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Rockdale School District 84 in Will County won’t be teaching controversial new sex education curriculum

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Rockdale School District 84 in Will 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 Rockdale School District 84, which teaches 236 students, reported it has opted out of teaching the new curriculum, which includes lessons about masturbation starting in Grade 3.

There were four 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.

Will County School Districts’ Decision About New Sex Ed Curriculum
School DistrictNumber of StudentsDecision
Beecher Community Unit School District 200U1,045Adopting
Chaney-Monge School District 88416No Response
Channahon School District 171,172Opting Out
Crete-Monee Community Unit School District 201-U4,325Opting Out
Elwood Community Consolidated School District 203255Opting Out
Fairmont School District 89301No Response
Frankfort Community Consolidated School District 157C2,506Opting Out
Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C3,598Opting Out
Joliet Public School District 8610,256Opting Out
Joliet Township High School District 2046,642Opting Out
Laraway Community Consolidated School District 70C419Opting Out
Lincoln Way Community High School District 2106,648Opting Out
Lockport School District 91548Opting Out
Lockport Township High School District 2053,864Opting Out
Manhattan School District 1141,640Opting Out
Mokena School District 1591,494Opting Out
New Lenox School District 1224,922Opting Out
Peotone Community Unit School District 207U1,266Opting Out
Plainfield School District 20224,915Opting Out
Reed Custer Community Unit School District 255U1,271Opting Out
Richland Grade School District 88A830Opting Out
Rockdale School District 84236Opting Out
Summit Hill School District 1612,602Opting Out
Taft School District 90247Opting Out
Troy Community Consolidated School District 30C3,911Opting Out
Union School District 81105No Response
Valley View Community Unit School District 365U15,333Opting Out
Will County School District 921,377No Response
Wilmington Community Unit School District 209U1,182Opting Out

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