SIECUS State Report Card: A Tool for Spotting Parental Rights Violations

Most parents assume they will be the primary voice guiding their children through conversations about sex, puberty, relationships, and values. But increasingly, those conversations are being replaced by curriculum pushed by well-funded nonprofits such as the Sexuality Information and Education Council (SEICUS), which is on a mission to embed radical sexual ideology into classrooms nationwide. Their recently updated tool? A “report card” that ranks each U.S. state based on how well it pushes “comprehensive sex ed.” But once you understand what SIECUS really means by “comprehensive,” that report card becomes something else entirely: a warning label.

What Is the SIECUS Report Card?

The SIECUS State Profiles Report Card was launched in 2020 to grade states based on how much they are aligned with SIECUS’s ideal vision for sex education. That vision includes mandatory instruction in gender identity, sexual orientation, and pleasure-based sex education, often starting as early as elementary school. In SIECUS’s world, states that allow parents to opt their children out of such lessons get docked. States that require sex ed to be age-appropriate or medically accurate are only praised if that content includes LGBTQ+ affirmations.

The report card does not simply reflect how well states educate children about human reproduction or safety. It acts as a political temperature check for how deeply progressive ideology has infiltrated a state’s education code. In fact, the lower a state’s scores, the more likely it is to respect parental rights and teach sex ed within reasonable bounds.

If you want a clear picture of how politicized sex education has become, look at the 2025 SIECUS State Profiles for California and Arizona. These two neighboring states have taken completely opposite approaches. California earned an A for its rigid statewide mandates that require instruction on gender identity, sexual orientation, and so-called comprehensive sex ed that bans abstinence-only teaching and limits parental opt-out rights. SIECUS, which openly promotes “sex-positive”  instruction in its policy agenda, considers California the gold standard. Meanwhile, Arizona earned an F, in part because as its profile notes, “If a school chooses to teach sex education, the curriculum must emphasize abstinence before marriage and discourage adolescent sexual activity.” In other words, California gets top marks for pushing radical ideology, while Arizona fails for encouraging kids to wait.

SIECUS: A History of Indoctrination, Not Education

SIECUS was founded in 1964, not as a medical institution or a grassroots parent group, but as a political project. Its founder, Dr. Mary Calderone, was the medical director for Planned Parenthood, so from the beginning SIECUS was closely linked to America’s abortion industry and the broader sexual revolution. The goal was not to educate children in partnership with parents. The goal was to reshape societal norms about sexuality, starting with the youngest minds.

Over the decades, SIECUS has shifted its focus from biology-based education to what it calls “Sex Ed for Social Change.” SIECUS officials have framed sex education as a tool to “dismantle systems of power and oppression,” including those related to racial and gender inequality, and have characterized sex ed as a vehicle for social change. This type of sex ed is less about caring for the human body and more about reshaping a child’s worldview.

A look at SIECUS’s 2021 IRS Form 990 reveals just how well-funded this radical sex ed machine has become. The organization reported over $4 million in total revenue, with more than $1.8 million in salaries and compensation. This is a stunning figure considering its mission is to push graphic and ideological content into classrooms under the banner of “public education.” While the exact line items are vague, nearly $400,000 was spent on “outside services,” a broad category that likely includes public relations, consulting, and policy work tied to its sex ed advocacy. It also reported over $62,000 in direct lobbying expenditures, confirming that a chunk of its budget is dedicated to influencing legislation.

For an organization supposedly devoted to children’s well-being, a surprising amount of its resources is funneled into lobbying, staff pay, and, of course, their state report cards. Dressed up as an objective policy resource, the report card is really a public pressure campaign to shame states that refuse to adopt its radical standards and reward those that hand over control of sex ed to activists.

Reverse Report Cards

If you are a parent (or any adult) who values the right of parents to be the guardians of their child’s sexual health instead of radical leftists, the SIECUS report card works better when you read it in reverse. States that receive Ds and Fs from SIECUS are likely the states that protect parental rights, focus sex ed on safety rather than activism, and do not groom kids into an ideology.

States such as Texas, Florida, and Idaho regularly rank near the bottom, because these states allow meaningful opt-out policies, do not mandate the teaching of gender ideology, require parental consent for sensitive content, and support local control over school curricula. In these cases earning a failing grade from SIECUS may be a sign they are doing something right.

On the flip side, states that earn an A from SIECUS are often those that sideline, embed gender ideology in multiple grades, and expose kids to radical content without consent. If you live in a state that earned an A from SIECUS, it’s time to start asking tough questions at your school board meetings. If you live in an F-grade state, fight to keep it that way because, in this case, failure means a victory for your kids.