Mass. Senate approves sex ed bill

BOSTON — The Democratic-controlled state Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of An Act Relative to Healthy Youth (S 2048), a measure to require school districts that provide sex education lessons to formulate those lessons based on the Massachusetts Health Curriculum Framework.

The bill, which passed the Senate 32-6, does not force school districts to provide sex education, but requires those that do to provide students with "medically accurate, age-appropriate" material.  Under the bill, curricula consistent with material in the Massachusetts Health Curriculum Framework is automatically presumed to be in compliance with this requirement.