RESOURCES

The Education Code

California passed a law in 2003 that stated when sexual health education is taught it must be comprehensive. Learn more about SB71 and the education code in California

• Health Education Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve, Adopted March, 2008
  
  
  
  

Advocacy Resources

• Sample comprehensive sexual health education policy that your district could use.
  
  
• Textbooks and curricula that meet the Education Code standards
  *Source: From ACLU of Northern California, www.aclunc.org
  
  
• Organizations in support of comprehensive sexual health education
  
  
• Studies supporting comprehensive sexual health education
  
  
  

Comprehensive Sexual Health Education Providers

Below are a list of organizations that provide low to no cost comprehensive sexual health education and resources in our community:

AltaMed/Community Cares http://www.altamed.org/services_healtheducation.asp American Red Cross – Positive Prevention Curriculum http://www.positiveprevention.com/ CampFire USA http://www.campfireusaoc.org/teen_programs.html Girls Inc. http://www.girlsinc.org/ Latino Health Access http://www.latinohealthaccess.org/communityprograms.shtml Our Whole Lives Unitarian Universalist Lifespan Sexuality Education Curricula http://www.uua.org/religiouseducation/curricula/ourwhole/ Planned Parenthood of Orange & San Bernardino Counties http://plannedparenthoodosbc.org

Sexual Health Education Information

• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
  http://www.cdc.gov/std/default.htm
  
  
• California Department of Education
  http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/se/
  
  
• SIECUS
  http://www.siecus.org/
  
  
• Teenwire
  www.teenwire.org
  
  

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