MS HB140

Requires the State Board of Education, State Board of Health, and Mississippi Department of Human Services to establish a comprehensive sex education pilot program in selected school districts during the 2010-2011, 2011-2012, and 2012-2013 school years aimed at reducing teenage pregnancy.

Mandates selection of school districts with highest numbers of student pregnancies, considering dropout rates, geography, demographics, and accreditation levels, with preference given to districts expressing willingness to participate.

Requires separation of boys and girls into different classrooms during sex education instruction and prohibits teaching that abortion can be used to prevent birth.

Makes sex education participation optional, requiring written parental or guardian consent before students may enroll in sex education courses.

Directs the State Department of Education to submit a report to legislative committees by January 1, 2013, including pregnancy data before and during the pilot program and a recommendation on whether to implement permanently statewide.