Colorado Youth Survey On Sex, Drugs On Hold

DENVER (AP) — Anonymous surveys asking Colorado's middle and high school students about their sex lives and drug habits are on hold while the state Board of Education awaits reaction from parents.

The Healthy Kids Colorado Survey has been given to a sampling of students every other year since 1991. But some members of the Republican-controlled Board of Education say the survey is inappropriate for kids and that parents need to sign off before kids take the surveys.

The board hears from nearly two dozen health officials and parents Thursday asking them not to change how the survey is collected. No one spoke in favor of changing how the survey is done.

But the seven-member board voted to delay a month to await thoughts from parents who consider the surveys inappropriate.

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