NEW GUIDELINES SET LIMITS ON SEX EDUCATION IN CLASS

Proposed guidelines for teaching about sexuality:
HOMOSEXUALITY - In elementary schools, teachers can answer questions about it succintly, but should refer children to their parents or other trusted adults for more information. In middle and senior high schools, teachers should discuss tolerance for people with different sexual orientation, and abstinence. "No discussion should occur about the appropriateness of this orientation." Students should be referred to other adults such as parents and nurses for more information.
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, INCLUDING AIDS - Children in primary grades should be given general information, not about sexual diseases, but about healthy lifestyle habits and germs. Students will learn about AIDS, abstinence, and how to say "no" beginning in fourth grade, and continue with more information in fifth and sixth grades. In high school, they'll get the same information, but also will learn about community resources where they could turn for help.

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