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Tuesday, Jul 13, 2021 - Posted by Rich Miller
* WIFR TV…
New legislation in Illinois could require sex education be taught in schools but not just for those in middle school but for those in Kindergarten as well.
The Harlem school district held their monthly meeting and allowed people in the community to speak about their concerns. Several people arrived at the meeting, some said they were there to talk about the legislation that could change the curriculum for their students.
If signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, the law would require sex education to start in Kindergarten, teaching students about safe or non-safe touch. It would also cover how to respect someones boundaries.
Pamela Harding has worked in the Harlem school district for over 20 years. She says very young children have innocent minds and can be easily confused when learning about things like sex.
“For them to be trying to educate our elementary school children, and start formulating their mind about transgenders and the sex promiscuity and all the various issues these are the things that we need to sit down and talk,” Harding said.
WIFR must be getting its bill analysis from Facebook or from Ms. Harding. The bill does not require that the lessons start in kindergarten…
A school district may provide age and developmentally appropriate consent education in kindergarten through the 12th grade.
Also, the mandate only applies to personal health and sex health education classes. If a school doesn’t offer the class to some or all of its students, the mandate doesn’t apply. So, if it chooses to teach that course to kindergarten kids, then it would have to follow the state mandates. And, of course, there’s nothing in the bill about teaching little kids about “transgenders and the sex promiscuity.” Not to mention that parents are allowed to opt their kids out…
No student shall be required to take or participate in any class or course in comprehensive personal health and safety and comprehensive sexual health education.
Also, if you’re gonna run a story that insults transgender people, maybe reach out to someone else for rebuttal?
* Dispatch-Argus…
Thoms said he wasn’t happy with House Bill 3653, the Police and Criminal Justice Reform Bill, passed by lawmakers in January and signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker in February.
The sweeping reform bill calls for the elimination of cash bail by 2023 and prevents police officers from reviewing their own body camera footage prior to writing reports, among other measures.
Except a trailer bill has since been approved. From an analysis of that trailer bill by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, which supported the revisions…
(a) Allows an officer to review his or her body camera video before writing an initial report except in certain specified circumstances, including when an officer has been involved in or a witness to an officer-involved shooting, use of deadly force incidents,or use of force incidents resulting in great bodily harm, or if an officer is ordered to write a report in response to a misconduct investigation. (b) In those limited cases where the exceptions apply, after writing an initial report, an officer, subject to a supervisor’s approval, may write a supplemental report after reviewing his or her video.
Google makes things so much easier for reporters these days. But you gotta use it to reap its benefits.
- SWIL_Voter - Tuesday, Jul 13, 21 @ 11:58 am:
My kindergartner isn’t too young to understand the concepts of consensual touches and no-no squares. She seems to understand those concepts just fine
- Try-4-Truth - Tuesday, Jul 13, 21 @ 12:01 pm:
Local news is the worst
- 47th Ward - Tuesday, Jul 13, 21 @ 12:07 pm:
Pamela Harding = Maude Flanders.
- ChrisB - Tuesday, Jul 13, 21 @ 12:08 pm:
I guess I’ve been teaching my kids sex ed since they could talk.
Keep your hands to yourself, no means no, and stop means stop right now.
- Shibboleth - Tuesday, Jul 13, 21 @ 12:11 pm:
*Also, if you’re gonna run a story that insults transgender people, maybe reach out to someone else for rebuttal?*
Exactly. It isn’t particularly difficult to find a trans person who can provide another perspective on the legislation.
This will go a long way toward helping trans kids and their peers understand that they aren’t broken or “wrong” and maybe help them begin processing their identity in safer ways. Exposure breeds understanding and understanding saves lives.
The bill in general also heavily focuses the requirement on consent and teaching children earlier that they are allowed to say no when it comes to their body should greatly help with issues later in life. It also instills the idea that you can’t touch someone without their permission a lot earlier in life, which is something many people apparently still need to learn.
- Jocko - Tuesday, Jul 13, 21 @ 12:40 pm:
==She says very young children have innocent minds and can be easily confused==
All the more reason to educate them on boundaries and sexual identity. Just this week two former Disney Channel stars were in the news for sending inappropriate images to fans.
- dan l - Tuesday, Jul 13, 21 @ 12:44 pm:
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And, of course, there’s nothing in the bill about teaching little kids about “transgenders and the sex promiscuity.”
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How do you include a quote specifically referring to folks as “transgenders” and not point out that the person saying it is very obviously a bigot?
- Cheryl44 - Tuesday, Jul 13, 21 @ 12:53 pm:
I’m sure I was taught about Mr. Stranger Danger way before the other stuff. I don’t think learning to protect myself (and speak up if I witnessed someone picking on other kids) was a bad idea.
People freaking out about sex ed remind me of that time Peggy Hill ended up as the sex ed teacher at Landry Middle School.
- PublicServant - Tuesday, Jul 13, 21 @ 1:46 pm:
=== Google makes things so much easier for reporters these days. But you gotta use it to reap its benefits. ===
My guess is Google don’t write no pay checks, so “reporters” gonna write in a style that is both fact-challenged and publisher-approved…just sayin.
- Friendly Bob Adams - Tuesday, Jul 13, 21 @ 2:01 pm:
Journalist used to be known for their skepticism, as in “If your mother tells you she loves you, check it out.”
Now not so much. “If you say it, we will print it.”
- JoanP - Tuesday, Jul 13, 21 @ 2:27 pm:
= I’m sure I was taught about Mr. Stranger Danger way before the other stuff. =
Sad thing is, for most sexually abused kids it’s not “Mr. Stranger Danger”, but “Mr. Family Member”, that they need to worry about.
- From DaZoo - Tuesday, Jul 13, 21 @ 2:55 pm:
My kid’s day care started the consent discussion at age 3. And they informed the parents when they were going to start the lesson. Important words in the legislation are “may” and “age appropriate”.
- Proud Papa Bear - Tuesday, Jul 13, 21 @ 6:49 pm:
I can only hope that Ms. Harding’s employment is in the past tense.