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(C) use, and be informed by, the best sci-
entific information available; 
(D) be built on characteristics of effective 
programs; 
(E) expand the existing body of evidence 
on comprehensive sex education programs 
through program evaluation; 
(F) expand training programs for teachers 
of comprehensive sex education; 
(G) build on the personal responsibility 
education programs funded under section 513 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 713) and 
the President’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention pro-
gram, funded under title II of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111– 
117; 123 Stat. 3253); and 
(H) promote and uphold the rights of 
young people to information in order to make 
healthy and responsible decisions about their 
sexual health; and 
(2) no Federal funds should be used for health 
education programs that— 
(A) deliberately withhold life-saving infor-
mation about HIV; 
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(B) are medically inaccurate or have been 
scientifically shown to be ineffective; 
(C) promote gender stereotypes; 
(D) are insensitive and unresponsive to the 
needs of sexually active adolescents; 
(E) are insensitive and unresponsive to the 
needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 
queer, or questioning youth; or 
(F) are inconsistent with the ethical im-
peratives of medicine and public health. 
(b) GRANTS FOR COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION 
FOR ADOLESCENTS.— 
(1) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary, in 
coordination with the Director of the Office of Ado-
lescent Health, shall award grants, on a competitive 
basis, to eligible entities to enable such eligible enti-
ties to carry out programs that provide adolescents 
with comprehensive sex education, as described in 
paragraph (6). 
(2) DURATION.—Grants awarded under this 
subsection shall be for a period of 5 years. 
(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a public or private enti-
ty that focuses on adolescent health or education or 
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has experience working with adolescents, which may 
include— 
(A) a State educational agency; 
(B) a local educational agency; 
(C) a tribe or tribal organization, as de-
fined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determina-
tion and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
450b); 
(D) a State or local department of health; 
(E) a State or local department of edu-
cation; 
(F) a nonprofit organization; 
(G) a nonprofit or public institution of 
higher education; or 
(H) a hospital. 
(4) APPLICATIONS.—An eligible entity desiring 
a grant under this subsection shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such man-
ner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require, including the evaluation plan de-
scribed in paragraph (7)(A). 
(5) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to eligi-
ble entities that— 
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(A) are State or local public entities, with 
an additional priority for State or local edu-
cational agencies; and 
(B) address health disparities among 
young people that are at highest risk for not 
less than 1 of the following: 
(i) Unintended pregnancies. 
(ii) Sexually transmitted infections, 
including HIV. 
(iii) Dating violence and sexual as-
sault. 
(6) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each eligible entity 
that receives a grant under this subsection shall 
use grant funds to carry out a program that 
provides adolescents with comprehensive sex 
education that— 
(i) replicates evidence-based sex edu-
cation programs; 
(ii) substantially incorporates ele-
ments of evidence-based sex education pro-
grams; or 
(iii) creates a demonstration project 
based on generally accepted characteristics 
of effective sex education programs. 
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(B) CONTENTS OF SEX EDUCATION PRO-
GRAMS.—The sex education programs funded 
under this subsection shall include curricula 
and program materials that address— 
(i) abstinence and delaying sexual ini-
tiation; 
(ii) the health benefits and side effects 
of all contraceptive and barrier methods as 
a means to prevent pregnancy and sexually 
transmitted infections, including HIV; 
(iii) healthy relationships, including 
the development of healthy attitudes and 
skills necessary for understanding— 
(I) healthy relationships between 
oneself and family, others, and soci-
ety; and 
(II) the prevention of sexual 
abuse, teen dating violence, bullying, 
harassment, and suicide; 
(iv) healthy life skills including goal- 
setting, decisionmaking, interpersonal skills 
(such as communication, assertiveness, and 
peer refusal skills), critical thinking, self- 
esteem and self-efficacy, and stress man-
agement; 
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(v) how to make responsible decisions 
about sex and sexuality, including— 
(I) how to avoid, and how to 
avoid making, unwanted verbal, phys-
ical, and sexual advances; and 
(II) how alcohol and drug use 
can affect responsible decisionmaking; 
(vi) the development of healthy atti-
tudes and values about such topics as ado-
lescent growth and development, body 
image, gender roles and gender identity, 
racial and ethnic diversity, and sexual ori-
entation; and 
(vii) referral services for local health 
clinics and services where adolescents can 
obtain additional information and services 
related to sexual and reproductive health, 
dating violence and sexual assault, and sui-
cide prevention. 
(7) EVALUATION; REPORT.— 
(A) INDEPENDENT
EVALUATION.—Each 
eligible entity applying for a grant under this 
subsection shall develop and submit to the Sec-
retary a plan for a rigorous independent evalua-
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