California AIDS Prevention Bill Dies in Committee

AB 2768, which would have required that junior high, middle and high school students in California receive four hours of AIDS prevention instruction, died in committee at the end of May. Current law requires students to receive such instruction at least once during junior high/middle school and once in high school. The bill was originally passed by the education committee but was held up in the appropriations committee. The instruction called for in the bill would have emphasized "that sexual abstinence, monogamy, the avoidance of multiple sexual partners, and abstinence from intravenous drug use are the most effect means for AIDS prevention," while still including information on condoms and other contraceptives.

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