NJ Sex Ed Standards

A guide

Parents are becoming confused because the entire NJ state Department of Education is gaslighting parents into thinking that the new NJ state sex standards are the same as in 2014, or its no big deal.

It is different, and it is a big deal. And you will figure this out when your child goes back to school in September.

There are a lot of moving parts to this entire mess which makes it confusing, hard to navigate and easy for the districts to lie to parents.

1- The motivation behind the change

2- Legislation from the statehouse

3- The revision of the sex standards by the NJDOE, created in 2020, but have yet to be rolled out in all districts

4- Suggested sex curriculum from the State of New Jersey

5- Finally there is the sex curriculum that your district will actually use. You can only find this by contacting your superintendent or curriculum director. Some districts will probably try to hide and minimize the materials so you still don’t know what they will teach. Other district leaders will completely avoid the standards or have work-arounds so they can shield your child from inapropate content. When your school gives you a large level of detail and samples of exact lesson plans and materials, that’s when you know you are getting the truth. Most of the districts are not even going to announce what they will do until the 2nd to last week of August.

Keep in mind that state standards, curriculum, and materials mean all different things. So if you say “curriculum” to your superintendent but you really mean “standards” from the state, they are probably going to use that technicality to avoid your question. In reality, you want to see the MATERIALS that will be provided to your children. That is the only way you will see what they will see.

I linked some articles and did all the research for your because its not easy to figure out, that is why parents are easily lied to by schools and public officials.

Brush up on the standards. They are arranged below by each grade group, so if it says, “end of the 5th grade” that means anytime between 3rd and 5th.

• The end of the 2nd grade

• The end of the 5th grade

• The end of the 8th grade

• The end of high school