Kendall Tietz, DCNF
Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy seemed to change his tune on the state’s proposed sex education standards in a Wednesday statement.
The New Jersey Student Learning Standards – Comprehensive Health and Physical Education (NJSLS-CHPE) were drafted in 2020 and are set to take effect in September. Elementary-aged children in the state’s public schools could be taught that puberty blockers are a good way to “manage” adolescence and masturbation “a few times a day” can help “relieve stress,” according to state sample lesson plans shared by Republican New Jersey state Senator Holly Schepisi on Dropbox, the Daily Caller News Foundation previously reported.
Murphy admitted the guidelines may be problematic for the first time Wednesday, directing his Department of Education (DOE) to review the standards and ensure they were age-appropriate, according to a statement.
“We have seen a handful of sample lesson plans being circulated that have not been adopted in our school districts and do not accurately reflect the spirit of the standards,” Murphy said. “Any proposed educational content that is not age-appropriate should be immediately revised by local officials.”
On Monday, Murphy said that he would “entertain” changes to the sex education standards “if folks think that they need to be adjusted or altered, and there’s a reasonable argument for that.”
“In New Jersey, parents always have and always will have a say in their child’s education, which includes opting their child out of any health lesson that they would rather discuss in the privacy of their own home,” he added.
The state standards “define what students should know and be able to do at the end of specified grade levels” and the 2020 NJSLS-CHPE standards “are designed to ensure that all students acquire the health and physical literacy skills needed to pursue a life of wellness at developmentally appropriate ages, including knowledge and skills related to sexual health,” the New Jersey DOE (NJDOE) told the DCNF in a statement.
The state’s DOE said it does not mandate specific curriculum and that “it is the responsibility of local school districts to create curriculum, tailored to and in consultation with their communities, in order to implement standards within the understanding of local setting and context.”
The NJDOE said it is “dedicated to ensuring” that the standards should “uplift all identities … in particular, the struggles that many LGBTQ youth experience feeling safe and supported in schools” especially “when turning on the national news subjects LGBTQ youth to hostility and misunderstanding such as through Governor DeSantis of Florida’s signing of the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ legislation.”
In his Wednesday statement, Murphy blamed politicians who he said have “misrepresented” the learning standards to “divide and score political points.”
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9 thoughts on “New Jersey Gov tries to weasel out of state regulated sex education guidelines”
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This is insanity.
Murphy always w,as a sleezball. Alot like Brandon1¹
So apparently they are aware of how evil they are with their Anti-Child “educational” indoctrination in schools. They do, however, remain stupidly ignorant as to why…
At some point in High School, the students should be taught sufficient age-appropriate health lessons to assist them in maintaining a healthy lifestyle as they grow forward. These lessons should include, physical health, mental health and spiritual health.
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I do not think that any Sex Education Class, I don’t care what age should never be taught in School. That should be talked out with the Parent’s and thier Kid’s. School’s are getting too much out of hand on the Kid’s today. They needs the Basic’s, Reading, Writing and Math. That is all they need to be taught. If and when they go to Collage then they can learn a lot more. Kid’s even going to Collage in today’s time can’t find a Job that would pay the money they need to live on. They couldn’t afford to pay a School Loan off if they had a loan to pay. Collage is a waste of money and time.
” Murphy blamed politicians who he said have “misrepresented” the learning standards to “divide and score political points.” When any liberal uses the word “misrepresented” it is code for “oops we didn’t cover our tracks well enough”! And the “socre political points” wording just means the enemy is right. How can you “misrepresent” something that is right there in written form.
You are spot on. The lesson plans and standards are there in black and white, and they are as described. They are not misrepresented.
It’s simply perversion. “masturbation a few times a day” for 5th graders? This is grooming, perversion, child sex abuse.
Why aren’t the police more involved. Advocating for child sex crimes used to be against the law.