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Controversial sex ed curriculum won’t be taught in Clinton County’s Bartelso School District 57

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Bartelso School District 57 in Clinton County won’t be teaching the state’s new controversial sex education curriculum, despite protests the lessons are “obscene and fail to align with community standards.”

The Bartelso School District 57, which teaches 197 students, reported it has opted out of teaching the new curriculum, which includes lessons about masturbation starting in Grade 3.

There were three school districts which did not reply to a query about if it would opt out of teaching the curriculum or said it would wait to make a decision.

The curriculum was criticized by Republicans as “outrageous” and “perverted” while advocates claimed it would safely teach students about things they’re already learning on the internet.

Out of Illinois’ 852 school districts, 520 have opted out of teaching the lessons, leaving students with no sex education lessons at all.

School districts can’t normally opt out of teaching part of a curriculum. However, the sex education bill signed by the Illinois governor included the opportunity for school districts to opt out of teaching the curriculum if they were opposed to the teaching. Some school districts have opted out of teaching the curriculum for certain grades.

Individual school data was gathered by grassroots organization Awake, IL.

Clinton County School Districts’ Decision About New Sex Ed Curriculum
School DistrictNumber of StudentsDecision
Albers School District 63178Opting Out
Aviston School District 21384Opting Out
Bartelso School District 57197Opting Out
Breese School District 12604No Response
Carlyle Community Unit School District 1993No Response
Central Community High School District 71625Opting Out
Damiansville School District 62113Opting Out
Germantown School District 60240Opting Out
North Wamac School District 186109Opting Out
St. Rose School District 14-15187No Response
Wesclin Community Unit School District 31,322Opting Out
Willow Grove School District 46169Opting Out

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