Sex education is not required in New York schools, but legislation could change that

“Before last year, we had a Republican controlled state Senate,” said Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, D-Pelham, Westchester County, a co-sponsor of the bill. “The main thrust of what the Republicans had done was keep bills off of the floor.”

“The Catholic Church has been a very strong voice in opposing comprehensive sex education,” she said. “This is probably the main reason why the bill has been kept off of the floor.”

“If we're making sure that this goes into every single school, then we have to make sure that each school district has the proper training, as well as curriculum, and we need to be able to buy time to do that," she said. "I don't think it's going to be a very easy thing.”