House Bill 220

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Title AN ACT relating to public health.
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Bill Request Number 196
Sponsors K. Stein, T. Firkins, L. Belcher, M. Henley, J. Jenkins
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require science-based content and age appropriate and medically accurate standards for human sexuality education, provide that a parent or guardian may excuse a child from the educational program and permit the parent or guardian to review instructional material upon request, and specify that nothing requires a school district, public school, or family resource and youth services center to offer human sexuality education; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to permit the cabinet to refuse federal funding for abstinence-only education, require science-based content if state funds are received by the cabinet or subcontractor for human sexuality education or teen pregnancy prevention, permit cabinet to promulgate an administrative regulation to specify instructional content, and require an entity that receives state funding and offers human sexuality education or teen pregnancy prevention to adopt science-based content.
Index Headings of Original Version Children and Minors - Human sexuality education, content standards
Education, Elementary and Secondary - Human sexuality education, content standards
Parental Rights - Human sexuality education, content standards
Public Health - Human sexuality education, content standards
Reproductive Issues - Human sexuality education, content standards
State Agencies - Health and Family Services, human sexuality education, content standards

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01/08/08
  • introduced in House
01/11/08
  • to Education (H)


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