A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require parental consent for a student's participation in reproductive health and safety education.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑81.30 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115C‑81.30.  Reproductive health and safety education provided by local school administrative units.
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(c)	Parental Review and Consent. – Each school year, before students may participate in any portion of (i) a program that pertains to or is intended to impart information or promote discussion or understanding in regard to the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, or to the avoidance of out‑of‑wedlock pregnancy or (ii) a reproductive health and safety education program, whether developed by the State or by the local board of education, the parents and legal guardians of those students shall be given an opportunity to review the objectives and materials as provided in G.S. 115C‑81.25(d). Local boards of education shall adopt policies to provide opportunities for parents and legal guardians to consent to their students' participation in any or all of these programs. A student shall not participate in any program described in this subsection unless the student's parent or legal guardian has consented to the student's participation.
(d)	Information on Contraceptives and Abortion Referral Services. – Students may receive information from local school administrative units about where to obtain contraceptives and abortion referral services only with parental consent. Any instruction concerning the use of contraceptives or prophylactics shall provide accurate statistical information on their effectiveness and failure rates for preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, in actual use among adolescent populations and shall explain clearly the difference between risk reduction and risk elimination through abstinence. The Department of Health and Human Services shall provide the most current available information at the beginning of each school year.
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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning with the 2019‑2020 school year.