Sign On Letter to Governor Murphy

Dozens of organizations and community leaders are calling on Governor Murphy to stand firm in support of comprehensive sex education, the strength of the current NJ standards, and danger to students if these are rolled back.
More information about the updated
​Student Learning Standards for Comprehensive Health and Physical Education:

New Jersey's Sex Ed Report Card

​Young people deserve to have the information, resources, and skills they need to protect their health and build their future — without shame or judgment. Sex education can equip young people with the skills they need for a lifetime of good health, including the ability to have healthy relationships, make decisions for themselves, think critically about the world, be a good ally to those who are marginalized, and love themselves for who they are.

In New Jersey, we know a lot of great sex education is being provided, but we also know that sex education can be underfunded, not prioritized, and often politicized. Based on the findings of New Jersey’s Sex Ed Report Card, there are multiple areas for improvement.

New Jersey’s Sex Ed Report Card contains several key recommendations to improve upon our state’s sex education policies. These recommendations seek to ensure that all students, regardless of what school they go to or which teacher they have, received high-quality, age-appropriate, accurate, and comprehensive sex education, that does not stigmatize or shame young people or withhold critical information. These recommendations look to educators as leaders in sex education, and advocate for increased resources and commitments from schools and districts to ensure teachers can get the training they want and the quality resources and curricula they need. And finally, these recommendations call upon statewide legislators and decision makers to provide policy on sex education that is even stronger than what we currently have, and support educators by providing resources, recommended curricula, and methods to assess the content being delivered in classrooms.​

YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO THE INFORMATION AND SKILLS THEY NEED TO PROTECT THEIR HEALTH.

Young people should get high-quality, age-appropriate, medically accurate information and answers to their questions about sex and relationships — without feeling shamed or judged.

Young people need to understand what a healthy relationship looks like and have the opportunity to practice good communication skills before they become sexually active. ​

​Young people need good sex ed —​ and we're making sure that's happening in New Jersey.

Learn more, and help us take action today.

TAKE THE SEX ED SURVEYS:

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CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS

Help us thank Governor Murphy and the Department of Education for standing up for New Jersey students and supporting the newly adopted standards for sex education! The new standards strengthen the existing standards and feature an updated, more comprehensive curriculum that includes expanded content topics, including LGBTQ identities and consent, and removed language that relied on the gender binary and was stigmatizing and shaming.

TAKE ACTION
We need your help. To learn more about the status of sex education in New Jersey, we're asking all 3,541 public and private schools in the state to complete a short survey to learn more about their sex ed policies and practices.

​But we can't follow up with all those schools without ​your help —​ ​and that's where volunteers from the community like you come in.

Use this toolkit to take action and join in our campaign for better sex ed here in NJ.

WHAT'S YOUR STORY?

Everyone's got a story about their sex education experience (or lack thereof) — the good, the bad, the funny, and the hopeful.

​Do you have an story you’d like to share? Share your story with us to help us paint a clearer picture of the status of sex education in New Jersey.

READY TO TAKE A SURVEY?

Whether you're a school representative, parent/guardian,
​or young person, there's a survey for you.