Sex Ed Curriculum for Florida
As of October 31, 2017, fifteen Florida school districts have adopted a comprehensive health education policy that includes a requirement for comprehensive reproductive and sexual health education curriculum. These districts include: Alachua, Desoto, Franklin, Gadsden, Glades, Hendry, Hillsborough, Indian River, Leon, Liberty, Martin, Monroe, Pasco, Polk, and Putnam. These policies include the following language.
The board requires evidence-based, medically accurate, age-appropriate, and comprehensive reproductive and sexual health education curriculum. This curriculum shall include information about:
- abstinence as the only certain way to avoid pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS;
- the consequences of teenage pregnancy;
- the health benefits and side effects of contraception and condoms;
- responsible decision-making, communication, and relationship skills; and
- the importance of family-child communication.
http://www.fldoe.org/schools/healthy-schools/sexual-edu/policies.stml
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