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  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
     

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