The Dallas Independent School District is partnering with a sex education group that advocates for teaching students about and gender transitions.
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Healthy Futures of Texas confirmed to Fox News Digital that NTARUPT merged into HFT last year as NTARUPT was working with Dallas ISD schools to adopt the"Positive Prevention Plus" program. Now, HFT is working with Dallas ISD to"offer an adaption of the Positive Prevention Plus curriculum, with edits made to the original curriculum for Texas audiences," HFT spokesperson Joanna Gamez told Fox News Digital.
"The after-school offering came in response to high rates of teen pregnancy in the Dallas area," Gamez said."The Dallas County teen birth rate is 26% higher than the Texas rate and 84% higher than the US rate, with a baby born to a teen mom in Dallas County once every four hours." HFT's website includes a"data + resources for youth" page promoting Resource Center, a group that facilitates the use of hormones for transgender people and offers other gender transition-related services, including therapy and social networks.
HFT launched the Texas is Ready Coalition last year when it took over NTARUPT and the Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, the coalition's website reads. The groups have criticizedThe Texas State Board of Education adopted new education standards in 2021 to teach students about birth control.
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