Teachers at Alabama schools can no longer provide instruction or engage in discussion regarding sexual orientation in kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms, unless it is “developmentally appropriate.”
The Alabama Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to approve the new language, a requirement of a law enacted by the legislature in the previous session.
The new language in the state department’s education administrative code clarifies that “in determining age or developmental appropriateness, local education agencies may consider, but not be limited to, the Alabama Core Teaching Standards, Rule 290-3-3.04, or any derivation thereof, and the Alabama Educator Code of Ethics.”
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