Bill Text: IL SB3332 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that all sex education courses that discuss sexual intercourse shall teach pupils about the dangers associated with drug and alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2010-07-16 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1082 [SB3332 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB3332-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning education.
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

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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

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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) (Blank).
(10) Course material and instruction shall teach
pupils about the dangers associated with drug and alcohol
consumption during pregnancy.
(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. 93-88, eff. 7-2-03; 94-933, eff. 6-26-06.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.