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1995 SESSION
LD6666812Patrons--Cox, O'Brien, Hargrove, Katzen, Marshall, McClure, McDonnell, Nixon, Ruff, Way and Wilkins; Senator: Martin
Be 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, the value of
postponing sexual activity, human sexuality, human reproduction, 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 by December 1,
1987, requirements for appropriate training for teachers of family life
education.
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.
The implementation of any family life education program and the Board’s standards of learning and curriculum guidelines for such programs, in whole or in part, shall be the option of each school division; however, no pupil under the age of eighteen shall be required or permitted to participate in any family life education program without written authorization from the pupil’s parent, guardian, or other person having legal custody of such pupil.