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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/)  as  well   as   provide
33        information   about   responsible   parenting   and   the
34        availability of confidential adoption services.
 
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 1        (d)  An  opportunity  shall  be  afforded  to  parents or
 2    guardians to examine the instructional materials to  be  used
 3    in such class or course.
 4    (Source: P.A. 86-941.)

 5        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 6    becoming law.