North Carolina H595 mandates parental consent for students' participation in health education programs, restricts access to harmful materials in.

North Carolina H595 requires parental consent for students to participate in health education programs, including those on sexually transmitted diseases, out-of-wedlock pregnancy prevention, and reproductive health. It mandates that public school units provide a human growth and development program for fourth and fifth graders and a reproductive health and safety education program starting in seventh grade. The bill restricts access to materials harmful to minors in public libraries and requires schools to maintain repositories of instructional materials for parental review.

North Carolina H595 mandates parental consent for students' participation in health education programs, restricts access to harmful materials in.

North Carolina H595 requires parental consent for students to participate in health education programs, including those on sexually transmitted diseases, out-of-wedlock pregnancy prevention, and reproductive health. It mandates that public school units provide a human growth and development program for fourth and fifth graders and a reproductive health and safety education program starting in seventh grade. The bill restricts access to materials harmful to minors in public libraries and requires schools to maintain repositories of instructional materials for parental review.