The Idaho Legislature has found that the primary responsibility for family life and sex education, including moral responsibility, is in the home and the church, and schools can only complement and supplement those standards established in the family. The legislature has given this board the authority to determine whether any program in family life and sex education will be introduced into its schools.
Sex education is defined as the study of the anatomy and the physiology of human reproduction.
Sexualization of children will not be taught within the school district. No administrator, counselor, or teacher may probe into a child’s sex life or encourage them to question gender.
CURRICULUM
The district’s sex education curriculum will be age-appropriate and will emphasize abstinence. Major emphasis in any family life and sex education class will be to assist the home in giving the students the knowledge and appreciation of the family in our social system.
Such courses will give students the scientific, physiological information for understanding sex. No advocacy groups will be allowed to promote sex education or critical race theory.
Any program adopted by this district will give students a background of ideals, standards, and attitudes that will be valuable to the students. No sex education will be discussed before third grade. Fourth and fifth grade students may be given maturation information by a trained medical professional.
The superintendent or designee will inform, in writing, district staff of the federal restrictions and prohibitions regarding the development and distribution of materials that may promote or encourage sexual activities. Teachers trained in radical gender ideology will not present that information to students within this district.
PARENT PARTICIPATION
This district will involve parents/guardians and community groups in the planning, development, evaluation, and revision of any instruction in sex education.
EXEMPTING STUDENTS FROM SEX EDUCATION
Any parent/guardian may have his or her student excused from any planned instruction in sex education by filing a written request with the board and/or building administrator. Alternative educational endeavors will be provided for those students who are excused.
DISTRIBUTION OF CONTRACEPTIVES
The superintendent or designee will inform, in writing, district staff of the federal restrictions and prohibitions regarding the distribution of contraceptives. No contraceptives will be distributed within the school district.
LEGAL REFERENCE:
Idaho Code Sections
33-1608
33-1609
33-1610
33-1611
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (2001)
ADOPTED: April 16, 2003
AMENDED: May 18, 2022