Requires local education agencies to develop and implement a family life education program if the teen pregnancy rate in any county exceeds Republican Baton Rouge Sen. She also said a survey of Louisiana parents showed 74 percent of parents believe schools should be required to provide sex education.
Wilborn P. The bill would also give a student's parent or legal guardian the opportunity to request that their child be excused from completing the survey prior to survey administration. Parents can opt out.
Retrieved April 23, Curriculum must also be medically accurate, comprehensive, and include information about responsible sexual behaviors and hygienic practices that eliminate or reduce the risks of pregnancy and the risks of exposure to HIV, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and other STIs.
The committee voted unanimously to move Claitor's bill to the Senate floor, and it still has to pass through the House. The information must be age-appropriate, medically accurate and objective.
Inthere were a total of 79 cases of syphilis reported among young people ages 15—19 in Louisiana. Edit Close. Will Hall, Office of Public Policy Director for the Louisiana Baptist Convention, said his organization is trying to educate churches to identify the signs of child abuse. Upon that request, the student would neither be given nor required to complete the survey.
At minimum the instruction shall be medically accurate, age-appropriate, promote abstinence, discourage drug abuse and dispel myths regarding the transmission of HIV.
Sex education programs funded by the state shall provide medically accurate and factual information that is age appropriate and includes education on abstinence, contraception, and methods of disease prevention to prevent unintended pregnancy and STIs, including HIV.
The rate of reported cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and primary and secondary syphilis increased among those aged years old between Requires curriculum be age-appropriate and provide factually and medically accurate information. Though many cases of STIs continue to go undiagnosed and unreported , one in four sexually-active adolescent females is reported to have an STI.