This was a historic meeting considering that it may the first time the AISD SHAC has actually attempted to follow Texas Education Code 28.004, the law that details the SHAC requirements.
Here are some highlights:
*The American Association of Health Education, the American School Health Association, the National Education Association – Health Information Network, the Society of State Leaders of Health and Physical Education, Advocates for Youth, Answer, and the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States. The “advisory committee” and list of “additional reviewers” includes two representatives from Planned Parenthood, a representative from Planned Parenthood’s former research arm, the Guttmacher Institute, and the director of training and curriculum development for the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network. **The instruction must: 1. Present abstinence as the preferred choice of behavior for unmarried persons of school age; 2. Devote more attention to abstinence than to any other behavior; 3. Emphasize that abstinence is the only method that is 100 percent effective in preventing pregnancy, sexually transmit- ted diseases, infection with HIV or AIDS, and the emotional trauma associated with adolescent sexual activity; 4. Direct adolescents to a standard of behavior in which abstinence before marriage is the most effective way to prevent pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and infection with HIV or AIDS; and 5. Teach contraception and condom use in terms of human use reality rates instead of theoretical laboratory rates, if instruction on contraception and condoms is included in the curriculum. Texas Education Code 28.004(e)
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