STATE LEGISLATION
The California Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/STD Prevention
Education, has two primary purposes:
To provide a pupil with the knowledge and skills necessary
to protect his or her sexual and reproductive health from
unintended pregnancy and STDs;
To encourage a pupil to develop healthy attitudes
concerning adolescent growth and development, body
image, gender roles, sexual orientation, dating, marriage,
and family.
Highlights of current laws have been paraphrased for you:
1. Instruction and materials shall be “age appropriate”.(51933)
2. All factual information shall be medically accurate and objective.
(51933)
3. Instruction shall be accessible to all students. (51933)
4. Instruction shall encourage a student to communicate with his
or her parents. (51933)
5. Instruction shall teach respect for marriage and committed
relationships. (51933)
6. Commencing in Grade 7, instruction and materials shall teach
that abstinence is the only certain way to prevent unwanted
pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), and
provide information on the value of abstinence while also
providing medically accurate information on methods of
preventing pregnancy and STDs, including all FDA approved
methods of contraception. (51933)
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