McHenry Times

Community Unit School District 300 in Kane County won’t be teaching the state’s new controversial sex education curriculum, despite protests the lessons are “obscene and fail to align with community standards.”

The Community Unit School District 300, which teaches 19,815 students, reported it has opted out of teaching the new curriculum, which includes lessons about masturbation starting in Grade 3.

There were one school district which did not reply to a query about if it would opt out of teaching the curriculum or said it would wait to make a decision.

The curriculum was criticized by Republicans as “outrageous” and “perverted” while advocates claimed it would safely teach students about things they’re already learning on the internet.

Out of Illinois’ 852 school districts, 520 have opted out of teaching the lessons, leaving students with no sex education lessons at all.

School districts can’t normally opt out of teaching part of a curriculum. However, the sex education bill signed by the Illinois governor included the opportunity for school districts to opt out of teaching the curriculum if they were opposed to the teaching. Some school districts have opted out of teaching the curriculum for certain grades.

Individual school data was gathered by grassroots organization Awake, IL.

School District	Number of Students	Decision
Aurora East Unit School District 131	12,982	Waiting
Aurora West Unit School District 129	10,932	Opting Out
Batavia Unit School District 101	5,184	Opting Out
Central Community Unit School District 301	4,310	Opting Out
Community Unit School District 300	19,815	Opting Out
Geneva Community Unit School District 304	5,153	Opting Out
Kaneland Community Unit School District 302	4,031	Opting Out
School District U-46	35,958	Opting Out
St. Charles Community Unit School District 303	11,783	Opting Out