Currently, Fairfax County Public Schools students in eighth, ninth and 10th grades are taught that “the development of individual identity occurs over a lifetime and includes the component of sexual orientation and gender identity.” The current curriculum says “biological sex” is one of four parts of individual identity. The change to the Family Life Education Curriculum would replace “biological sex” with “sex assigned at birth.” 

Students in Fairfax County will soon learn sex education in a new way.

The school board voted 10 to 1 Thursday night [June 14, 2018] to change the dress code to gender-neutral language and adopt a more inclusive sex education curriculum.

Currently, Fairfax County Public Schools students in eighth, ninth and 10th grades are taught that “the development of individual identity occurs over a lifetime and includes the component of sexual orientation and gender identity.” The current curriculum says “biological sex” is one of four parts of individual identity.

The change to the Family Life Education Curriculum would replace “biological sex” with “sex assigned at birth.” The new curriculum will go into effect for the 2018-2019 school year.

English teacher Mary Mathewson said she supports the change in the curriculum because it makes the distinction clearer between the sex one is assigned and their gender identity. The updated lesson would create space for transgender students, she said.

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