A new Rutgers-Eagleton poll shows that a majority of New Jersey residents support sex education in schools — at least for middle and high school students. The survey comes as more than 600 public school districts begin rolling out lesson plans based on the state’s controversial new sex education standards. Parents who did not want their children to attend the classes could opt out by sending a letter explaining their moral or religious objections. But until now, relatively few families seemed to be following that path.
Of Wayne’s 7,600 students so far, 260 have been selected from classrooms, most of them in elementary schools, the head said. In Middletown, about 95% of families chose to allow their children to participate in some or all of the new learning programs. Very few districts have decided not to follow the instructions of the state. The state Department of Education warned that “noncompliance may result in disciplinary action,” but did not specify what that entailed.
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