GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Members of the Michigan Board of Education voted to put in place a new set of standards and guidelines for schools when it comes to their health education curricula.

The decision was made following hours of public comment, even after the board shortened the limit for each comment to one minute, highlighting intense controversy around the proposed changes surrounding the state's Health Education Standards that haven't been updated since 2007.

Changes were made from what came before the Board earlier this year, staff indicated to, among other things, more clearly outline different sections of the proposal and "assure gender identity and gender expression were only under the sex education topic standards."

For context, Michigan law gives parents the right to opt their

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