2015 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 59 - Education
CHAPTER 32 - COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM
Section 59-32-20. Selection or adoption of instruction units by state board required.
(A) Before August 1, 1988, the board, through the department, shall select or develop an instructional unit with separate components addressing the subjects of reproductive health education, family life education, pregnancy prevention education, and sexually transmitted diseases and make the instructional unit available to local school districts. The board, through the department, also shall make available information about other programs developed by other states upon request of a local school district.
(B) In addition to the provisions of subsection (A), before September 1, 2015, the board, through the department, shall select or develop instructional units in sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention, with separate units appropriate for each age level from four-year-old kindergarten through twelfth grade.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 437, Section 3; 2014 Act No. 293 (H.4061), Section 1, eff June 23, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 293, Section 1, inserted subsection designator (A), and added subsection (B).
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