Under current law a school board may provide an instructional program in
human growth and development in grades kindergarten to 12 that may include
instruction in the following areas: 1) self-esteem, responsible decision making, and
personal responsibility; 2) interpersonal relationships; 3) discouragement of
adolescent sexual activity; and 4) family life and skills required of a parent. The
school board may also provide instruction in human sexuality, reproduction, family
planning, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (AIDS), prenatal development, childbirth, adoption, available prenatal
and postnatal support, and male and female responsibility. If a school board offers
instruction in any of these areas, it must also provide instruction in marriage and
parental responsibility.

Under current law, a volunteer health care provider (provider) may apply to the
Department of Administration to be permitted to provide health care services
without charge in a school or nonprofit agency. If the provider wishes to provide
services at a school, the provider must file the application jointly with the school

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board or, if the school is a charter school, the governing body of the school. "Volunteer
health care provider" is defined under current law as a physician, dentist or dental
hygienist, registered nurse, practical nurse, nurse-midwife, nurse practitioner,
optometrist, physician assistant, or dietitian who receives no income from the
practice of that health care profession or who receives no income from the practice
of that health care profession when providing services at the school. Under current
law, the provider may provide instruction in human growth and development if the
instructional program complies with the requirements above, but may not provide
instruction in human sexuality; reproduction; family planning, including natural
family planning; HIV and AIDS; prenatal development; childbirth; adoption;
available prenatal and postnatal support; and male and female responsibility.

This bill provides that a school board may offer an instructional program in
human growth and development. If the school board offers an instructional program
in human growth and development, the bill requires that the program provide
medically accurate information and address all of the following: 1) communication
between the pupil and parents or guardians about human sexuality; 2) reproductive
anatomy and physiology; 3) self-esteem, responsible decision making, and personal
responsibility related to relationships and sexual behavior; 4) how to avoid making
or receiving unwanted physical and verbal sexual advances; 5) gender stereotypes
and protective behavior; 6) resources available to survivors of sexual assault,
including counseling and sources of medical and legal assistance; 7) the effect of
alcohol and drug use on responsible decision making; and 8) by grade eight,
marriage, parental responsibility, prenatal development, childbirth, adoption, the
benefits of abstinence, pregnancy, the prevention of sexually transmitted infections,
and the health benefits and side effects of contraceptives approved by the Food And
Drug Administration (FDA) to prevent pregnancy and reduce the risk of contracting
sexually transmitted infections.

The bill defines "medically accurate information" as empirical or statistical
information related to medicine, reproductive health, or mental health that satisfies
all of the following: 1) the information is verified or supported by research conducted
in compliance with accepted scientific methods and published in peer-reviewed
journals, where appropriate; and 2) the information is recognized as accurate and
objective by leading medical, psychological, and public health organizations and
agencies with expertise in the relevant fields.

The bill requires each school board that elects not to offer human growth and
development instruction to notify each pupil's parent or guardian of this fact.

Finally, the bill permits providers to provide instruction in marriage, parental
responsibility, prenatal development, childbirth, adoption, the benefits of
abstinence, pregnancy, the prevention of sexually transmitted infections, and the
health benefits and side effects of contraceptives approved by the FDA to prevent
pregnancy and reduce the risk of contracting sexually transmitted infections.