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Wayne City Community Unit School District 100 in Wayne County opts out of controversial new sex education studies

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Wayne City Community Unit School District 100 in Wayne 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 Wayne City Community Unit School District 100, which teaches 510 students, reported it has opted out of teaching the new curriculum, which includes lessons about masturbation starting in Grade 3.

There were five 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.

Wayne County School Districts’ Decision About New Sex Ed Curriculum
School DistrictNumber of StudentsDecision
Fairfield Community High School District 225414No Response
Fairfield Public School District 112624No Response
Geff Community Consolidated School District 1482No Response
Jasper Community Consolidated School District 17174Opting Out
New Hope Community Consolidated School District 6181No Response
North Wayne Community Unit School District 200359No Response
Wayne City Community Unit School District 100510Opting Out

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