NATIONAL SEX EDUCATION STANDARDS - CORE CONTENT AND SKILLS, K-12 SECOND EDITION

To be effective, sex education must include medically accurate information about a broad range of topics such as consent and healthy relationships; puberty and adolescent development; sexual and reproductive anatomy and physiology; gender identity and expression; sexual identity and orientation; interpersonal and sexual violence; contraception, pregnancy, and reproduction; and HIV and other STDs/S. [...] 6 Purpose of the National Sex Education Standards Purpose of the National Sex Education Standards The goal of the National Sex Education Standards: Core Content and Skills, K–12 (Second Edition) is: To provide clear, consistent, and straightforward guidance on the essential, minimum, core content and skills needed for sex education that is age-appropriate for students in grades K–12 to be effectiv. [...] According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS), 41.3% of districts in the US have adopted the NSES.) with: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS), 41.3% of districts in the US follow standards based on the NSES. [...] Each district, school, administrator, and educator knows best the context in which they are teaching and are in the position to best identify the needs of their students and the strategies, materials, time, and resources needed to support students in achieving the NSES. [...] Outlines the functional knowledge and essentials skills students need to understand STDs and HIV, including how they are prevented and transmitted, their signs and symptoms, and testing and treatment; how pregnancy happens, decision-making to avoid a pregnancy, and pregnancy prevention and options; and the personal and societal factors that influence sexual health decision-making and outcomes.