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WHAT DOES THE LAW IN CALIFORNIA SAY ABOUT COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION?

In 2004 the California legislature passed a law titled SB 71- The Comprehensive Sexual Health Education and HIV/AIDS Act. This law changed the education code to say that when schools teach sexual health education it must be comprehensive.

Below you will find all you ever wanted to know about SB 71 and what that means for California Schools.

- Full Text of SB 71 and Education Code Section 51930-51939
- Letter from State Superintendent Jack O'Connell Concerning Sex Education
- Health Education Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve, Adopted March 2008

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Source: From ACLU of Northern California, www.aclunc.org

-Questions and Answers about SB 71
-Fast Facts about SB 71