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2004 SESSION
043730292Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 22.1-207.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 22.1-207.1. Family life education.
The Board of Education shall develop by December 1, 1987, standards of learning
and curriculum guidelines for a comprehensive, sequential family life education
curriculum in grades K through 12. Such curriculum guidelines shall include
instruction as appropriate for the age of the student in family living and
community relationships, abstinence education, the value of postponing sexual
activity, the benefits of adoption as a positive choice in the event of an
unwanted pregnancy, human sexuality, human reproduction, [ steps to take to
avoid sexual assault, [ the positive and negative effects of ] ] [ the use of
emergency contraception ] [ and the availability of counseling and legal
resources ] [ in response to sexual assault, and, in the event of such sexual
assault, the importance of immediate medical attention and advice, as well the
requirements of the law ] and the etiology, prevention and effects of
sexually transmitted diseases.
All such instruction shall be designed to promote parental involvement, foster positive self concepts and provide mechanisms for coping with peer pressure and the stresses of modern living according to the students' developmental stages and abilities. The Board shall also establish requirements for appropriate training for teachers of family life education, which shall include training in instructional elements to support the various curriculum components.
By December 1, 1987, the Board of Education shall provide the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance an analysis of the state and local fiscal impact of implementing a mandatory statewide family life education program and a recommended apportionment of state and local funding for such programs if not otherwise determined by law.
For the purposes of this section, "abstinence education" means an educational or motivational component which has as its exclusive purpose teaching the social, psychological, and health gains to be realized by teenagers' abstaining from sexual activity before marriage.