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The Palos Heights School District 128, which teaches 669 students, reported it has opted out of teaching the new curriculum, which includes lessons about masturbation starting in Grade 3.
There were 99 school districts which did not reply to a query about if it would opt out of teaching the curriculum or said it would wait to make a decision.
The curriculum was criticized by Republicans as “outrageous” and “perverted” while advocates claimed it would safely teach students about things they’re already learning on the internet.
Out of Illinois’ 852 school districts, 520 have opted out of teaching the lessons, leaving students with no sex education lessons at all.
School districts can’t normally opt out of teaching part of a curriculum. However, the sex education bill signed by the Illinois governor included the opportunity for school districts to opt out of teaching the curriculum if they were opposed to the teaching. Some school districts have opted out of teaching the curriculum for certain grades.
Individual school data was gathered by grassroots organization Awake, IL.
Cook County School Districts’ Decision About New Sex Ed Curriculum
| School District | Number of Students | Decision |
|---|---|---|
| ACE Amandla Charter School | 171 | No Response |
| Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126 | 1,531 | Opting Out |
| Arbor Park School District 145 | 1,171 | Opting Out |
| Argo Community High School District 217 | 1,869 | No Response |
| Arlington Heights School District 25 | 5,262 | Opting Out |
| Atwood Heights School District 125 | 583 | Opting Out |
| Avoca School District 37 | 696 | Waiting |
| Bellwood School District 88 | 2,167 | No Response |
| Berkeley School District 87 | 2,379 | No Response |
| Berwyn North School District 98 | 2,685 | No Response |
| Berwyn South School District 100 | 3,268 | Waiting |
| Betty Shabazz International Charter School | 564 | No Response |
| Bloom Township High School District 206 | 2,832 | No Response |
| Bremen Community High School District 228 | 5,018 | Opting Out |
| Bronzeville Academy Charter School | 326 | No Response |
| Brookfield LaGrange Park School District 95 | 1,350 | Opting Out |
| Brookwood School District 167 | 1,108 | No Response |
| Burbank School District 111 | 3,275 | No Response |
| Burnham School District 154-5 | 166 | Waiting |
| Calumet City School District 155 | 1,004 | Opting Out |
| Calumet Public School District 132 | 925 | No Response |
| Central Stickney School District 110 | 340 | No Response |
| Chicago Heights School District 170 | 2,644 | No Response |
| Chicago Public School District 299 | 338,956 | No Response |
| Chicago Ridge School District 127-5 | 1,402 | Opting Out |
| Cicero School District 99 | 9,934 | No Response |
| Community Consolidated School District 146 | 2,306 | No Response |
| Community Consolidated School District 168 | 1,289 | Opting Out |
| Community Consolidated School District 59 | 6,081 | Opting Out |
| Community High School District 218 | 5,257 | No Response |
| Consolidated High School District 230 | 7,416 | Waiting |
| Cook County School District 130 | 3,188 | No Response |
| Country Club Hills School District 160 | 1,229 | No Response |
| Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62 | 4,263 | Opting Out |
| Dolton School District 148 | 1,935 | No Response |
| Dolton School District 149 | 2,332 | No Response |
| East Maine School District 63 | 3,459 | No Response |
| East Prairie School District 73 | 504 | No Response |
| Elementary School District 159 | 1,750 | No Response |
| Elmwood Park Community Unit School District 401 | 2,730 | No Response |
| Evanston Community Consolidated School District 65 | 7,181 | Adopting |
| Evanston Township High School District 202 | 3,652 | No Response |
| Evergreen Park Community High School District 231 | 851 | No Response |
| Evergreen Park Elementary School District 124 | 1,861 | Opting Out |
| Fairview School District 72 | 722 | No Response |
| Flossmoor School District 161 | 2,245 | Waiting |
| Ford Heights School District 169 | 433 | No Response |
| Forest Park School District 91 | 660 | Opting Out |
| Forest Ridge School District 142 | 1,536 | Opting Out |
| Franklin Park School District 84 | 1,280 | Waiting |
| General George Patton School District 133 | 217 | No Response |
| Glencoe School District 35 | 1,199 | Opting Out |
| Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34 | 4,313 | Opting Out |
| Golf Elementary School District 67 | 717 | No Response |
| Harvey School District 152 | 1,666 | No Response |
| Hazel Crest School District 152-5 | 868 | No Response |
| Hillside School District 93 | 433 | No Response |
| Homewood School District 153 | 1,872 | No Response |
| Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233 | 2,782 | No Response |
| Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157 | 806 | No Response |
| Horizon Science Acad-Belmont | 571 | No Response |
| Horizon Science Acad-McKinley Park | 856 | Opting Out |
| Indian Springs School District 109 | 2,449 | No Response |
| Intrinsic 2 Charter High School | 360 | No Response |
| J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 | 7,661 | Opting Out |
| Kenilworth School District 38 | 463 | No Response |
