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The National Education Association
The National Education Association promotes sexuality education as a necessary part of a national education curriculum. -
Chicago
Chicago became the first major city to implement sex education for high schools. -
Percentage of sex ed classes
Between 20% and 40% of public schools in the US had sex education courses. -
Publish materials
Office of education began to publish materials and train teachers for sex education classes. -
Political issues
Sex education becomes a political issue, parents start to protest it in schools. It created a big controversy because parents believed sex shouldn't be talked about in a school setting. -
SIECUS
Dr. Calderone became concerned about the lack of accurate information about sexuality for both young people and adults. So, at the age of 60, with determination to live in a world in which sexuality was viewed as a natural and healthy part of life, she founded of SIECUS, Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States. -
Adolescent Family Life Act
Congress passed the Adolescent family life act, also known as the chastity law, it provided education about abstinence-only-until marriage. -
Sex Education 2000: A call to action
Siecus published “Sex Education 2000: A call to action”, which outlined 13 goals that would ensure that all children received comprehensive sexuality education by the year 2000 -
Guidelines
The first Guidelines for Comprehensive Sexuality Education – Kindergarten-12th Grade is published. -
FoSE
The future of Sex Education Initiative, FoSE, was launched as a partnership between Advocates for Youth, Answer, and SIECUS to create a national dialogue about the future of sex education and to promote the institutionalization of comprehensive sexuality education in public schools -
Abstinence-only-until-marriage
Congress passed an appropriation bill that eliminated the majority of funding for abstinence only-until-marriage programs -
Responsible Education About Life
Responsible Education About Life (REAL) Act was introduced. The bill would create a dedicated funding stream administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide states with money for comprehensive sexuality education that is age-appropriate, medically accurate, and stresses abstinence while also educating young people about contraception. -
Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2011
Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students Act of 2011 was introduced. in order to increase academic achievement for all students through the provision of Federal assistance to States for promotion of student physical health and well-being, nutrition, and fitness; promotion of student mental health and well-being; prevention of violence, harassment (which includes bullying), and substance abuse among students; and promotion of safe and supportive schools. -
Mandatory Sex education classes
24 states and the Districts of Columbia require public schools to teach sex education. 21 of which mandate sex and HIV education.
