20-30-5-13 Instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases

Sec. 13. Throughout instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted diseases, an accredited school shall:

(1) require a teacher to teach abstinence from sexual activity outside of marriage as the expected standard for all school age children;

(2) include in the instruction that abstinence from sexual activity is the only certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and other associated health problems; and

(3) include in the instruction that the best way to avoid sexually transmitted diseases and other associated health problems is to establish a mutually faithful monogamous relationship in the context of marriage.

IC 20-34-3-17 AIDS information; contents; consent to distribute

Sec. 17. (a) The state board shall provide information stressing the moral aspects of abstinence from sexual activity in any literature that it distributes to students and young adults concerning available methods for the prevention of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The literature must state that the best way to avoid AIDS is for young people to refrain from sexual activity until they are ready as adults to establish, in the context of marriage, a mutually faithful monogamous relationship.

(b) The state board may not distribute AIDS literature described in subsection (a) to students without the consent of the governing body of the school corporation the students attend.

Resources and Documents

• Instruction Human Sexuality Guidance Memo
• Instruction Human Sexuality Model Consent Form
• NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse for Teachers, Opioids & Other Prescription Drugs Resources
• CPR and AED Instruction at High School Level
• NEDA Eating Disorders Toolkit for Coaches and Trainers
• National Health Observances Toolkit
• Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool
• Flexibility in Physical Education
• Smart Moves: The New PE
• CDC's School Health Education Resources
• Health Schools Health Youth! Adolescent School Health
• Health and Wellness Credit Using Family and Consumer Science and Health Careers Education Courses
• For more information and resources for health educators, please join the IDOE - Health Educators Community on the Learning Connection.
• For more information and resources for physical education educators, please join the IDOE - Physical Education Community on the Learning Connection.

Grant Opportunities

• Allen Foundation Grant Opportunity
• National Institutes of Health