5th-Graders in Chicago to Have Access to Free Condoms Under New Sex-Ed Policy

5th-Graders in Chicago to Have Access to Free Condoms Under New Sex-Ed Policy
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Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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A new sex education policy at Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the nation’s third-largest public school district, will provide free condoms to students as young as 10 years old.

The policy (pdf), which was approved by the board of education but wasn’t fully implemented due to school closures, requires every school teaching “grade fifth and up” to have a “condom availability program.” There are currently over 600 schools in the CPS system, most of which serve students in fifth grade and older.
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