Board Policy IDBA: Sex Education

1. Sex Education Program

The sex education program in the DeKalb County School District encompasses physiological, biological, and psychological education. From the biological and physiological prospective, the program deals simply with the anatomy of the reproductive systems. From the psychological prospective, students will acquire factual knowledge, skills and attitudes that will lead to behavior that contributes to the well-being of the individual, the family and society.

Parents and legal guardians may exercise the option to exclude their child from sex education and AIDS prevention instructional programs. Upon request, the curricular and instructional resources and materials will be provided to the parent or legal guardian for review. Any parent or legal guardian of a child scheduled to receive sex education instruction has the right to elect in writing to opt their child out of this course of study.

1. Health Education Advisory Committee

The District shall establish and maintain a Health Education Advisory Committee composed primarily of nonteaching parents who have children enrolled in the District and who represent the diversity of the student body, augmented by others such as students, educators, health professionals and other community representatives. A male and female student currently attending the 11th or 12th grade in the District will serve as active members of the committee.

The Health Education Advisory Committee shall screen and approve all sex and AIDS education instructional materials, both print and non-print. The committee will address human sexuality concepts such as growth and development, reproduction, AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, and contraception as they are covered in the sex or health education curriculum.