This legislative guide

Prior to the start of the 2019 state legislative session, SIECUS identified over 15 states that had the potential to significantly advance or restrict young people’s access to comprehensive sexuality education and related services. [...] National Standards for Sex Education For state advocates who are working to improve existing sex education curricula in their schools, the Future of Sex Education (FoSE) Initiative - a partnership between Advocates for Youth, Answer, and SIECUS - worked with the American Association of Health Education, the American School Health 11 2019 Sex Ed State Legislative Guide© 2019 www.siecus.org https://. [...] The goal of the National Sexuality Education Standards is to provide clear, consistent and straightforward guidance on the essential minimum, core content for sex education that is developmentally and age- appropriate for students in grades K–12. [...] Specifically, the National Sexuality Education Standards were developed to address the inconsistent implementation of sex education nationwide and the limited time allocated to teaching the topic. [...] The group recognized that teacher training in sex education over the past ten years has focused strongly on the implementation of individual curricula and that many tasked with teaching this subject have not been given the opportunity to learn and practice the overall skills needed to effectively implement sex education in a classroom.