Bill > S1689

This bill, the Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act of 2021, aims to provide young people with comprehensive, evidence-informed, and equitable sex education and sexual health services. The key provisions of the bill include: - Establishing grant programs to fund sex education in elementary/secondary schools, institutions of higher education, and for educator training on effective sex education. - Authorizing grants to provide youth-friendly sexual health services to marginalized young people, such as those from underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, LGBTQ+ individuals, and low-income communities. - Requiring comprehensive sex education that covers topics like anatomy, relationships, consent, and interpersonal violence, and is culturally responsive and trauma-informed. - Repealing the existing abstinence-only sex education program and redirecting those funds to the new programs created by the bill. - Mandating reporting and a multi-year evaluation to assess the impact of the funded programs. The goal is to ensure all young people, especially those from marginalized communities, have access to high-quality, comprehensive sex education and sexual health services to empower them and promote healthy outcomes.

Health and Social Services

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1689/all-info