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Sex Education
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Teacher Training Programs in Sexuality Education
The National Education Association called for teacher training programs in sexuality education. -
Chicago: First City to Implement Sex Education
When Chicago became the first major city to implement sex education for high schools in 1913, the Catholic Church in particular led a powerful attack on the program and helped secure the resignation of its sponsor, Ella Flagg Young, the famous superintendent of schools. faqs.org -
Sexuality Education Begins in Milledgeville, GA
Mrs. Kathleen Wilkinson Wootten started the Health Department at then Georgia Normal and Industrial College in 1917. She was the head of the department and was known nationally for her work in the field. -
SIECUS Founded
SIECUS, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, was founded in 1964 by Dr. Mary S. Calderone and a number of other brave pioneers.
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Christain Crusade
Reverend Billy James Hargis, launched a direct mail promotion campaign to raise money through the distribution of a 40 page booklet called "Is the Shool House the Proper Place to Teach Raw Sex? by Dr. Gordon V. Drake, Educational Director of the Christain Crusade. Taken from Sexuality Education 5th edition -
Adolecent Family Life Act
Congress passed the Adolescent Family Life Act (AFLA), Title XX of the Public Health Service Act, also known as “the chastity law.” The program was designed to encourage adolescents to postpone sexual activity until marriage, emphasizing “chastity” and “self-discipline,” as well as provide support for pregnant or parenting teens and their families. Another goal of the AFLA was to promote adoption as the preferred option of teenage pregnancy. Taken from ncac.org -
Surgeon General Issued a Report
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. -
SIECUS Co-sponsored a Groundbreaking conference
n 1984, SIECUS co-sponsored a ground-breaking conference with the Gay Men’s Health Crisis. -
SIECUS Writes Their First Book
in 1986 we published one of the first educational books about HIV/AIDS: How to Talk to your Children About AIDS. -
Title V of the Welfare Reform Act (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF))
Title V of the Welfare Reform Act, or the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), set up a new system of grants for states providing abstinence-only-until-marriage education that used a specific eight-point criteria, known as the “A-H definition.” Taken from ncac.org -
Congress Creates Third Abstinence-Only Education Program
Congress created a third abstinence-only education program (Title XI, §1110 of the Social Security Act), funded through the maternal and child health block grant’s Special Projects of Regional and National Significance Programs (SPRANS), that bypassed the need for state approval. Instead, grants were made available directly to community-based (including faith-based) organizations. -
PERFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief)
First proposed by President George W. Bush in January 2003, PEPFAR was authorized by the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-25),3 a 5-year, $15 billion initiative to combat global HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria primarily for 15 hard hit “focus countries. -
Abstinence-Only Education Curricula Contains Incorrect Information
A report by the office of Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), former chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, found that two-thirds of the abstinence-only education curricula studied contained incorrect scientific information regarding condom failure, sexually transmitted diseases, the health consequences of abortions, and mental health. Much of this information directly contradicted the scientific findings of government agencies. Taken from ncac.org -
SPRANS-CBAE Moved
SPRANS–CBAE was moved from under the administration of the Health and Human Services (HHS) into the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) and became known simply as Community-Based Abstinence Education (CBAE). Taken from ncac.org -
CBAE Releases New Program Outline
Funding totaled $176 million for AFLA, CBAE, and Title V state grants for the 2006 fiscal year, the highest yet. In January, the CBAE released a new 11-page program outline for grantees, with a new emphasis on conservative family values, focusing on the supposed psychological and social “gains” of marriage and the importance of responsible parenthood, “especially fatherhood.” The new provisions include an extension of funding toward programs targeting unmarried individuals up to age 29. ncac.org -
States Decide Against Abstinence Only Education
By this year, nearly half of all states had decided against applying for state-based abstinence-only education due to both its restrictions and the requirement that states contribute matching funds. [These states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.] ncac.org -
Perfar Reauthorized
In 2008, PEPFAR was reauthorized by the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-293 or “Lantos-Hyde”),6
for an additional 5 years (FY 2009–FY 2013) at up to $48 billion, including $39 billion for HIV and the Global Fund, $4 billion for TB, and $5 billion for malaria. Taken from wwww.kff.org -
Fist Ever Hearing on Abstinence Only Until Marriage
Congress held the first-ever hearing on abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. Three panels of witnesses spoke at the hearing including leading medical and sexual health experts from across the country who testified to the ineffectiveness of the programs, youth speakers who testified to the program’s effects on their lives, and several government officials and Members of Congress. The vast majority of researchers testified that abstinence-only-until-marriage programs are ineffective. -
Abstinence-Only Education Programs Lost Funding
President Barack Obama's 2010 budget eliminates most federal funding for abstinence-only sex-education programs, replacing it with funding for programs that have been proven effective through "rigorous evaluation," to delay sexual activity, increase contraceptive use (without increasing sexual activity) or to reduce teen pregnancy.
