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AL HB139
Bill
Status
1/14/2014
Primary Sponsor
Patricia Todd
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AI Summary
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Removes from Alabama sex education curriculum the requirement to emphasize that homosexuality is not an acceptable lifestyle and that homosexual conduct is a criminal act.
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Adds requirement that all sex education course materials and instruction be age-appropriate and culturally sensitive.
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Maintains existing requirements for sex education to include emphasis on abstinence, contraception statistics, sexual abuse laws, peer pressure resistance, and parenting skills.
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Changes numbering of remaining curriculum elements to reflect deletion of the homosexuality provision.
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Becomes effective 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
1/14/2014