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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
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 Section
5 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 shall
12 not be reason for suspension or expulsion of such pupil. Each
13 class or course in comprehensive sex education offered in any
14 of grades 6 through 12 shall include instruction on the
15 prevention, transmission and spread of AIDS. Nothing in this
16 Section prohibits instruction in sanitation, hygiene or
17 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

 

 

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1 deficiency syndrome (AIDS) when transmitted sexually.
2     (c) All sex education courses that discuss sexual
3 intercourse shall satisfy the following criteria:
4         (1) Course material and instruction shall be age
5     appropriate.
6         (2) Course material and instruction shall teach honor
7     and respect for monogamous heterosexual marriage.
8         (3) Course material and instruction shall stress that
9     pupils should abstain from sexual intercourse until they
10     are ready for marriage.
11         (4) Course material and instruction shall include a
12     discussion of the possible emotional and psychological
13     consequences of preadolescent and adolescent sexual
14     intercourse outside of marriage and the consequences of
15     unwanted adolescent pregnancy.
16         (5) Course material and instruction shall stress that
17     sexually transmitted diseases are serious possible hazards
18     of sexual intercourse. Pupils shall be provided with
19     statistics based on the latest medical information citing
20     the failure and success rates of condoms in preventing AIDS
21     and other sexually transmitted diseases.
22         (6) Course material and instruction shall advise
23     pupils of the laws pertaining to their financial
24     responsibility to children born in and out of wedlock.
25         (7) Course material and instruction shall advise
26     pupils of the circumstances under which it is unlawful for

 

 

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1     males to have sexual relations with females under the age
2     of 18 to whom they are not married pursuant to Article 12
3     of the Criminal Code of 1961, as now or hereafter amended.
4         (8) Course material and instruction shall teach pupils
5     to not make unwanted physical and verbal sexual advances
6     and how to say no to unwanted sexual advances. Pupils shall
7     be taught that it is wrong to take advantage of or to
8     exploit another person. The material and instruction shall
9     also encourage youth to resist negative peer pressure.
10         (9) (Blank).
11         (10) Course material and instruction shall teach
12     pupils about the dangers associated with drug and alcohol
13     consumption during pregnancy.
14     (d) An opportunity shall be afforded to parents or
15 guardians to examine the instructional materials to be used in
16 such class or course.
17 (Source: P.A. 93-88, eff. 7-2-03; 94-933, eff. 6-26-06.)
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.