Diana Fessler, Ohio State Board of Ed. on Health Programs This site is a wonderful resource to understand what is really going on in our Health classes.  The Center for Disease Control offers state and districts grants to do such programs as B.A.R.T. (Be A Responsible Teen)  Diana has been a national leader in fighting these immoral programs in our schools.  This website contains her talks and presentations to the Ohio State Board of Education, as well as alot of other information.

H-652..........................................................by EDUCATION
SCHOOLS - Amends existing law to require that instruction in citizenship
shall be given in all elementary and secondary schools.
03/14    3rd rdg - PASSED - 68-0-2
    Absent and excused -- Crow, Mortensen
    Floor Sponsor - Meyer
    Title apvd - to Senate
04/03    3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
    Floor Sponsor - Davis
    Title apvd - to House
04/04    To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
04/05    Pres signed - to Governor
04/14    Governor signed
     Session Law Chapter 341
     Effective: 07/01/00

Bill Text
H-652
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-fifth Legislature                  Second Regular Session - 2000
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 652
                                   BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO COURSES OF INSTRUCTION; AMENDING SECTION 33-1602, IDAHO  CODE,  TO
  3    REQUIRE  THAT  INSTRUCTION IN CITIZENSHIP SHALL BE GIVEN IN ALL ELEMENTARY
  4    AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
  6        SECTION 1.  That Section 33-1602, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
  8     33-1602.UNITED  STATES  CONSTITUTION--NATIONAL  FLAG  AND COLORS
  9    NATIONAL ANTHEM -- "AMERICA." -- CITIZENSHIP. a.(1)  Instruction in  the  Con-
 10    stitution  of the United States shall be given in all elementary and secondary
 11    schools. The state board of education shall adopt such  materials  as  may  be
 12    deemed  necessary  for  said  purpose,  and shall also determine the grades in
 13    which such instruction shall be given;.
 14        b.(2)  Instruction in the proper use, display and history of  and  respect
 15    for the American flag and the national colors shall be given in all elementary
 16    and secondary schools. Such instruction shall include the pledge of allegiance
 17    to the flag, the words and music of the national anthem, and of "America."
 18        (3)  Instruction  in citizenship shall be given in all elementary and sec-
 19    ondary schools. Citizenship instruction shall include lessons on the role of a
 20    citizen in a constitutional republic, how laws are  made,  how  officials  are
 21    elected, and the importance of voting and of participating in government. Such
 22    instruction  shall also include the importance of respecting and obeying stat-
 23    utes which are validly and lawfully enacted by the Idaho legislature  and  the
 24    congress of the United States.(laws like sodomy, harrassement, drugs)
     Contact:
     Name:   Rep. Wayne Meyer
     Phone:   208/332-1000
 

These Health Classes and Programs are the vehicle by which homosexuality and abortion is being pushed into our schools, and are consequently promoting these harmful agendas to our children.
Our new state health standards are amazingly similar to those adopted in Ohio in 1997.  They weren't liked any better there, than they are here!
 
 
Yes, in fact, Big Brother is watching you
            State Department of Education's actions just plain stink
             R. Michael Johnson, Editor, Coshocton Tribune
         Sunday, June 15, 1997
 
 
[Editor's Note: Folks, I realize today's column is rather long, and quite frankly, not that flashy or funny. But, please, if you have a child in the State of Ohio who attends public school, please read it. What you'll find out is disturbing.]

It's great being an ignorant hayseed. You don't have to think for yourself, you can have the state make your decisions for you and, best of all, you don't have to take responsibility for your actions.

Thank goodness there are a group of fine, educated, well-dressed people in Columbus who  can handle the awesome responsibility of raising my 9-year-old son - because God knows, I'm not fit to make decisions affecting his future.  That, in a nutshell, is what the Ohio Department of Education wants us to believe when it comes to its proposed educational standards, which now lie in the grasp of the state Legislature.

Let me preface what I'm about to say with the following: I think specific academic standards are a good thing. For example, by the time a kid is in high school, he or she should know how to spell, read, write and have a grasp on at least the basics of democracy.   We need some kind of way to measure how we're doing when it comes to our kids' educational needs.  With that said, I think the way the State Department of Education is going about it, in a word, stinks.

First, a group not associated with the department has been circulating a rather disturbing text in recent weeks. The DOE at first denied the document even existed, then backed off and said it was a "work in progress" and then "nothing has been cast in stone."
The distressing document contains ideas - apparently by the State Board of Education - for educational standards in the health and hygiene portion of school.  Here, according to the paperwork we obtained, is a brief rundown of some of the more troubling "competencies" the state could possibly jam down our throats.

Pre-kindergarten:
*The learner will be able to find answers to his/her questions about birth and death from
   parents and other responsible adults.
*The learner will demonstrate primary healthy stress management and relaxation skills.

Sixth grade:
*The learner will explore causes of mental illness and depression, and propose or suggest
   effective interventions.

Eleventh grade:
*The learner will practice and use effective self-examination procedures including the
  American Cancer Society's steps for breast and/or testicular cancer.
*The learner will demonstrate and advocate for ways to correct dysfunctional, worrisome
   thoughts so as to manage anger, fear and other stressful adult emotions.

