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Maryland education officials have approved a proposal to remove gender identity lessons from the kindergarten health curriculum and push the topic to fifth grade amid concerns from parents.
The revised Maryland Comprehensive Health Education Framework eliminates lessons on “gender identity and expression” from early elementary grades, where kindergartners were previously taught to “recognize a range of ways people identify and express their gender,” the journalism collaboration Spotlight on Maryland reported.
Under the new framework, fifth graders will instead be asked to “demonstrate ways to treat people of all gender identities and expressions with dignity and respect.”
The Maryland State Board of Education voted to publish the changes, which will now be reviewed by the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review. If the committee does not intervene, the proposal will enter a 30-day public comment period, after which further revisions or adoption may occur.
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The revised Maryland Comprehensive Health Education Framework eliminates lessons on “gender identity and expression” from early elementary grades, where kindergartners were previously taught to “recognize a range of ways people identify and express their gender,” the journalism collaboration Spotlight on Maryland reported.
Under the new framework, fifth graders will instead be asked to “demonstrate ways to treat people of all gender identities and expressions with dignity and respect.”
The Maryland State Board of Education voted to publish the changes, which will now be reviewed by the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review. If the committee does not intervene, the proposal will enter a 30-day public comment period, after which further revisions or adoption may occur.
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Maryland may nix gender identity lessons for kindergartners
Maryland education officials have approved a proposal to remove gender identity lessons from the kindergarten health curriculum and push the topic to fifth grade amid concerns from parents
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