( CNN ) -- Massachusetts Gov . Deval Patrick urged a school district to revise its policy allowing students as young as in elementary schools to get condoms if they are believed to be sexually active . `` It is simply not age appropriate to have a program in place for such young children , not to mention not having parents of such young children involved , '' Patrick said in a statement . `` Comprehensive reproductive health education needs to be done in an age appropriate manner . '' The policy -- passed this month -- has no minimum age on supplying condoms to students . It allows nurses to give condoms to students they think are sexually active after counseling and education without informing their parents . Provincetown school district superintendent , Beth Singer , who wrote the policy , said she wanted to ensure students of all ages requesting condoms get information on their use . `` Sex has no age limit . It 's an individual scenario for each person , '' Singer said . `` We ca n't put out an age for using condoms . '' Singer said the policy is being misunderstood and was never intended for elementary school students . It makes it clear that `` we are against ( students ) being sexually active , '' she said . The superintendent urged parents to discuss sex issues with their children , including letting them know that abstinence is the only safeguard . A Provincetown school committee voted unanimously for the policy June 10 . It was due to go into effect in the fall , but the committee plans to re-examine its wording amid the concerns . Some parents in the school district decried the policy , saying it encourages children to be sexually active . `` This policy is stripping children of their innocence and making them more vulnerable to sexual predators , '' said Sherri Smitt , whose daughter graduated from Provincetown High School . Evelyn Reilly of the Massachusetts Family Institute called the policy `` absurd '' and said it does not give parents a say . `` Sex ed allows parents to make the decision to opt their child out , this policy is essentially saying it 's not the parents business if their child is having sex , '' Reilly said . `` It is emotionally , physically and psychologically disturbing . '' CNN 's Vivienne Foley contributed to this report .
Every school district passes policy allowing condom use . Students in elementary school can get condoms . Pennsylvania allows school nurses to give condoms to sexually - active students . Some parents say it encourages kids to have sex .