HB 13-1081 Summary

• Repeals prior abstinence-focused statute and replaces it with comprehensive human sexuality education requirements for Colorado public schools covering medically accurate information about contraception, condoms, abstinence, STI prevention, and healthy relationships

• Requires schools offering sexuality education to provide parents written notice at least two weeks before instruction begins, with detailed curriculum outline and ability to exclude students without penalty

• Establishes a grant program through the Department of Public Health and Environment to fund comprehensive sexuality education programs in public schools, with grants awarded for 1-3 year periods based on evidence-based criteria

• Requires education content to be age-appropriate, evidence-based, culturally sensitive, and inclusive of positive youth development principles, with specific emphasis on sexual violence prevention and recognition of safe relationships

• Prohibits schools from accepting federal abstinence-only education funding after July 1, 2013, and restricts funding to programs that meet comprehensive sexuality education standards rather than abstinence-as-sole-method approaches