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AL HB496
Bill
Status
4/2/2013
Primary Sponsor
Patricia Todd
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AI Summary
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Removes from Alabama sex education curriculum requirements the mandate to emphasize that homosexuality is not an acceptable lifestyle and that homosexual conduct is a criminal act.
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Requires all sex education course materials and instruction to be age-appropriate and culturally sensitive.
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Maintains existing requirements for sex education curriculum to include abstinence emphasis, contraception information, sexual abuse prevention, peer pressure resistance, and parenting skills instruction.
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Renumbers remaining curriculum elements after deletion of the homosexuality provisions, reducing the total required elements from nine to eight.
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Takes effect on the first day of the third month following passage and gubernatorial approval.
Legislative Description
Sex education, minimum contents, reference to homosexuality removed, Sec. 16-40A-2 am'd.
Education
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Education Policy
4/2/2013