SECTIONS 8900-8902 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 8900-8902

8900. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall adopt rules
and regulations for the effective administration of pregnant minors
programs operated by school districts and county superintendents of
schools for the purposes of Section 2551.3 and subdivision (d) of
Section 42241.

8901. County superintendents who operated pregnant minors programs
in the 1979-80 fiscal year shall continue to operate pregnant minors
programs in the 1980-81 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter
and school districts which increased their revenue limit in the
1981-82 fiscal year pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 42241
shall continue to operate pregnant minors programs in subsequent
fiscal years, unless the program is transferred to another local
education agency, or unless the county superintendent or district
superintendent demonstrates that programs and services for pregnant
minors, such as continuation school, home instruction, or independent
instruction, are available from other local education agencies in
the county, pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction.

8902. (a) The State Department of Education shall prepare and
distribute to school districts comprehensive educational materials
for the prevention of teen pregnancy. In developing these materials,
the department shall seek input from other public agencies and from
private nonprofit organizations with experience in teen pregnancy
prevention. The department may adopt and use for this purpose
appropriate materials developed by those agencies or organizations.
(b) The department, in cooperation with those school districts and
county offices of education that desire to participate, shall assist
them in developing comprehensive programs for this purpose. The
programs shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the
following:
(1) Suggestions for creative format and presentation of the
materials designed to attract and retain the interest of teenagers,
including the use of guest speakers.
(2) Information regarding the consequences of pregnancy, upon both
the father and the mother, including the effect upon future
educational and employment opportunities.
(3) Information regarding the meaning of parental responsibility
and its effect upon one's personal life.
(4) Information regarding strategies for resisting peer group
pressure.
(5) Information regarding abstinence as a method of prevention.
(6) Recommendations regarding methods for introduction of these
materials into the curriculum, including, but not limited to, health
and social science classes.
(c) In order to implement this section, the department shall
identify and seek funding and other assistance from federal and
private sources, and shall otherwise utilize all available resources
as may be necessary.
(d) Nothing in this section shall authorize or require any
activities that involve the distribution of material on pregnancy
termination.