Texas School District Drops Sex Ed Curriculum After Backlash From Parents
January 31, 2023 | Texas
A Texas school district has dropped its plans to teach an unapproved sex education curriculum after receiving backlash from parents.
Fort Worth Independent School District Superintendent Angélica Ramsey informed families that the School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) would restart its sexual education curriculum process.
She told parents that there “is not an approved, adopted, or recommended Human Sexuality Curriculum for the 2022-2023 school year” at the end of her weekly email on Jan. 27.
“The delay will suspend the instructional delivery process of the sexual education unit for the 2022-2023 school year,” she wrote. Ramsey took the helm of the district in September 2022, succeeding Kent Scribner.
Last spring, the Fort Worth ISD approved the $2.6 million purchase of digital-only instructional materials from HealthSmart, a California-based company. The district has been using the HealthSmart program since 2014, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
The lessons and terminology in the HealthSmart curriculum do not meet Texas education requirements, longtime State Board of Education member Pat Hardy explained in a recent opinion piece…. (Excerpt from The Epoch Times)
