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South Dakota State Profile

South Dakota’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates continue to face an increasingly uphill battle toward advancing sex education in South Dakota, most recently cumulating in the effort to defeat discriminatory bills aiming to diminish the rights of transgender youth. In 2019,…

Arkansas State Profile

Arkansas’ Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have worked diligently to advance sex education in Arkansas, most recently cumulating in the introduction of Senate Bill 304 in 2019. Known as the Arkansas Healthy Lifestyle Education Act, the bill sought to require curriculum…

Tennessee State Profile

Tennessee’s Sex Education Snapshot In 2012 the Tennessee legislature passed Senate Bill 3310, a restrictive measure known as the “Gateway Law.” Under this legislation, family life education programs and sex education courses are prohibited from including instruction on “gateway sexual…

Virginia State Profile

Virginia’s Sex Education Snapshot While advocates have been unable to implement a total reform of sex education requirements in recent years, the new legislature makeup in both the Virginia House and Senate resulted in significant wins during Virginia’s 2020 legislative…

North Carolina State Profile

North Carolina’s Sex Education Snapshot North Carolina advocates have seen a steady increase in efforts to restrict sex education curriculum across the state in recent years. In light of the coronavirus pandemic, advocates report that the irregularity between virtual and…

California State Profile

California’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have celebrated significant success in advancing sex education in California, largely due to the passage of the California Healthy Youth Act (CHYA) in 2015, along with an equivalent version for charter schools that passed in…

Alabama State Profile

Alabama’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates across the state have worked tirelessly to advance Alabama’s sex education requirements over the past several years. Although legislation mandating comprehensive sex education has yet to be successful, the efforts of dedicated advocates across the…

Arizona State Profile

Arizona’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have actively worked to advance sex education in Arizona and to defeat restrictive legislation over the past five years. In light of the coronavirus pandemic, schools statewide have reported having mixed success in implementing virtual…

Alaska State Profile

Alaska’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have faced a continuously uphill battle in advancing sex education in Alaska, routinely working to oppose restrictive efforts by state legislators. In 2019, Representative George Rauscher introduced House Bill 7 in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt…

U.S. Territories: Guam and Other Pacific Islands Profile

About the U.S. Territories There are currently three inhabited U.S. territories in the Pacific Ocean: American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and three Freely Associated States (FAS) nations. People living in U.S. territories and associated Pacific Island nations…

Pennsylvania State Profile

Pennsylvania’s Sex Education Snapshot Advocates have worked diligently over recent years to advance sex education in Pennsylvania, their most recent efforts cumulating in efforts to reintroduce legislation to mandate comprehensive sex education. Advocates have been diligently working to advance several…