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MI HB5785

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/12/2018

Primary Sponsor

Kimberly LaSata

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Origin

House of Representatives

99th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Requires sex education and HIV/AIDS instruction to emphasize abstinence as the only 100% effective protection against unplanned pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and HIV/AIDS.

  • Mandates sex education curriculum include discussions of emotional, economic, and legal consequences of sex; parental responsibility laws; age of consent laws; and adoption and safe delivery services.

  • Requires instruction on healthy dating relationships, refusal skills, personal boundaries, and recognition of dangerous environments for all students receiving sex education.

  • Adds new requirements for grades 11-12 students including instruction on teen dating violence, sexual assault, domestic violence awareness, identifying victim and perpetrator behaviors, and resources for legal and mental health services.

  • Allows schools to continue offering sex education with behavioral risk reduction strategies (such as contraception) that are not 100% effective; takes effect 90 days after enactment.

Legislative Description

Education; curriculum; instruction in sex education; modify to include instruction on sexual assault, dating violence, and domestic violence. Amends sec. 1507b of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1507b).

Education: curriculum

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 04/12/2018

4/17/2018

Committee Referrals

Law And Justice4/12/2018

Full Bill Text

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