Kentucky Senate Bill 140 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-08 - to Education (S)
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require science-based content and age appropriate and medically accurate standards for human sexuality education; provide that a parent or guardian may excuse a child from the educational program and permit the parent or guardian to review instructional material upon request; specify that nothing requires a school district, public school, or family resource and youth services center to offer human sexuality education; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to permit the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to refuse federal funding for abstinence-only education; require science-based content if state funds are received by the cabinet or subcontractor for human sexuality education or teen pregnancy prevention; permit the cabinet to promulgate an administrative regulation to specify instructional content; and require an entity that receives state funding and offers human sexuality education or teen pregnancy prevention to adopt science-based content.

AN ACT relating to public health.

Sen. Kathy Stein [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-08		to Education (S)
2010-02-04		introduced in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB140.htm
Text	http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB140/bill.doc