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Committee clears bill allowing condom distribution in school health programs with parental opt-out in statute
Summary
SB 608 (Menjivar) would require public schools serving grades 7–12 to permit condom distribution during comprehensive sexual-health education programs unless a parent has opted out. The committee passed the bill to the Senate Health Committee after a contested debate on age appropriateness and prevention strategies.
Senator Maria Menjivar presented SB 608, which would require public schools that provide comprehensive sexual-health education (grades 7–12, under the existing California Healthy Youth Act framework) to allow condom distribution in connection with such educational programs; parents retain the existing statutory right to opt their children out of the curriculum.
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