MA S340

Schools offering sexual health education must provide medically accurate, age-appropriate, comprehensive curricula covering human development, anatomy, abstinence, contraception, STI/HIV prevention, consent, healthy relationships, dating violence prevention, and LGBTQ+ topics including gender identity and sexual orientation

Schools must adopt written policies notifying parents/guardians of sexual health education offerings, their right to withdraw students, and the process to review instructional materials; notifications must be provided in English and other commonly spoken languages by the first day of school

Students withdrawn from sexual health education by parents/guardians cannot face disciplinary action or academic penalties and must be provided alternative educational activities

School districts and charter schools must file biennial reports to the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education detailing curriculum names, instruction hours, enrollment numbers, and withdrawal counts by grade level; data will be published online and shared with the Department of Public Health within 30 days

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education must review and update the Massachusetts Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Curriculum Framework at least every 10 years