BILL NUMBER: SB 1471	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kuehl

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2006

   An act to add Division 120 (commencing with Section 151000) to the
Health and Safety Code, relating to sex education funding.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1471, as introduced, Kuehl  Sex education programs:
requirements.
   Existing law establishes requirements for the provision of sex
education.
   The existing California Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS
Prevention Education Act, authorizes school districts to provide
comprehensive sexual health education, as defined, in any
kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, and ensures that all pupils in
grades 7 to 12, inclusive, receive HIV/AIDS prevention education, as
defined.
   Existing law enumerates various requirements for comprehensive
sexual health education and HIV/AIDS prevention education. Existing
law requires a school district to notify the parent or guardian of a
pupil about instruction in comprehensive sexual health education and
HIV/AIDS prevention and empowers a parent or guardian to excuse his
or her pupil from all or part of that instruction.
   This bill would require any program that provides education to
prevent adolescent or unintended pregnancy or to prevent sexually
transmitted infections and that is conducted, operated, or
administered by the state or any state agency, or is funded directly
or indirectly by the state, or receives any financial assistance from
the state funds or funds administered by the state, to meet
specified requirements. This bill would require any applicant for
funds for any program to which this bill applies to sign a form
attesting to compliance with the requirements of this bill.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Division 120 (commencing with Section 151000) is added
to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

      DIVISION 120.  PREGNANCY AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE
PREVENTION PROGRAM FUNDING

   151000.  (a) Any program that provides education to prevent
adolescent or unintended pregnancy, or to prevent sexually
transmitted infections, including HIV, that is conducted, operated,
or administered by any state agency or is funded directly or
indirectly by the state, or receives any financial assistance from
state funds or funds administered by a state agency, shall satisfy
all of the following requirements:
   (1) All instruction and materials presented shall be medically
accurate, current, and objective.
   (2) Individuals providing education on pregnancy, sexuality, and
sexually transmitted infections shall be appropriately trained.
   (3) The program or activity does not teach or promote religious
doctrine.
   (4) The program or activity is culturally and linguistically
appropriate for the target population.
   (5) The program or activity does not reflect or promote bias
against any person on the basis of disability, gender, nationality,
race or ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation, as defined in
Section 422.56 of the Penal Code.
   (b) Any applicant for state funds or state-administered funds for
any program to which this section applies shall, as a condition of
receiving those funds, sign a form that attests to the compliance
with the provisions of this section.
   (c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall
apply:
   (1) "Appropriately trained" means having knowledge of the current
medically accurate data from research on human sexuality, human
development, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infections.
   (2) "Medically accurate" means verified or supported by research
conducted in compliance with scientific methods and published in peer
review journals, where appropriate, and recognized as accurate and
objective by professional organizations and agencies with expertise
in the relevant field, including, but not limited to, the federal
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Public
Health Association, the Society for Adolescent Medicine, the American
Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists.