093_HB2298
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1 AN ACT concerning schools.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Section 27-9.1 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/27-9.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-9.1)
7 Sec. 27-9.1. Sex Education.
8 (a) No pupil shall be required to take or participate in
9 any class or course in comprehensive sex education if his
10 parent or guardian submits written objection thereto, and
11 refusal to take or participate in such course or program
12 shall not be reason for suspension or expulsion of such
13 pupil. Each class or course in comprehensive sex education
14 offered in any of grades 6 through 12 shall include
15 instruction on the prevention, transmission and spread of
16 AIDS. Nothing in this Section prohibits instruction in
17 sanitation, hygiene or traditional courses in biology.
18 (b) All public elementary, junior high, and senior high
19 school classes that teach sex education and discuss sexual
20 intercourse shall emphasize that abstinence is the expected
21 norm in that abstinence from sexual intercourse is the only
22 protection that is 100% effective against unwanted teenage
23 pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and acquired immune
24 deficiency syndrome (AIDS) when transmitted sexually.
25 (c) All sex education courses that discuss sexual
26 intercourse shall satisfy the following criteria:
27 (1) Course material and instruction shall be age
28 appropriate.
29 (2) Course material and instruction shall teach
30 honor and respect for monogamous heterosexual marriage.
31 (3) Course material and instruction shall stress
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1 that pupils should abstain from sexual intercourse until
2 they are ready for marriage.
3 (4) Course material and instruction shall include a
4 discussion of the possible emotional and psychological
5 consequences of preadolescent and adolescent sexual
6 intercourse outside of marriage and the consequences of
7 unwanted adolescent pregnancy.
8 (5) Course material and instruction shall stress
9 that sexually transmitted diseases are serious possible
10 hazards of sexual intercourse. Pupils shall be provided
11 with statistics based on the latest medical information
12 citing the failure and success rates of condoms in
13 preventing AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
14 (6) Course material and instruction shall advise
15 pupils of the laws pertaining to their financial
16 responsibility to children born in and out of wedlock.
17 (7) Course material and instruction shall advise
18 pupils of the circumstances under which it is unlawful
19 for males to have sexual relations with females under the
20 age of 18 to whom they are not married pursuant to
21 Article 12 of the Criminal Code of 1961, as now or
22 hereafter amended.
23 (8) Course material and instruction shall teach
24 pupils to not make unwanted physical and verbal sexual
25 advances and how to say no to unwanted sexual advances.
26 Pupils shall be taught that it is wrong to take advantage
27 of or to exploit another person. The material and
28 instruction shall also encourage youth to resist negative
29 peer pressure.
30 (9) Course material and instruction shall advise
31 pupils of the provisions of the Abandoned Newborn Infant
32 Protection Act (325 ILCS 2/).
33 (d) An opportunity shall be afforded to parents or
34 guardians to examine the instructional materials to be used
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1 in such class or course.
2 (Source: P.A. 86-941.)
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4 becoming law.