AB 86 (Boerner) requires the adoption of instructional materials for health education for kindergarten through 8th grade.

Currently, curriculum for grades K-8 is required in language arts, mathematics, science, social science, and bilingual subjects, but not health education.

The bill does not mandate teaching health education in grades k-8, or change current curriculum standards, but it allows health curriculum publishers to produce curriculum that aligns with the current state framework adopted in 2019, which was created for grades 9th-12th.

Publishers have created curriculum for 9–12 grades that has been criticized by parents for its overtly sexual content. 

AB 86 will be heard next in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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