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MI HB5734

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/20/2018

Primary Sponsor

Tom Cochran

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Origin

House of Representatives

99th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Amends Michigan's sex education curriculum requirements to emphasize abstinence as the only 100% effective protection against unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.

  • Requires sex education instruction to be age-appropriate and medically accurate, covering abstinence benefits, emotional/economic/legal consequences of sex, refusal skills, and personal responsibility.

  • Mandates instruction on affirmative consent, defining it as affirmative, conscious, voluntary agreement; requiring ongoing consent that can be revoked; and clarifying that silence, lack of protest, or past relationships do not indicate consent.

  • Requires curriculum to address sexual assault and dating violence prevention, including bystander intervention concepts, and establishes school environment standards where sexual assault and dating violence are unacceptable.

  • Creates new section 1507c requiring the Michigan Domestic and Sexual Violence Prevention and Treatment Board to develop a model curriculum on sexual assault and dating violence prevention by one year after enactment, with instruction delivery required by September 1, 2020.

Legislative Description

Education; curriculum; instruction in sex education; modify to include affirmative consent standards and instruction on sexual assault and dating violence. Amends sec. 1507b of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1507b) & adds sec. 1507c. TIE BAR WITH: HB 5735'18

Education: curriculum

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 03/20/2018

3/21/2018

Committee Referrals

Education Reform3/20/2018

Full Bill Text

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