{"id":26557,"date":"2019-08-13T08:07:53","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T12:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=26557"},"modified":"2019-08-13T08:08:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T12:08:08","slug":"new-jersey-law-requires-lgbt-contributions-to-be-included-in-public-school-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2019\/08\/new-jersey-law-requires-lgbt-contributions-to-be-included-in-public-school-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey law requires LGBT contributions to be included in public school curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/New-Jersey81319.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/New-Jersey81319.jpg 626w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/New-Jersey81319-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A law approved by the governor earlier this year in the state of New Jersey will require public schools to incorporate information about the contributions of LGBT people into middle and high school curriculum in the 2020-2021 academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The law does not include an opt-out option for parents. \u201cAdvocates say such an option\u00a0would not be practical, since the intent of the law is for lessons to be weaved in throughout the year rather than taught only as stand-alone lessons,\u201d a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northjersey.com\/story\/news\/education\/2019\/06\/26\/teaching-lgbtq-in-schools-can-nj-parents-opt-out\/1549151001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"northjersey.com (opens in a new tab)\">northjersey.com<\/a>\u00a0article explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA board of education shall include instruction on the political, economic, and social contributions of persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, in an appropriate place in the curriculum of middle school and high school students as part of the district\u2019s implementation of the New Jersey Student Learning Standards,\u201d the\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"law (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.njleg.state.nj.us\/2018\/Bills\/PL19\/6_.HTM\" target=\"_blank\">law<\/a>\u00a0states. It also says that, \u201cWhen adopting instructional materials for use in the schools of the district, a board of education shall adopt inclusive instructional materials that portray the cultural and economic diversity of society including the political, economic, and social contributions of persons with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, where appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.org\/new-jersey-law-to-add-lgbt-peoples-contributions-into-public-school-curriculum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Academia.com (opens in a new tab)\">Academia.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A law approved by the governor earlier this year in the state of New Jersey will require public schools to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":26558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,195],"tags":[462],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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