Text: HF00422 Text: HF00424 Text: HF00400 - HF00499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. ABSTINENCE EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM – CHOOSING
1 2 THE BEST – ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION APPROPRIATION.
1 3 1. The department of human services in cooperation with
1 4 the department of education and the Iowa department of public
1 5 health shall implement an abstinence education pilot program
1 6 entitled "Choosing the Best" to be implemented in both rural
1 7 and urban school districts in grades six through nine, which
1 8 includes negotiating a contract with university of Iowa
1 9 basketball star Jess Settles to develop a video for use in the
1 10 program. The department shall implement the program to comply
1 11 with the requirements of section 912, Subchapter V of the
1 12 federal Social Security Act, as codified in 42 U.S.C. } 701 et
1 13 seq., which provides that abstinence education means an
1 14 educational or motivational program which includes the
1 15 following:
1 16 a. Has as its exclusive purpose teaching the social,
1 17 psychological, and health gains to be realized by abstaining
1 18 from sexual activity.
1 19 b. Teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside of
1 20 marriage as the expected standard for all school age children.
1 21 c. Teaches that abstinence from sexual activity is the
1 22 only certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually
1 23 transmitted diseases, and other associated health problems.
1 24 d. Teaches that a mutually faithful monogamous
1 25 relationship in the context of marriage is the expected
1 26 standard of human sexual activity.
1 27 e. Teaches that sexual activity outside of the context of
1 28 marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical
1 29 effects.
1 30 f. Teaches that bearing children outside of marriage is
1 31 likely to have harmful consequences for the child, the child's
1 32 parents, and society.
1 33 g. Teaches young people how to reject sexual advances and
1 34 how alcohol and drug use increase vulnerability to sexual
1 35 advances.
2 1 h. Teaches the importance of attaining self-sufficiency
2 2 before engaging in sexual activity.
2 3 2. It is the intent of the general assembly that from the
2 4 funds appropriated to the department of human services for
2 5 community-based programs-adolescent pregnancy prevention for
2 6 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1997, and ending June 30,
2 7 1998, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
2 8 necessary, is allocated for the following:
2 9 For the required matching of federal funding to be received
2 10 on or after October 1, 1997, and for implementation of an
2 11 abstinence education pilot program to be implemented in both
2 12 urban and rural school districts in grades six through nine:
2 13 .................................................. $ 318,092
2 14 If federal funding is not received on or after October 1,
2 15 1997, the moneys allocated under this Act shall alone be used
2 16 for the purposes of this Act.
2 17 EXPLANATION
2 18 This bill directs the department of human services, in
2 19 cooperation with the department of education and the Iowa
2 20 department of public health, to implement an abstinence
2 21 education pilot program entitled "Choosing the Best" in both
2 22 rural and urban school districts in grades six through nine
2 23 which includes negotiating a contract with university of Iowa
2 24 basketball star Jess Settles to develop a video to be used in
2 25 the program. The bill defines abstinence education and
2 26 provides funding for the pilot program through allocation of
2 27 moneys appropriated to the department of human services for
2 28 community-based programs-adolescent pregnancy prevention. It
2 29 is expected that federal funding will be available on or after
2 30 October 1, 1997. However, if federal funding is not received,
2 31 the moneys are to be used for the purposes of the bill.
2 32 LSB 2287HH 77
2 33 pf/jj/8.1
Text: HF00422 Text: HF00424 Text: HF00400 - HF00499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
Iowa General Assembly
Search: House Bills and Amendments (77th General Assembly)
© 1997 Cornell College and League of Women Voters of Iowa
Comments about this site or page? webmaster@legis.iowa.gov. Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.
Last update: Thu Mar 13 08:02:13 CST 1997
URL: /DOCS/GA/77GA/Legislation/HF/00400/HF00423/970304.html
jhf