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The National Education Association first discussed the subject in 1892, passing a resolution that called for "moral education in the schools."
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The American Society for Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis was the first organizatioan to rally for sex education in schools as a means to eradicate venereal disease and other “diseases of the social order” which had become a prominent problem during that period of time.
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Charles Eliot and Grace Dogde founded the American Social Hygiene Association in 1913 as a way to tackle issues on sexuality and sex education
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The U.S. Congress passed the Chamberlain-Kahn Act, which allocated money to educate soldiers about syphilis and gonorrhea.
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The U.S. Public Health Service labels school sexuality education an "urgent need."
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The American Medical Association and the National Education Association publish five sexuality education pamphlets for schools.
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The former medical director of Planned Parenthood Mary Calderone founded the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
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Twenty state legislatures voted to restrict or abolish sexuality education.
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Adolescent Family Life Act is passed, funding programs to promote sexual abstinence before marriage.
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In 1986, U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a report calling for comprehensive AIDS and sexuality education in public schools, beginning as early as the third grade. "There is now no doubt that we need sex education in schools and that it [should] include information on heterosexual and homosexual relationships," Koop wrote in his report. "The need is critical and the price of neglect is high."
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By 1989, 23 states had passed mandates for sexuality education, an additional 23 states strongly encouraged sex education, 33 mandated AIDS education and 17 additional states recommended it.
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As part of welfare reform, Congress passed legislation in 1996 allocating $50 million in federal funds for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs—which censor information about contraception.
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25 States have rejected funding for abstinence only sex education programs because of the lack of effect it has on behavior.
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President Obama's Federal Budget eliminated funding for Abstinence Only Sex Education Programs
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Congress eliminates majority of funding for Abstinence Only Sex Education Programs
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Congress makes $75 Million available for comprehensive Sex Ed
