42 U.S.C. § 710 : US Code - Section 710: Separate program for abstinence education

Search 42 U.S.C. § 710 : US Code - Section 710: Separate program for abstinence education

(a) In general
For the purpose described in subsection (b) of this section, the
Secretary shall, for fiscal year 1998 and each subsequent fiscal
year, allot to each State which has transmitted an application for
the fiscal year under section 705(a) of this title an amount equal
to the product of -
(1) the amount appropriated in subsection (d) of this section
for the fiscal year; and
(2) the percentage determined for the State under section
702(c)(1)(B)(ii) of this title.
(b) Purpose of allotment
(1) The purpose of an allotment under subsection (a) of this
section to a State is to enable the State to provide abstinence
education, and at the option of the State, where appropriate,
mentoring, counseling, and adult supervision to promote abstinence
from sexual activity, with a focus on those groups which are most
likely to bear children out-of-wedlock.
(2) For purposes of this section, the term "abstinence education"
means an educational or motivational program which -
(A) has as its exclusive purpose, teaching the social,
psychological, and health gains to be realized by abstaining from
sexual activity;
(B) teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside marriage as
the expected standard for all school age children;
(C) teaches that abstinence from sexual activity is the only
certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy, sexually
transmitted diseases, and other associated health problems;
(D) teaches that a mutually faithful monogamous relationship in
context of marriage is the expected standard of human sexual
activity;
(E) teaches that sexual activity outside of the context of
marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and physical
effects;
(F) teaches that bearing children out-of-wedlock is likely to
have harmful consequences for the child, the child's parents, and
society;
(G) teaches young people how to reject sexual advances and how
alcohol and drug use increases vulnerability to sexual advances;
and
(H) teaches the importance of attaining self-sufficiency before
engaging in sexual activity.
(c) Applicability of sections 703, 707, and 708
(1) Sections 703, 707, and 708 of this title apply to allotments
under subsection (a) of this section to the same extent and in the
same manner as such sections apply to allotments under section
702(c) of this title.
(2) Sections 705 and 706 of this title apply to allotments under
subsection (a) of this section to the extent determined by the
Secretary to be appropriate.
(d) Appropriations
For the purpose of allotments under subsection (a) of this
section, there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, an additional $50,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 1998 through 2003. The appropriation under the
preceding sentence for a fiscal year is made on October 1 of the
fiscal year.