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AL SB277
Bill
Status
4/1/2025
Primary Sponsor
Shay Shelnutt
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AI Summary
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Requires all public K-12 school sex education and human reproductive curriculum to exclusively teach sexual risk avoidance and encourage abstinence from all sexual activity.
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Prohibits sex education curriculum from providing referrals to abortion services, misrepresenting contraceptive efficacy, demonstrating contraceptive use, or using sexually explicit images.
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Mandates curriculum include information on pregnancy and childcare costs, abortion procedures and risks, domestic infant adoption, and parenting responsibilities and skills.
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Requires schools provide parents or guardians written notice at least 14 days before sex education is taught and allow them to opt their child out with no penalty to the student.
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Prohibits local school boards from using individuals or organizations that do not endorse sexual risk avoidance or that perform abortions, provide abortion referrals, or support abortion services; authorizes Attorney General to enforce compliance.
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Effective October 1, 2025.
Legislative Description
Public K-12 schools, sex education curriculum further provided for, sexual risk avoidance established as sex ed curriculum, policies of local boards of education related to sex ed further provided for, parent or guardian notice of sex ed curriculum required, Attorney General authorized to enforce
Education
Last Action
Currently Indefinitely Postponed
5/6/2025