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SEXUALITY EDUCATION POLICIES – SELECT TOPICS |
STATE |
ABSTINENCE |
CONTRACEPTION |
ABORTION |
MARRIAGE |
LGBTQ |
Alabama |
Stress |
Cover |
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Negative |
Alaska |
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Arizona |
Stress |
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Negative |
Arkansas |
Stress |
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Banned |
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California |
Cover |
Cover |
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Positive |
Colorado |
Stress |
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Connecticut |
Cover |
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Mentions |
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Delaware |
Stress |
Cover |
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Florida |
Stress |
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Georgia |
Cover |
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Hawaii |
Stress |
Cover |
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Idaho |
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Illinois |
Stress |
Cover |
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Indiana |
Stress |
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Iowa |
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Kansas |
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Cover |
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Kentucky |
Cover |
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Louisiana |
Stress |
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Banned |
Maine |
Stress |
Cover |
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Maryland |
Cover |
Cover |
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Massachusetts |
Cover |
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Michigan |
Stress |
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Banned |
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Minnesota |
Cover |
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Mississippi |
Stress |
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Negative |
Missouri |
Stress |
Cover |
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Negative |
Montana |
Cover |
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Nebraska |
Stress |
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Nevada |
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New Hampshire |
Cover |
Cover |
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New Jersey |
Cover |
Cover |
Mentions |
Mentions |
Mandated |
New Mexico |
Stress9 |
Cover9 |
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New York |
Stress9 |
Cover9 |
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North Carolina |
Stress |
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Mentions |
Mentions |
Negative |
North Dakota |
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Ohio |
Stress9 |
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Oklahoma |
Stress/Cover |
Cover9 |
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Negative |
Oregon |
Stress |
Cover |
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Pennsylvania |
Stress9 |
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Rhode Island |
Stress |
Cover |
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South Carolina |
Stress |
Cover |
Banned5 |
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Negative |
South Dakota |
Cover |
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Tennessee |
Stress |
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Texas |
Stress |
Cover |
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Utah |
Stress |
Mentions |
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Negative |
Vermont |
Cover |
Cover |
Cover |
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Virginia |
Cover |
Cover |
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Washington |
Stress |
Cover |
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Washington DC |
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Mandated |
Mandated |
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Mandated |
West Virginia |
Stress |
Cover |
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Wisconsin |
Stress |
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Mandated |
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Wyoming |
Stress |
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References
- Unless otherwise specified, the same is required of both sexuality education and STD/HIV/AIDS education. This does not refer to whether or not either type of education is mandated, rather it means that if either type is covered then this topic must be included.
- Specifically refers to states that say marriage must be promoted. Does not include states that have an abstinence-only-until-marriage approach.
- Must reference state laws that outlaw sodomy. However in 2003, the United States Supreme Court handed down a decision in Lawrence v. Texas which declared state laws criminalizing sodomy to be unconstitutional.
- Must refer to homosexuality and/or same-sex sexual activity as a public health risk.
- Must state that homosexuality is not acceptable to the general public.
- Cannot promote homosexuality as a positive lifestyle.
- Cannot give students information about abortion or refer them to abortion services.
- Must respect all relationships.
- If school receives state funds for sexuality education.
- Cannot portray abortion as an alternative to family planning.
- Cannot refer students to abortion services.
- Applies only to HIV/AIDS education.
- “Students may receive information about where to obtain contraceptives and abortion referral services only in accordance with a local board’s policy regarding parental consent.”
- Applies only to sexuality education.
- Must instruct students that “engaging in homosexual activity or promiscuous sexual activity is now known to be primarily responsible for contact with the AIDS virus.”
- “Contraceptive information must be given in the context of future family planning.”
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