First, and foremost, who died and left the State Department of Education in charge of
ensuring my son knows how to examine his testicles? Next, don't you think it's the parents' responsibility to explain birth and death to their kids? And not the responsibility of a stranger.  I do.  I won't even go into the "dysfunction thoughts" portion.  It just really scares the hell out of me when anyone in authority even gets close to broaching the line of telling us (or our children) how to think and feel.  Think about it.

Part Two - The meeting
In order to make the appearance that the State Board of Education is not simply a
microcosm of the former Communist party, it is in the process of setting up "public meetings on the proposed Standards for Ohio Schools." Yeah, right. A document obtained last week by the Tribune clearly shows that getting "public" input and comment is the last thing the state board wants. In a memo from Gene Harris, the state DOE's chief program officer, the way the state will get "public" input for its proposed standards was "developed with significant support from the staff of the Education Commission of the States."  I know this is kind of getting tedious, but please stay with me.  The stated purpose of the meetings is "to provide an orderly process for Ohioans to again
give thoughtful input on the proposed Standards for Schools." Horse feathers.  If one looks at the "overview" of the meetings, it is woefully obvious that what they're
doing is at least shortsighted and at worse sinister.  Harris suggests that up to 11 different meetings be held throughout the state on Aug. 12  from 6:30-9:30 p.m
No problem yet.

The overview states that three of the state's Board of Education members be in attendance at each of the meetings.  Still OK.  Now comes the fishy-smelling part.
Under the section of "participants," it says "invited public." They apparently want your input, but only if you have the right things to say. But I'll get to that later. Under the section labeled "meeting moderators/facilitators," the document says the meetings will be facilitated by people who are "reasonably neutral on education and political issues." That's like being a little pregnant. God only knows how much these "reasonably neutral"
folks will cost us taxpayers.  Now, here are the problems. First, by only having three of the state board's members in attendance, they don't have to call it a public meeting, thus circumventing the Ohio Revised Code statutes on open meetings.

I made a call to Mary Peters, who is one of the folks who works with/for Harris.  Peters told me the reason for having the "invited public" show up for the meeting is they felt it would be too laborious to sit and listen to a couple of hundred people speak. Comedian Martin Mull used to quip that the problem with working in a place that's open to the public is that the public tends to show up.  And that's what I think the State Department of Education is afraid of. They're afraid that  900 of us ignorant hayseeds will show up and hand them their heads on a platter. So, with them setting the ground rules, the deck is stacked, my friend.  God help my son. the state sure won't, and it looks like I'm not goring to be allowed to  either.

[R. Michael Johnson is editor of the Coshocton Tribune and write Off the Record as a
                      weekly Opinion Page feature. It appears on Sundays].
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 Idaho statute says: IF we have a Health class in schools, it will be developed at the local level.    Then Why...?

 One semester of Health is required to graduate....WHY?  Idaho's State Department of Education has an office that is devoted to the Idaho Health Curriculum....WHY? We also have a state syllibus for Health. WHY?  We just passed a Statewide Health Standard....WHY?  Is it possible that once again the Education Bureaucracy is flying in the face of our Laws?

 

Idaho Statutes
                                 TITLE  33
                                 EDUCATION
                                CHAPTER 16
                          COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
 33-1608.  FAMILY LIFE AND SEX EDUCATION -- LEGISLATIVE POLICY. The
legislature of the state of Idaho believes that the primary responsibility
for family life and sex education, including moral responsibility, rests
upon the home and the church and the schools can only complement and
supplement those standards which are established in the family. The
decision as to whether or not any program in family life and sex education
is to be introduced in the schools is a matter for determination at the
local district level by the local school board of duly selected
representatives of the people of the community. If such program is adopted,
the legislature believes that:
 a.  Major emphasis in such a program should be to assist the home in
giving them the knowledge and appreciation of the important place the
family home holds in the social system of our culture, its place in the
family and the responsibility which will be there much later when they
establish their own families.
 b.  The program should supplement the work in the home and the church in
giving youth the scientific, physiological information for understanding
sex and its relation to the miracle of life, including knowledge of the
power of the sex drive and the necessity of controlling that drive by
self-discipline.
 c.  The program should focus upon helping youth acquire a background of
ideals and standards and attitudes which will be of value to him now and
later when he chooses a mate and establishes his own family.

 Idaho Statutes
                                 TITLE  33
                                 EDUCATION
                                CHAPTER 16
                          COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
 33-1609.  "SEX EDUCATION" DEFINED. Sex education for the purpose of this
act is defined as the study of the anatomy and the physiology of human
reproduction.

 Idaho Statutes
                                 TITLE  33
                                 EDUCATION
                                CHAPTER 16
                          COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
 33-1610.  INVOLVEMENT OF PARENTS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. School districts
shall involve parents and school district community groups in the planning,
development, evaluation and revision of any instruction in sex education
offered as a part of this new program.

   TITLE  33
                                 EDUCATION
                                CHAPTER 16
                          COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
 33-1611.  EXCUSING CHILDREN FROM INSTRUCTION IN SEX EDUCATION. Any parent or legal guardian who wishes to have his child excused from any planned
instruction in sex education may do so upon filing a written request to the
school district board of trustees and the board of trustees shall make
available the appropriate forms for such request. Alternative educational
endeavors shall be provided for those excused.