Human Growth & Development
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) provided guidance on the legal requirements for addressing human growth and development instruction in public schools. Wisconsin Statute 118.019 encourages all school boards to provide students in grades Kindergarten to 12 with human growth and development instruction. The purpose is “to promote accurate and comprehensive knowledge in this area and responsible decision making and to support and enhance the efforts of parents to provide moral guidance to their children.” In Wis. Stat. 118.019 under the advisory committee heading it reads “(the advisory committee’s role) is to advise the school board on the design and implementation of the human growth and development curriculum and to review the curriculum.” The DPI provides information and resources to help teachers, curriculum coordinators, administrators, and HGD advisory committee members with the following:
Identify desired objectives, goals, and outcomes for a district’s HGD program;
Evaluate existing or new curricula based on criteria of effective curricula;
Plan for implementation of a HGD curriculum; and
Educate others about the need, rationale, and approach the district develops to provide HGD instruction for its students.
Committee Members
Not Active again until 2024