GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 964
Second Edition Engrossed 6/23/89

Short Title:  Schools Teach Sexual Abstinence.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Privette; Brown, Barbee, Decker, Flaherty, Grimmer, Craven, and Bowman.
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Referred to:  Education.
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March 30, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE INSTRUCTION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS REGARDING ABSTINENCE FROM SEXUAL ACTIVITY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115C-81 is amended by adding a new subsection (a3) to read:
"( a3)	Under rules adopted by the State Board of Education, the public school curriculum shall include in appropriate grades and classes instruction that abstinence from sexual intercourse outside of marriage is the expected standard for all school-age children; that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain means of avoiding out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS, and other associated health problems; and that a mutually faithful monogamous relationship in the context of marriage is the best lifelong means of avoiding sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification and shall apply beginning with the 1989-90 school year.