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    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
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    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
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27-9.1 as follows:
 



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    (105 ILCS 5/27-9.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-9.1)



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    Sec. 27-9.1. Sex Education. 

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    (a) No pupil shall be required to take or participate in 
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any class or course
in comprehensive sex education if his 
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parent or guardian submits written
objection thereto, and 
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refusal to take or participate in such course or
program shall 
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not be reason for suspension or expulsion of such pupil.
Each 
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class or course in comprehensive sex education offered in any 
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of
grades 6 through 12 shall include instruction on the 
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prevention,
transmission and spread of AIDS.
Nothing in this 
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Section prohibits instruction in sanitation, hygiene or

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traditional courses in biology.

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    (b) All public elementary, junior high, and senior high 
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school
classes that teach sex education and discuss sexual 
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intercourse shall
emphasize that abstinence is the expected 
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norm in that abstinence from
sexual intercourse is the only

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protection that is 100% effective against unwanted teenage 
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pregnancy,
sexually transmitted diseases, and acquired immune 
 


 






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deficiency syndrome
(AIDS) when transmitted sexually.

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    (c) All sex education courses that discuss sexual 
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intercourse shall
satisfy the following criteria:


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        (1) Course material and instruction shall be age 
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    appropriate.


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        (2) Course material and instruction shall teach honor 
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    and respect for
monogamous heterosexual marriage.


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        (3) Course material and instruction shall stress that 
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    pupils should
abstain from sexual intercourse until they 
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    are ready for marriage.


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        (4) Course material and instruction shall include a 
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    discussion of the
possible emotional and psychological 
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    consequences of preadolescent and
adolescent sexual 
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    intercourse outside of marriage and the consequences of

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    unwanted adolescent pregnancy.


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        (5) Course material and instruction shall stress that 
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    sexually
transmitted diseases are serious possible hazards 
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    of sexual intercourse.
Pupils shall be provided with 
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    statistics based on the latest medical
information citing 
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    the failure and success rates of condoms in preventing
AIDS 
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    and other sexually transmitted diseases.


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        (6) Course material and instruction shall advise 
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    pupils of the laws
pertaining to their financial 
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    responsibility to children born in and out of
wedlock.


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        (7) Course material and instruction shall advise 
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    pupils of the
circumstances under which it is unlawful for 
 


 






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    males to have sexual relations
with females under the
age 
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    of 18 to whom they are not married pursuant to Article 12 
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    of the
Criminal Code of 1961, as now or hereafter amended.


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        (8) Course material and instruction shall teach pupils 
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    to not make
unwanted physical and verbal sexual advances 
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    and how to say no to unwanted
sexual advances. Pupils shall 
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    be taught that it is wrong to take advantage
of or to 
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    exploit another person. The material and instruction shall 
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    also
encourage youth to resist negative peer pressure.


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        (9) (Blank).

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        (10)  Course material and instruction shall teach 
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    pupils about the dangers associated with drug and alcohol 
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    consumption during pregnancy. 
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    (d) An opportunity shall be afforded to parents or 
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guardians to examine
the instructional materials to be used in 
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such class or course.

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(Source: P.A. 93-88, eff. 7-2-03; 94-933, eff. 6-26-06.)

 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.