The Governing Board recognizes that the purpose of the district's sexual health and HIV/AIDS prevention instruction is to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to protect them from unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and to encourage students to develop healthy attitudes concerning adolescent growth and development, body image, gender roles, sexual orientation, dating, marriage, and family. The Board therefore desires to provide a well-planned sequence of instruction on comprehensive sexual health and HIV/AIDS prevention.
(cf. 5030 - Student Wellness)
(cf. 6142.8 - Comprehensive Health Education)
The district's curriculum shall be aligned with the state's content standards, based on medically accurate and factual information, and designed to teach students to make healthy choices and reduce high-risk behaviors. The district's program shall comply with the requirements of law, Board policy, and administrative regulation and shall respect the rights of parents/guardians to supervise their children's education on these subjects and to impart values regarding human sexuality to their children.
(cf. 5141.22 - Infectious Diseases)
(cf. 5141.25 - Availability of Condoms)
(cf. 5146 - Married/Pregnant/Parenting Students)
(cf. 6143 - Courses of Study)
Parent/Guardian Consent
A parent/guardian may request in writing that his/her child be excused from participating in HIV/AIDS prevention or sexual health education. Students so excused by their parents/guardians shall be given an alternative educational activity. (Education Code 51240, 51939)
(cf. 5022 - Student and Family Privacy Rights)
A student shall not be subject to disciplinary action, academic penalty, or other sanction if the student's parent/guardian declines to permit the student to receive the instruction. (Education Code 51939)
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
220 Prohibition of discrimination
48980 Notice at beginning of term
51202 Instruction in personal and public health and safety
51210.8 Health education curriculum
51240 Excuse from instruction due to religious beliefs
51513 Materials containing questions about beliefs or practices
51930-51939 Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Act
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
1255.7 Parents surrendering physical custody of a baby
PENAL CODE
243.4 Sexual battery
261.5 Unlawful sexual intercourse
271.5 Parents voluntarily surrendering custody of a baby
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 20
1232h Protection of student rights
7906 Sex education
Management Resources:
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
Health Education Content Standards for California Public Schools, Kindergarten Through Grade 12, 2008
Health Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten through Grade 12, 2003
WEB SITES
CSBA: http://www.csba.rog
American Academy of Pediatrics: http://www.aap.org
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: http://www.acog.org
American Public Health Association: http://www.apha.org
California Department of Education, Sex Education and HIV/STD Instruction: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/se
California Department of Public Health: http://www.cdph.ca.gov
California Healthy Kids Resource Center: http://www.californiahealthykids.org
California Safe Schools Coalition: http://www.casafeschools.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov
National Academy of Sciences: http://www.nationalacademies.org
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: http://www.fda.gov
Policy NEWPORT-MESA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
adopted: September 8, 2009 Costa Mesa, California