Sec. 3. Grants for comprehensive sex education for adolescents
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The Secretary, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Adolescent Health, shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible entities to enable such eligible entities to carry out programs that provide adolescents with comprehensive sex education, as described in subsection (f). Grants awarded under this section shall be for a period of 5 years. In this section, the term eligible entity means a public or private entity that focuses on adolescent health or education or has experience working with adolescents, which may include— a State educational agency; a local educational agency; a tribe or tribal organization, as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act ( 25 U.S.C. 450b ); a State or local department of health; a State or local department of education; a nonprofit organization; a nonprofit or public institution of higher education; or a hospital.
An eligible entity desiring a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require, including the evaluation plan described in subsection (g)(1). In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that— are State or local public entities, with an additional priority for State or local educational agencies; and address health disparities among young people that are at highest risk for not less than 1 of the following:
Unintended pregnancies. Sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Dating violence and sexual assault. Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall use grant funds to carry out a program that provides adolescents with comprehensive sex education that— replicates evidence-based sex education programs; substantially incorporates elements of evidence-based sex education programs; or creates a demonstration project based on generally accepted characteristics of effective sex education programs.
The sex education programs funded under this section shall include curricula and program materials that address— abstinence and delaying sexual initiation; the health benefits and side effects of all contraceptive and barrier methods as a means to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV; healthy relationships, including the development of healthy attitudes and skills necessary for understanding— healthy relationships between oneself and family, others, and society; and the prevention of sexual abuse, teen dating violence, bullying, harassment, and suicide; 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 management; how to make responsible decisions about sex and sexuality, including— how to avoid, and how to avoid making, unwanted verbal, physical, and sexual advances; and how alcohol and drug use can affect responsible decisionmaking; the development of healthy attitudes and values about such topics as adolescent growth and development, body image, gender roles and gender identity, racial and ethnic diversity, and sexual orientation; and 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 suicide prevention.
Each eligible entity applying for a grant under this section shall develop and submit to the Secretary a plan for a rigorous independent evaluation of such grant program. The plan shall describe an independent evaluation that— uses sound statistical methods and techniques relating to the behavioral sciences, including random assignment methodologies, whenever possible; uses quantitative data for assessments and impact evaluations, whenever possible; and is carried out by an entity independent from such eligible entity.
The Secretary shall select, at random, a subset of the eligible entities that the Secretary has selected to receive a grant under this section to receive additional funding to carry out the evaluation plan described in paragraph (1). The Secretary, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Adolescent Health, shall establish a budget for each eligible entity selected under subparagraph
(A)for the costs of carrying out the evaluation plan described in paragraph (1). The Secretary shall provide eligible entities who are selected under paragraph (2)(A) with additional funds, in accordance with the budget described in paragraph (2)(B), to carry out and report to the Secretary on the evaluation plan described in paragraph (1). The Secretary, in coordination with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall establish a common set of performance measures to assess the implementation and impact of grant programs funded under this section. Such performance measures shall include— output measures, such as the number of individuals served and the number of hours of service delivery; outcome measures, including measures relating to— the knowledge that youth participating in the grant program have gained about— adolescent growth and development; relationship dynamics; ways to prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV; and sexual health; the skills that adolescents participating in the grant program have gained regarding— negotiation and communication; decisionmaking and goal-setting; interpersonal skills and healthy relationships; and condom use; and the behaviors of adolescents participating in the grant program, including data about— age of first intercourse; number of sexual partners; condom and contraceptive use at first intercourse; recent condom and contraceptive use; and dating abuse and lifetime history of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, bullying, harassment, and stalking. Eligible entities receiving a grant under this section who have been selected to receive funds to carry out the evaluation plan described in paragraph (1), in accordance with paragraph (2)(A), shall collect and report to the Secretary— the results of the independent evaluation described in paragraph (1); and information about the performance measures described in paragraph (2). The Secretary, in coordination with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall publish on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a list of programs funded under this section that the Secretary has determined to be effective programs.
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