Texas is one of the top 10 states for teen pregnancy rates in the country.
criticizing the district’s sex ed implementation and the HealthSmart curriculum. She said the lessons do not align with state lesson standards, known as Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, or TEKS.
The state education code requires that abstinence is presented “as the preferred choice of behavior in relationship to all sexual activity for unmarried persons of school age” and that instruction “devote more attention to abstinence from sexual activity than to any other behavior.”Related: “We have got to do a better job of educating our kids about sexual health and about contraception,” trustee Dustin Marshall said at the time.
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