Public Act 93-0088

HB2298 Enrolled                      LRB093 09930 NHT 10181 b

    AN ACT concerning schools.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by changing
Section 27-9.1 as follows:

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

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