Lake County Gazette

Grass Lake School District 36 in Lake County won’t be teaching the state’s new controversial sex education curriculum, despite protests the lessons are “obscene and fail to align with community standards.”

The Grass Lake School District 36, which teaches 164 students, reported it has opted out of teaching the new curriculum, which includes lessons about masturbation starting in Grade 3.

There were 25 school districts which did not reply to a query about if it would opt out of teaching the curriculum or said it would wait to make a decision.

The curriculum was criticized by Republicans as “outrageous” and “perverted” while advocates claimed it would safely teach students about things they’re already learning on the internet.

Out of Illinois’ 852 school districts, 520 have opted out of teaching the lessons, leaving students with no sex education lessons at all.

School districts can’t normally opt out of teaching part of a curriculum. However, the sex education bill signed by the Illinois governor included the opportunity for school districts to opt out of teaching the curriculum if they were opposed to the teaching. Some school districts have opted out of teaching the curriculum for certain grades.

Individual school data was gathered by grassroots organization Awake, IL.

School District	Number of Students	Decision
Adlai E. Stevenson High School District 125	4,275	No Response
Antioch Community Consolidated School District 34	2,570	Waiting
Antioch Community High School District 117	2,651	Opting Out
Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102	2,500	No Response
Bannockburn School District 106	154	No Response
Barrington Community Unit School District 220	8,163	No Response
Beach Park Community Consolidated School District 3	1,925	No Response
Big Hollow School District 38	1,664	No Response
Deerfield School District 109	2,779	Waiting
Diamond Lake School District 76	862	Opting Out
Emmons School District 33	287	Opting Out
Fox Lake Grade School District 114	688	Waiting
Fremont School District 79	2,104	Opting Out
Gavin School District 37	726	No Response
Grant Community High School District 124	1,751	Waiting
Grass Lake School District 36	164	Opting Out
Grayslake Community High School District 127	2,648	Adopting
Grayslake Consolidated Community School District 46	3,476	Adopting
Gurnee School District 56	1,851	Opting Out
Hawthorn Community Consolidated School District 73	3,698	No Response
Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96	3,170	Waiting
Lake Bluff Elementary School District 65	859	Adopting
Lake Forest Community High School District 115	1,489	No Response
Lake Forest School District 67	1,609	No Response
Lake Villa Community Consolidated School District 41	2,340	Opting Out
Lake Zurich Community Unit School District 95	5,461	Opting Out
Libertyville Community High School District 128	3,310	Opting Out
Libertyville School District 70	2,127	Opting Out
Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103	1,796	Waiting
Millburn Community Consolidated School District 24	1,093	Opting Out
Mundelein Consolidated High School District 120	2,034	Adopting
Mundelein Elementary School District 75	1,628	Opting Out
North Chicago School District 187	3,194	Opting Out
North Shore School District 112	3,681	Opting Out
Oak Grove School District 68	920	No Response
Prairie Crossing Charter School	430	No Response
Rondout School District 72	141	No Response
Round Lake Community Unit School District 116	6,472	Waiting
Township High School District 113	3,303	Opting Out
Warren Township High School District 121	3,742	No Response
Wauconda Community Unit School District 118	4,325	Opting Out
Waukegan Community Unit School District 60	14,345	No Response
Winthrop Harbor School District 1	552	No Response
Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50	5,065	Opting Out
Zion Elementary School District 6	2,223	No Response
Zion-Benton Township High School District 126	2,531	No Response