Board Policy	No. 6142.1

CLOVIS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

INSTRUCTION Instructional Program
COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL HEALTH AND HIV/AIDS

PURPOSE:	To provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to protect their sexual and reproductive health from unintended pregnancy, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and sexually transmitted infection.

The Board believes that family life/sex education should be a part of the public school program and should be a responsibility shared by the public school and home. The District shall respect the rights of parents/guardians to supervise their students’ education on these subjects and to impart values regarding human sexuality to their children.

The primary purpose of family life/sex education is to promote healthy family and inter-personal relationships, and to emphasize the development of healthful life-long habits and personal values.

It is the Board’s position that throughout the family life/sex education program abstinence shall be the primary message to students, along with medically accurate information on other methods of preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. The District curriculum shall help students understand the biological, psychological, social, and ethical aspects of human sexuality. The family life/sex education curriculum shall be a well-planned, age-appropriate 4-12 sequence of accurate information and instruction about family life and human sexuality.

Comprehensive sexual health and HIV prevention education shall be offered to all students at least once in intermediate and at least once in high school. (Education Code 51934)

The District’s comprehensive sexual health education program shall include information on affirmative consent standard. Affirmative consent is defined as affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity. The District’s program shall include instruction with the required information related to sexual harassment and violence. (Education Code 51225.36, 67386)

The Superintendent or designee shall identify appropriate methods for informing the school community about subjects related to the District's comprehensive sexual health and HIV prevention education. The Superintendent or designee shall use such identified methods to inform parents/guardians of students in grades 6-12 about human trafficking prevention resources, as required pursuant to Education Code section 49381.

The Board recognizes its responsibility to allow parents/guardians the choice to decline their student’s participation in any portion of the family life/sex education program which conflicts with their personal beliefs and/or religious training. Positive written parent permission must be obtained for a student to participate in any portion of the health, family life or human development program conducted in the fourth, fifth, or sixth grades. As is the District’s practice, parental notification and opt-out procedures for seventh and ninth grade students relating to sexual education and

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Board Policy	No. 6142.1

CLOVIS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

HIV/AIDS prevention education will be performed consistent with California Department of Education guidelines.

A student shall not be subject to disciplinary action, academic penalty, or other sanction if the student's parent/guardian decline to permit the student to receive the instruction. (Education Code 51939)

Adopted: 12/12/1979
Reviewed: 02/26/2007, 06/28/2008, 02/25/2009
Amended: 10/08/1991, 06/09/1993, 09/28/1994, 09/13/2011, 01/29/2014, 11/18/2020 (BP 3206 renumbered as BP 6142.1)

EDUCATION CODE
220 Prohibition of discrimination
33544 Inclusion of sexual harassment and violence in health curriculum framework 48980 Notice at beginning of term
49381 Human trafficking prevention resources
51202 Instruction in personal and public health and safety 51210.8 Health education curriculum
51225.36 Instruction in sexual harassment and violence; districts that require health education for graduation
51240 Excuse from instruction due to religious beliefs
51513 Test, questionnaire, survey, or examination containing questions about beliefs or practices
51930-51939 California Healthy Youth Act
51950 Abuse, sexual abuse, and human trafficking prevention education 67386 Student safety; affirmative consent standard

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
1255.7 Parents surrendering physical custody of a baby

PENAL CODE 243.4 Sexual battery
261.5 Unlawful sexual intercourse
271.5 Parents voluntarily surrendering custody of a baby

UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 20 1232h Protection of student rights
7906 Sex education requirements and prohibited use of funds

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