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Committee lays over bill to require "medically accurate" STI education in schools
Summary
Senate File 1048 would require "medically accurate" instruction on sexually transmitted infections in Minnesota schools, change abstinence language and require inclusive programming.
Senate File 1048, carried by Senator Maquaid, would revise Minnesota's required instruction on sexually transmitted infections and related topics by clarifying language and expanding coverage.
The bill proposes four principal changes, according to the author: replace the statute's phrase "technically accurate" with "medically accurate"; remove the phrase "until marriage" from abstinence coverage and add instruction on other prevention methods; require programming to be inclusive of students regardless of protected status; and remove a statutory requirement that schools target only…
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