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Nebraska Schools Dealing with Health Standards Revisions

Nebraska Schools Dealing with Health Standards Revisions

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The Nebraska State Board of Education is attempting to work through updated health education standards.

A second draft of the proposal was released, removing many controversial sex education references.

Hartington-Newcastle Superintendent A.J. Johnson says they are waiting to see a final version from the state board…

Johnson says there is a lot of misinformation floating around…

Johnson says the final decisions on what and how they teach their students is up to their school board…

The standards, which will not be mandatory for school districts to adopt, may be approved by the state board later this fall.

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