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- Introduced by Rep. Alma Smith (D) on June 25, 2009, to require public schools to offer sex education classes that include “comprehensive sexuality education that is medically accurate and age-appropriate for all grade levels”.
- Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on June 25, 2009.
- Reported in the House on September 9, 2009, with amendments adopted by the House that water down some of the proposed provisions. See House-passed bill for details.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on March 24, 2010, to require parental permission for a child to be enrolled in a sex education class, and require this be in writing. Under current law parents must be notified but unless they opt out the child is enrolled. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 24, 2010.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on March 24, 2010, to establish that the bill shall not be construed as allowing sex ed to be given to a child under age seven. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 24, 2010.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Justin Amash (R) on March 24, 2010, to clarify that certain provisions of the bill only apply to a district that chooses to offer comprehensive sex ed classes. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 24, 2010.
- Amendment offered in the House on March 24, 2010, to eliminate the proposed requirement that a school's sex ed classes include information on human sexuality that is "comprehensive," and not revise a detail of a provision that requires a discussion of "the benefits of abstinence," in which the benefits of "ceasing sex" if a student is sexually active are also discussed. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 24, 2010.
- Amendment offered by Rep. Tom McMillin (R) on March 24, 2010. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 24, 2010.
- Referred to the House Judiciary Committee on June 25, 2009.
- Passed 61 to 47 in the House on March 24, 2010, to require that public schools which choose to offer offer sex education classes include “comprehensive sexuality education that is medically accurate and age-appropriate for all grade levels,” and to eliminate a provision in the requried abstinence emphasis that requires students be told of "the benefits of ceasing sexual activity".
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No" - Received in the Senate on April 14, 2010.
- Referred to the Senate Education Committee on April 14, 2010.
Comments
1) Re: 2009 House Bill 5163 (Require "comprehensive sexuality” classes in public schools ) by FreeSpeaker on November 1, 2010[quote user="teeceewhy"]
... I'm tired of government trying to instill their values on our children.
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I've long been tired of (and disgusted by) other parents trying to instill their values on my kid through their own kids' bvehahiors and attitudes. But I haven't been able to stop it. The best I've managed with our child is to discuss, model and insist on adherence to our family values. Our kid is a mature adult now, and this seems to have worked. But it wasn't easy. Doing things the right way often is difficult.
Why would you ever take out teaching abstinence? There are a lot of benefits to abstinence, at least kids would get to hear both sides and make a choice. And why do students have to be opted out of sex ed. There should be a law that says they should opt in with their parents permission. I'm tired of government trying to instill their values on our children.
Is this a way to start teaching Kindergardner's about sex?
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