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The New York Times - December 3, 1986
Jane Perlez
Meanwhile, the director of the curriculum division at the board, Charlotte Frank, said that the 1977 edition of the book, "Learning About Sex, The Contemporary Guide for Young Adults" by Gary F. Kelly, would be removed from the reading list.
The passage in the 1977 edition was brought to light by a lawyer who works for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. A spokesman for the archdiocese, Joe Zwilling, said that the lawyer, John P. Hale, was not speaking for the archdiocese in his criticism of the book.
But Mr. Zwilling said that a coalition of church leaders formed by the archdiocese and including members of other faiths would begin a campaign against the board's sex education curriculum from the pulpits this Sunday. To Be Required in September
The curriculum is to be compulsory in all of the city's school districts by next September, Schools Chancellor Nathan Quinones has said. But he has also said that the districts and high schools are free to pick and choose what they want to teach from the curriculum.
Mrs. Frank said the 1977 edition of "Learning About Sex" had been included on the recommended list for students in 1982 or 1983 when the board's sex education curriculum was being prepared. This was before the connection between anal intercourse and AIDS was understood, she said. The curriculum, a teaching guide, is dated 1985.
A spokesman for the publisher of the book, Barron's Educational Services of Woodbury, L.I., said that the 1986 edition of the book with the passage about anal intercourse removed was being submitted to the Board of Education for approval.
Neither Mrs. Frank nor the spokesman for Barron's Educational Services could say how many, if any, copies of the 1977 edition of "Learning About Sex" had been in use in New York City Schools. Mrs. Frank said her division had learned about the book from a 1981 New York State Department of Education listing of suggested books for sex education courses. </txt> <sub> SEX EDUCATION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS); TEXTBOOKS; CHILDREN AND YOUTH </sub> <org> BOARD OF EDUCATION (NYC); BARRON'S EDUCATIONAL SERVICES </org> <per> KELLY, GARY F; PERLEZ, JANE; FRANK, CHARLOTTE </per> <geo> ;NEW YORK CITY </geo> <nexsqn> 033894861203 </nexsqn> <edt> Late City Final Edition </edt> <sec> B </sec> <pg> 16 </pg> <sortpg> 0016 </sortpg> <cl> 1 </cl> <dsk> Metropolitan Desk </dsk> <nexpd> 19861203080000 </nexpd> <pdate> 19861203 </pdate> <day> Wednesday </day> <pdm> 12 </pdm> <pdd> 3 </pdd> <pdy> 1986 </pdy> <sqn> 389486 </sqn>
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