Last progress May 21, 2025 (6 months ago)
Introduced on May 21, 2025 by Alma Adams
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
This legislation would fund honest, age-appropriate sex education in schools and colleges and make sexual health services easier to get for young people ages 10 to 29. Lessons and services must be science-based, medically accurate, inclusive, and trauma-informed; they must cover consent, healthy relationships, pregnancy, STIs, and gender identity and expression, and align with national sex education standards. It also sets strong guardrails: no money can go to programs that withhold health facts, are inaccurate, or promote gender or racial stereotypes, and funded activities cannot discriminate, including based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
It creates five-year grants to help elementary and secondary schools and youth groups teach sex education; support colleges in offering campus programs; train teachers and staff; and expand youth-friendly sexual health care for underserved young people through outreach, referrals, and partnerships that bring services to where teens and young adults are . The government must publish yearly reports and run a multi-year, independent evaluation of the results.