The Kansas Board of Education voted 6-4 Wednesday to change the state's health education standards to mandate parental consent for sex education courses. Students whose parents refuse to sign the form, or forget, or never see the piece of paper, would be excluded from the class.

Some school districts are certain to adhere to the new standards, officials said, but there's no penalty for districts that ignore them. And the state board has little power to directly control local school boards.

Moreover, a bill in the Legislature could trump the opt-in decision by requiring all public schools to offer sex education as an "opt-out" class. The bill has passed the Senate, but no hearings are scheduled in the House.

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