Illinois Senate Bill 818 was signed into law (PA 102-0522), the Keeping Youth Safe and Healthy Act. The new law created health and safety standards for elementary schools and expands sexual health education standards for middle schools. Learning standards expanded or created by the bill included: anatomy and physiology, healthy relationships, identity, personal safety, pregnancy and reproduction, puberty, growth and adolescent development, and sexually transmitted infections. It also expands the current requirement that instruction be medically accurate, developmentally and age appropriate, as well as culturally appropriate, inclusive, and trauma informed.
August 2021
