The province has mandated that Saskatchewan schools must now inform parents about the sexual health education curriculum, and let them opt out of it on behalf of their children.
Experts, doctors and the official Opposition are raising the alarm on the move, calling the new policy harmful and concerning.
On Tuesday morning, Minister of Education Dustin Duncan made the announcement and also said that schools will now need permission from parents or guardians to change preferred names or pronouns of students who are under the age of 16.
Duncan said school boards must immediately pause their involvement with third-party organizations who provide sexual health education, such as the ARC Foundation
