CHYA - 8th & 9th Grade Students Only
The California Healthy Youth Act (CHYA) of 2016 was extended to charter schools in 2018 (AB 2601). CHYA requires that all California public schools provide comprehensive sexual health and HIV prevention education to students at least once in middle school and once in high school. Cabrillo Point Academy offers the Rights, Respect, Responsibility (3Rs) curriculum to all 8th- and 9th-grade students.
The California Healthy Youth Act permits parents/guardians to excuse their child from “all or part” of comprehensive sexual health and HIV prevention instruction.
If you choose to excuse your child from the entire comprehensive sexual health education curriculum, please send a note to your Homeschool Teacher (HST).
Guidelines for requesting to excuse your 8th-grade or 9th-grade child:
Each excused child must have a letter submitted by their parent or guardian for each year you excuse them from participation.
The middle and high school programs are different, and we require separate excusal letters for the 8th- and 9th-grade programs.
In the letter, please include the date and your child's full name and grade level.
You do not need to sign the letter, but please include your full name.
Simply state that you are excusing your child from the CHYA instruction.
You do not need to provide a reason for the excusal.
You can excuse your child from specific lessons. Please provide your HST with a letter stating the lessons from which you are excusing your child. California does not allow schools to permit parents/guardians to selectively excuse their child from “instruction, materials, presentations, or programming that discuss gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation, relationships, or family and do not discuss human reproductive organs and their functions.” The following lessons are not subject to selective “opt-out”:
8th grade: Lessons 1, 2, and 9
9th grade: Lessons 1, 3, and 10
The law requires that schools offer instruction that is inclusive of all students, encourage students to communicate with parents or guardians about human sexuality, and provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to develop healthy attitudes concerning adolescent growth and development.
The purpose of this instruction is to:
Provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to protect their sexual and reproductive health from HIV and other sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy.
Provide students with the knowledge and skills they need to develop healthy attitudes concerning adolescent growth and development, body image, gender, sexual orientation, relationships, marriage, and family.
Promote an understanding of sexuality as a normal part of human development.
Ensure students receive integrated, comprehensive, accurate, and unbiased sexual health and HIV prevention instruction and provide educators with clear tools and guidance to accomplish that end.
Provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to have healthy, positive, and safe relationships and behaviors.
We respect your right as a parent to choose what is best for your child. You can download the full curriculum here.
We selected the 3Rs curriculum because it can be used in your home, preserving your ability to work with your child in your typical homeschool environment. We will provide families access to credentialed teachers who have been trained in the curriculum to help guide and support instruction.