SEXUAL EDUCATION AND ABSTINENCE

Senate Bill 163
Sponsor: Senator Ted House

SEX EDUCATION - Public school instruction in sex education shall present abstinence as the preferred choice of sexual behavior for unmarried pupils, provide the latest medical information regarding sexually transmitted diseases and health effects of contraception, discuss the consequences of adolescent sexual activity and adolescent pregnancy, discuss the advantages of adoption and the process of planning an adoption, teach conflict management, responsibility and self-esteem and advise pupils regarding state laws pertaining to statutory rape. Policies relating to contraceptives shall be determined by the local school board. School districts may separate students by gender for sex education. Each school district shall ensure that instruction in sex education is appropriate to the age of students instructed. Parents shall be informed of the content of the district’s sex education curriculum and of the parent’s right to remove the student from any part of the district’s sex education program.

CIVIL RIGHTS INSTRUCTION - This act provides that American history courses at the elementary and secondary levels shall include specific referrals to the details and events of the racial equality movement that have changed United States and Missouri laws and attitudes.

Effective: August 28, 1999
Status: 7/1/99 Signed by Governor.