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Alabama’s State of Sex Ed Sex education is not required in Alabama schools, but HIV/STI education is. Instruction must be medically accurate and age-appropriate. Instruction on contraception must be included if sex education is taught, but abstinence must be stressed.…
Connecticut State of Sex Ed Sex education is not required, but HIV/AIDS education is. Health education is required and must instruct on “human growth and development instruction” and “disease prevention”. Family life education MAY be taught if local school districts…
Massachusetts State of Sex Ed Neither sex education nor HIV/STI education is required in Massachusetts. Decisions about whether and how to teach them are made at the local level. Like many states, Massachusetts operates under local control, but districts are…
Kansas State of Sex Ed Human sexuality is required to be taught as a part of physical education which includes health and hygiene instruction, as outlined by Kansas Statutes. Health education standards exist but are non-assessed and thus not required…
Hawaii State of Sex Ed Sex education is required due to Hawaii’s Board of Education policy that has the force of law. This includes both HIV/AIDS and healthy relationships instruction. It must be age-appropriate and medically accurate. Instruction must emphasize…
Florida State of Sex Ed Health Education is required with some sexual health concepts required to be taught but any reproductive health education material must be approved by the Department of Education and must center on abstinence. Schools MAY instruct…
Arkansas State of Sex Ed Sex education is not required, nor is HIV/STI education. If sex education is taught, it must instruct on abstinence before marriage and discourage adolescent sexual activity, but materials on dating violence must be evidence-based. Additionally,…
Delaware State of Sex Ed Sex education is required, including instruction on HIV Prevention outlined in law. Sex education is opt-out, and “comprehensive sexuality education” and an evidence-based HIV prevention program must stress the benefits of abstinence. Curriculum does not…
Colorado State of Sex Ed Sex education is not required in Colorado. When sex ed is offered, it must be age-appropriate, evidence-based, culturally responsive, and medically accurate. When sex ed is offered, it must include HIV/STIs, sexual orientation, gender identity,…
California State of Sex Ed Comprehensive sex education is required through the California Healthy Youth Act, which requires instruction on contraception, STI/HIV, and healthy relationships. California also recently mandated instruction on menstrual health for all students. State Profile Sections Current…
Idaho State of Sex Ed Sex education is not required by law, nor is HIV/STI education. However, required health standards require instruction on “Growth, Development, & Family Life” that must be factual and medically accurate. As of July 2025, all…
Illinois State of Sex Ed Sex education is not required, but instruction on HIV/AIDS is. Health education must instruct on human growth and development, assault prevention, and sexual abstinence. However, IF sex education is taught then it must be comprehensive…
