GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 418

Short Title:  Teach Sexual Abstinence.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Decker; Cummings, Hall, Russell, and P. Wilson.
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Referred to:  Education.
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March 11, 1993

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 to read:
"( a2.1)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to provide that the public school curriculum, for the appropriate grades and classes, shall include instruction about abstinence from sexual activity outside of marriage, including instruction 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."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies to all school years beginning with the 1993-94 school year.