SB 1372 Summary

• Amends parental involvement policies to require school districts to provide written permission procedures before offering sex education instruction to students, with opt-out rights for parents.

• Requires sex education curricula to be medically accurate and comprehensive, covering human development, healthy relationships, contraception, and disease prevention from middle school through grade twelve.

• Mandates instruction on laws relating to sexual conduct with a minor for students in grades seven through twelve.

• Establishes that "medically accurate" information must be verified by peer-reviewed research, recognized as accurate by professional organizations with relevant expertise, and published in peer-reviewed journals when appropriate.

• Requires school districts to notify all parents of their ability to withdraw their children from sex education instruction at their request.