claim: "in texas, schools do not even have to teach sex education."
author: pat carlson
evidence_1: comes to sex education in our schools, state leaders have been flying blind. state  law requires ... no one – not even the texas education agency – tracks or  monitors what schools are teaching in this area. as a result, information about  what is ...
evidence_2: why is sexual education taught in schools? .... makes provisions for other  components, which are not required but may not be contradicted by .... texas tex . health and safety code § 85.004. the department shall develop model  education ...
evidence_3: texas does not require schools to teach sex ed. ... teaching about contraceptives , such as condoms and the pill, is not required ... people of any age, including  teens, can buy condoms from a drugstore, pharmacy, grocery store or even  online.
evidence_4: apr 25, 2018 ... abstinence-only sex education just isn't working for texas teens. ... have in texas , where sex education is non-existent in many schools ... used abstinence-only  sexual education, and a quarter taught no sex ... it would seem that the main  opposition to comprehensive sex education comes not from parents ...
evidence_5: aug 10, 2017 ... most are in the south, but not all—alaska ranks among the worst offenders. ...  texas might have ranked even worse than arizona—if researchers were ... and a  quarter of texas school districts taught no sex education at all.