Year 2019 - 2020

Mississippi State Profile

Mississippi’s Sex Education Snapshot Sex education advocates have endured a prolonged struggle to advance sex education requirements in Mississippi, most recently cumulating in an ultimately unsuccessful effort to pass House Bill 1347, sponsored by Representative Jeramey Anderson and Representative Kathy…

Montana State Profile

Montana’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have focused on working at the local level to advance sex education in Montana over the past decade. In 2010, Helena schools approved a measure to require health curriculum to include, among other topics, instruction…

Nebraska State Profile

Nebraska’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have made multiple efforts over the past seven years to advance sex education in Nebraska, including both successful local efforts and unsuccessful statewide efforts. Most recently, the Nebraska Department of Education revised their Nondiscrimination and…

Maine State Profile

Maine’s Sex Education Snapshot There have been incremental advancements in sex education in Maine over the past three years, signifying a slow but steady effort to make curriculum more comprehensive statewide. In 2017, the state passed Legislative Directive 1180, requiring…

Maryland State Profile

Maryland’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have worked diligently over the past four years to further advance sex education in Maryland. In 2018, Delegate Ariana Kelly championed House Bill 251, with the support of her teenage daughter, after repeatedly introducing the…

Massachusetts State Profile

Massachusetts’ Sex Education Snapshot Advocates in Massachusetts have worked tirelessly to advance the Healthy Youth Act. First introduced in 2011, the Healthy Youth Act would ensure youth receive research-based, medically accurate, and culturally competent sex education in districts that require sex…

Michigan State Profile

Michigan’s Sex Education Snapshot Michigan advocates have worked tirelessly to advance sex education. Their most recent efforts culminated in the introduction of Senate Bill 270, introduced by Senator Curtis Hertel in 2019. Although unsuccessful, the bill sought to mandate sex…

Missouri State Profile

Missouri’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates in Missouri have successfully made incremental advancements to Missouri’s sex education requirements and are now considering further efforts to revise the state’s current mandate. In 2015, Representative Genise Montecillo successfully championed House Bill 501, which…

Nevada State Profile

Nevada’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have actively worked to advance sex education in Nevada at the state and local level over the past seven years, celebrating numerous successes and some set-backs. While advocates continue to push for an advanced statewide…

New Hampshire State Profile

New Hampshire’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have worked diligently to advance sex education in New Hampshire, despite recent efforts to restrict current statewide requirements. In 2017, House Bill 103, sponsored by Representative Victoria Sullivan, was signed into law requiring school…

New Jersey State Profile

New Jersey’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates in New Jersey have seen significant success in advancing sex education, most recently with the passage of four bills that require sex education curriculum to include instruction on consent, sexual abuse and assault, consequences…

New Mexico State Profile

New Mexico’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have faced significant challenges in advancing sex education in New Mexico in recent years. In 2019, legislators sought to advance sex education through the introduction of two bills. House Bill 133, introduced by Representative…