Alaska 34th Alaska State Legislature Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

SB 101 — An Act relating to health and personal safety education.

Last action — (S) REFERRED TO EDUCATION

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced February 14, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee vote, then a floor vote in the Senate.

Prognosis

Stalled 16% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

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  • In Committee

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

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Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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This bill enhances and mandates specific content for health and personal safety education in Alaska's public schools, including comprehensive sexual health education.

  • AS 14.03.120(d)

    AND → including

    This change enhances the introduction of new information in school performance reports.

  • AS 14.03.120(d)

    (11) a summary and evaluation of the curriculum used by the school for the health and personal safety education program required under AS 14.30.360(a), including the number of students in the school participating in the program; the frequency with which the school teaches the program; and the grades in which the program is taught.

    This addition requires schools to report on their health and personal safety education curriculum.

  • AS 14.30.360(a)

    ENCOURAGED TO INITIATE AND CONDUCT → shall provide

    This change makes the health and personal safety education program a requirement rather than a suggestion.

  • AS 14.30.360(a)

    SHOULD → must

    This strengthens the obligation for districts to include specific topics in health and personal safety education.

  • AS 14.30.360(b)

    A → the

    This changes the reference to guidelines for the health and personal safety education program.

  • AS 14.30.360(c)

    ENCOURAGED UNDER (a) OF THIS SECTION

    This removes the encouragement language, reinforcing that health and personal safety education is obligatory.

  • AS 14.30.360

    (e) The health and personal safety education program must include comprehensive sexual health education based on a curriculum that instructs students on human development, sexuality, and reproduction, including instruction on abstinence, anatomy and physiology, consent, contraception, healthy relationships, and the prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases; is appropriate to a student's age and development; teaches medically and scientifically accurate information...

    This establishes comprehensive sexual health education as a mandated component of the program.

  • AS 14.30.370

    Health and personal safety education programs conducted under AS 14.30.360 shall be evaluated by the department in the same manner as other curriculum programs are evaluated, except that the evaluation shall also include changes in the health status of the pupils as determined by physical and dental examinations conducted under AS 14.30.070.

    This mandates evaluation of health programs including assessments of students' health statuses.

  • AS 14.30.361

    AS 14.30.361 is repealed.

    This formally removes the referenced statute, possibly to streamline the education requirements.

Action History

  1. (S) REFERRED TO EDUCATION

  2. (S) EDC, HSS

  3. (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 64 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (64)

64 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

public-safety healthcare education
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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 101?
SB 101 is sponsored by Elvi Gray-Jackson (D).
What is the current status of SB 101?
This bill is in committee in the Senate. Introduced February 14, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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