Therefore, districts are free to do, literally, whatever they want in this area. There is nothing in the framework that is mandatory. The framework tried to be as neutral as possible in order to underline the fact that specific decisions about curriculum are reserved for the individual school or district. So, again, I think the text of this part of the curriculum was designed to send as neutral a message as possible in order to allow communities to make their own call in terms of what is appropriate. The framework is called for in the statutes.
Health education is a common subject across most schools and districts.
So that it makes some sense to create some template from which schools can develop their own curriculum. It has a certain practical benefit as well as being responsive to the law. This report on the Nauset schools accused the curriculums of violating the latency period between 6-12 when children are essentially asexual. Again, the frameworks certainly do not. There are no recommendations for specific materials in the frameworks.