com\/optout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">standards<\/a> teach elementary students, including kindergartners, about consent, gender identity, hormone blockers, and healthy relationships. Middle schoolers learn about dating violence prevention, different types of sex, and sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>The National Sex Education standards have raised parental concerns throughout the nation. Thousands of Massachusetts parents opted their children out of a federally funded sex education curriculum that teaches kindergartners about gay and transgender sex, the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/thousands-of-massachusetts-parents-pull-kids-from-woke-sex-ed-classes\/\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a><\/em> reported last November. The <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/nebraska-department-of-education-excluded-religious-groups-from-sex-ed-curriculum-team\/\">Nebraska Department of Education<\/a> shut out religious groups from the sex ed curriculum development process in October 2021, which included plans to teach elementary school students about gender identity and transgender hormone therapy.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker (D.) signed a bill aligning the national sex ed standards with those of the state, making Illinois the first state to adopt the standards last August. Pritzker said the law &#8220;will help keep our children safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>State representative Adam Niemerg, R-Dietrich, however, said the standards are not age appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is well beyond what the conversations that should be happening with our children in schools on this particular issue, when they should be focusing on reading, studying, and enjoying sports,&#8221; Niemerg told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/illinois\/most-illinois-schools-opt-out-of-new-sex-education-standards-that-critics-say-are-age\/article_33cce90c-18df-11ed-9f7c-6784439d4785.html\">The Center Square<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less than 4 percent of Illinois public schools agreed to teach the National Sex Education Standards promoted by Democrats across the United States. 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