Friday, February 26, 2010

Healthy Youth Act changes sex ed laws

Becky DeVries

Gov. Jim Doyle signed the Healthy Youth Act into law Wednesday. The new law requires schools to teach birth control as part of sex education.

"I think the biggest impact will be on communicating this information to parents probably reassuring them that there aren't going to be any drastic, major changes in what their children are being taught and exposed to," said Kim Ott, director of teaching and learning for the West De Pere School District.  Read more...


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