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Responsible Education About Life Act

Introduced: March 17, 2009 See on congress.gov

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Mar 17, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Mar 17, 2009

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Responsible Education About Life Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to states for sex education programs, including education on abstinence and contraception, to prevent teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

Expresses the sense of Congress that states are encouraged, although not required, to provide matching funds to receive such grants.

Requires the Secretary to provide for a national evaluation of a representative sample of such programs for effectiveness in delaying the initiation of sexual intercourse and other high-risk behaviors, preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease, and increasing contraceptive knowledge and behavior. Requires states receiving such grants to provide for an individual evaluation of the state's program by an external, independent entity.

Prohibits such programs from discriminating on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, national origin, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

What's happening now March 17, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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