Close up of students holding hands, one arm featuring a sweater with LGBTQ colours. Across the street, hundreds of students line the sidewalk demonstrating for student rights.
Alberta school boards say the provincial government should retain an opt-out system for sexual health education in schools, as politicians debate a bill that would require families to opt students in.Alberta school boards are pushing back against legislation that will excludes students from sexual health education as the default without parental permission. School boards say they also want to set their own sexual orientation and gender identity policies.
The trustees are pushing back against changes contained in Bill 27, which would require schools to get permission from parents or guardians in advance of every lesson on human sexuality, gender identity or sexual orientation. The bill passed second reading in the legislature on Tuesday afternoon, and must go through two more stages of debate before it can be proclaimed into law.
The division's policy is to honour a student's preferred name and pronouns and work with them to disclose that preference to their family, she said. Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said in an interview Tuesday the premier has been firm about wanting opt-in sex ed. Although the bill, as drafted, would require boards to tell parents of each upcoming lesson, they could map those lessons out in advance and seek advance permission once a year to reduce the administrative burden, Nicolaides said.
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