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| Iowa is # 17!
In late February, 2008,
Governor Chet Culver decided to reject federal funding for the state’s
abstinence-only education program provided under Title V of the
Social Security Act. Iowa became the 17th state to reject
federal funding and this will become effective starting Fiscal Year
2009. Click Here to view the FutureNet press release regarding Culver's rejection of abstinence-only funding. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Governor Culver Signs Sex Ed Bill On April 20, 2007 On April 20, Gov. Chet Culver signed into law a bill requiring that sex education taught in Iowa schools be based on research. HF 611 passed both the Iowa House and Senate, requiring that sex education provided to Iowa students be age-appropriate and research-based, defined in the bill to mean medically-accurate. The bill, which was supported by FutureNet and several member organizations, also requires that all information in sex education classes be free of racial, ethnic, sexual orientation and gender biases. The bill does not take away local control, as critics argued, as local schools boards will still decide what materials are used as long as the materials meet the criteria for age-appropriateness, medical accuracy, and anti-bias. Schools may still elect to teach only abstinence, without mention of contraception, as long as the information is medically accurate. To read the full text and see how your legislators voted, click here and type HF 611 into the box in the upper right-hand corner. |
Stacey
Hoch, Rhonda Chittenden, Vanessa McDole, and Doug Kirby
of ETR Associates. Taken at the State Policy Briefing on February
28, 2008, where Dr. Kirby presented his findings on the effectiveness
of abstinence-only programs and comprehensive sex education.
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:A new analysis from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy shows that teen childbearing (teens 19 and younger) in Iowa cost taxpayers (federal, state, and local) at least $82 million in 2004 in services to these young families. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Do you know a Champion
for Children Nomination Form! _________________________________________ 2007 Champions for Children • Jeanette Fry
- Community Educator, Great River Medical Center, West Burlington _________________________________________ Past
Recipients of the
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