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New Hampshire

  • New Hampshire state law mandates the teaching of sexuality education.
  • While sex ed curricula are not required to be comprehensive, the Health Education Curriculum Guidelines state that comprehensive school health education furthers the goal of education and helps lead to a productive society.
  • The aforementioned Guidelines emphasize abstinence as the most effective prevention method.
  • While sex ed curricula are not required to include instruction on consent, they must include instruction on dating violence and date rape.
  • Sex ed curricula are not required to include instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity.
  • Parents or guardians may remove their children from sex education instruction based on religious objections. This is referred to as an “opt-out” policy.

Bills to Watch

  • HB 272 was introduced in 2023. It would establish a parental bill of rights related to education, such as the right to inspect the curriculum, the right to opt out of sex ed, the right to know if a child is going by a name other than the one on their birth certificate or is being affirmed in their gender identity (forced outing clause), etc.
  • HB 368 was introduced in 2023. It would protect access to gender affirming care for children.

Some Sex Ed Advocates Within the State

  • Planned Parenthood of Northern New England and their Peer Education Program

For more detailed information on how various districts in the state have been implementing these standards — and for recent legislation — you can read SIECUS’s New Hampshire profile.

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