Gov. Phil Scott’s administration says it’s working to understand the impacts of a recent threat from federal health officials to pull Vermont’s funding for a sex education program if the state doesn’t remove references to gender identity from its curriculum.

It comes after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent a letter to the health departments of Vermont and 45 other states and territories this week claiming their curriculum for the Personal Responsibility Education Program doesn’t align with federal guidelines.

The program, also known as PREP, teaches adolescents about preventing teen pregnancy and sexually-transmitted diseases.

HHS stripped California’s funding for the program last week when the state did not comply with the department's demands to remove what it call

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