| Kirby School District 140 | 3,471 | Opting Out |
| Komarek School District 94 | 482 | Opting Out |
| La Grange School District 102 | 2,989 | Opting Out |
| La Grange School District 105 South | 1,258 | Opting Out |
| LaGrange Highlands School District 106 | 913 | Opting Out |
| Lansing School District 158 | 2,526 | Opting Out |
| Lemont Township High School District 210 | 1,390 | Opting Out |
| Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A | 2,351 | Opting Out |
| Leyden Community High School District 212 | 3,421 | Adopting |
| Lincoln Elementary School District 156 | 781 | No Response |
| Lincolnwood School District 74 | 1,226 | Opting Out |
| Lindop School District 92 | 382 | No Response |
| Lyons School District 103 | 2,238 | No Response |
| Lyons Township High School District 204 | 3,975 | Adopting |
| Maine Township High School District 207 | 6,182 | No Response |
| Mannheim School District 83 | 2,497 | No Response |
| Matteson Elementary School District 162 | 2,367 | No Response |
| Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 | 4,420 | No Response |
| Midlothian School District 143 | 1,566 | No Response |
| Morton Grove School District 70 | 839 | No Response |
| Mount Prospect School District 57 | 2,270 | No Response |
| New Trier Township High School District 203 | 3,971 | No Response |
| Niles Elementary School District 71 | 606 | No Response |
| Niles Township Community High School District 219 | 4,593 | No Response |
| Norridge School District 80 | 1,039 | Waiting |
| North Palos School District 117 | 3,428 | Opting Out |
| Northbrook Elementary School District 27 | 1,293 | No Response |
| Northbrook School District 28 | 1,809 | No Response |
| Northbrook/Glenview School District 30 | 1,211 | Opting Out |
| Northfield Township High School District 225 | 5,096 | Opting Out |
| Oak Lawn Community High School District 229 | 1,815 | Opting Out |
| Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 | 3,266 | Opting Out |
| Oak Park Elementary School District 97 | 5,599 | No Response |
| Oak Park and River Forest District 200 | 3,364 | No Response |
| Orland School District 135 | 4,988 | Opting Out |
| Palatine Community Consolidated School District 15 | 11,477 | Opting Out |
| Palos Community Consolidated School District 118 | 1,941 | Opting Out |
| Palos Heights School District 128 | 669 | Opting Out |
| Park Forest School District 163 | 1,483 | No Response |
| Park Ridge Consolidated Community School District 64 | 4,604 | No Response |
| Pennoyer School District 79 | 429 | Opting Out |
| Pleasantdale School District 107 | 830 | Opting Out |
| Posen-Robbins Elementary School District 143-5 | 1,216 | No Response |
| Prairie-Hills Elementary School District 144 | 2,599 | Opting Out |
| Prospect Heights School District 23 | 1,472 | Opting Out |
| Proviso Township High School District 209 | 4,214 | No Response |
| Reavis Township High School District 220 | 1,956 | No Response |
| Rhodes School District 84-5 | 548 | Opting Out |
| Rich Township High School District 227 | 2,516 | No Response |
| Ridgeland School District 122 | 2,313 | Opting Out |
| Ridgewood Community High School District 234 | 811 | Opting Out |
| River Forest School District 90 | 1,400 | No Response |
| River Grove School District 85-5 | 700 | Opting Out |
| River Trails School District 26 | 1,535 | Adopting |
| Riverside Brookfield Township School District 208 | 1,624 | No Response |
| Riverside School District 96 | 1,652 | Adopting |
| Rosemont Elementary School District 78 | 210 | No Response |
| Sandridge School District 172 | 333 | No Response |
| Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54 | 15,179 | Opting Out |
| Schiller Park School District 81 | 1,370 | No Response |
| Skokie School District 68 | 1,689 | Waiting |
| Skokie School District 69 | 1,737 | No Response |
| Skokie School District 73-5 | 1,051 | No Response |
| South Holland School District 150 | 832 | No Response |
| South Holland School District 151 | 1,559 | No Response |
| Southland College Prep Charter High School | 573 | No Response |
| Steger School District 194 | 1,393 | No Response |
| Summit School District 104 | 1,578 | No Response |
| Sunnybrook School District 171 | 928 | No Response |
| Sunset Ridge School District 29 | 466 | Opting Out |
| Thornton Fractional Township High School District 215 | 3,164 | No Response |
| Thornton School District 154 | 230 | No Response |
| Thornton Township High School District 205 | 4,543 | No Response |
| Township High School District 211 | 11,830 | No Response |
| Township High School District 214 | 11,895 | Waiting |
| Union Ridge School District 86 | 640 | Opting Out |
| Urban Prep West Charter School | 82 | No Response |
| West Harvey-Dixmoor Public School District 147 | 807 | No Response |
| West Northfield School District 31 | 883 | Opting Out |
| Westchester School District 92-5 | 1,051 | No Response |
| Western Springs School District 101 | 1,494 | No Response |
| Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 | 6,002 | No Response |
| Willow Springs School District 108 | 369 | No Response |
| Wilmette School District 39 | 3,380 | No Response |
| Winnetka School District 36 | 1,627 | No Response |
| Worth School District 127 | 1,053 | Waiting |
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