State Health Mandates

105 ILCS 5/10-23.13 (Erin’s Law) – Requires all school boards to adopt and implement a policy addressing sexual abuse of children that may include an age-appropriate curriculum for pre-K through fifth-grade students. Riverside School District 96 utilizes the Be Seen and Heard Presentations for kindergarten through eighth-grade students. Click the button and links below to learn more about the Be Seen and Heard Erin's Law Presentations.

Comprehensive Personal Health & Safety 

and 

Comprehensive Sexual Health 

 

105 ILCS 5/27-9.1a (Comprehensive personal health and safety and comprehensive sexual health education) & 9.1b (Consent Education) – Sets forth criteria for all classes that teach comprehensive personal health and safety and comprehensive sexual health education. School districts have discretion over whether they provide sexual health education to students. School districts may also provide age and developmentally-appropriate consent education in kindergarten through 12th grades. See ISBE guidance on Public Act 102-0522 for additional information.

Riverside School District 96 utilizes the Candor Health Education Program to teach the following:

 

5th Grade - Puberty I

 

6th Grade - Human Reproduction & Embryology

 

7th Grade - Teen Sexual Health I

 

8th Grade - Teen Sexual Health II

 

Click the links above to learn more about each program.

 

Click the button below to access more information about Candor Health's programs, including the FAQ documents for each program. 

 

 

 

 

 

The National Sexuality Education Standards (NSES) Program Alignment - By Grade Band or Program

 

Short Video of Katie Gallagher, Director of Education for Candor Health, discussing Candor Health Programming and their alignment to NSES.

 

September 1, 2022, Candor Health Alignment to NSES Webinar Presentation