Good news from the session: yesterday, the House Rules Committee assigned Representative Brian King’s H.B. 246 to the House Education Committee. We feel confident that it will get on the agenda next week at one of three hearings. At which point it is your turn to be heard!

H.B. 246 puts parents in the driver’s seat – not special interest groups like the Utah Eagle Forum. What we have always known – that parents in Utah want the option of comprehensive sex education for their children – was demonstrated through a Utah Policy poll released this morning. Parents understand that teenagers need more than abstinence-only sex education. We also know that parents who don’t want comprehensive sex education can simply choose not to have their teens attend.

We need you to do two things: