Senate Bill 731 Summary

• Requires all public school instruction on dangerous communicable diseases, including HIV/AIDS, to include medically accurate and objective factual information, with emphasis on abstinence as a responsible prevention method for unmarried young people.

• Mandates that teachers instructing K-12 students on HIV/AIDS infection must receive specialized training, with the superintendent of public instruction and department of community health responsible for developing trainer-of-trainers programs and distributing medically accurate materials.

• Requires school boards to hold at least 2 public hearings, at least 1 week apart, before adopting or revising HIV/AIDS or sex education curricula, with curriculum approval by the school board.

• Establishes mandatory sex education advisory boards for school districts providing sex education instruction, with at least half of members being parents of students in the district and at least one co-chair being a parent, charged with reviewing materials and evaluating program effectiveness.

• Requires comprehensive sexuality education to be age-appropriate, medically accurate, and objective, emphasizing abstinence as the only 100% effective protection; allows schools to offer behavioral risk reduction strategies but prohibits distribution of contraceptives on school property.