Kansas public schools would be required to get parents’ permission before students could participate in sex education courses under a bill a state House committee has approved.
Education Committee Chairman and Wamego Republican Ron Highland said Wednesday that the so-called “opt-in” sex education bill is designed to give parents more control.
The measure was approved Tuesday and requires written consent from a child’s parent or guardian. Most of the state’s 286 local school districts have “opt-out” policies in which a ...