LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Branch County’s State Senator and State Representative are pushing back against newly proposed health standards by the State Board of Education that they say could include sexual topics and concepts.
The State Board of Education held a meeting this week to consider a proposal that Lindsey says would blend sex education topics with traditional health education lesson plans, which are a requirement for graduation. He says “the proposal highlights items like gender ideology, gender expression, sexual orientation and same-sex attraction, while normalizing sexual promiscuity.”
“This is a clear attempt at an end run around current law and the safeguards originally included by the Legislature to protect parents’ right to decide the moral direction of their child’s education,” Lindsey said.
Wortz says the proposed changes would move sex education into health classes, which is a violation of current state law.
Testimony from public comment portion of the State Board of Education meeting Tuesday is available at https://youtu.be/_v82UGU-wfo?si=focXGbhd-1TXgMcL
The proposal has not been formally adopted by the State Board of Education, but it expected to be voted on at their November meeting.
Comments