Judson board adopts opt-in middle-school health curriculum after SHAC endorsement

The Judson ISD Board approved the School Health Advisory Council's recommendation to adopt 'Big Decisions | Healthy Futures Texas' as the district's human-sexuality instruction for middle school. The curriculum is opt-in and will be delivered primarily to seventh graders by trained middle-school athletic coordinators during PE or scheduled health time. SHAC members voted 10-1 to recommend the curriculum.

Health services and SHAC leaders told the board the program consists of 10 lessons (roughly a two-week sequence, 45 minutes per lesson) and can be scheduled in a flexible block or over consecutive days. The district will cover trainer fees (about $650 per trainer) to certify staff to deliver the lessons; course materials (about $250) are expected to come from the state instructional materials allotment.

Public comment earlier in the meeting included a representative from the SHAC offering support and a committee member who disclosed a potential conflict and abstained from a prior SHAC vote. Trustees congratulated SHAC and staff for the deliberative review and noted the curriculum will be implemented with gender-separated classes at the middle-school level and explicit parental opt-in.

The board motion to approve purchase, staff training, and implementation carried unanimously.