Alabama legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Alabama SB209: Public K-12 schools; sex education (sex ed) curriculum further provided for, sexual risk avoidance established as sex ed curriculum, policies of local boards of education related to sex ed further provided for, parent or guardian notice of sex ed curriculum required, Attorney General authorized to enforce
Status: Signed into law, April 17, 2026
What the bill says
An Act, Relating to sex education in public K-12 schools; to amend Section 16-40A-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to require sex education and human reproductive process curricula and programs to teach sexual risk avoidance and encourage abstinence from all sexual activity; to prohibit the promotion of abortions or any sexual activity in sex education or human reproductive process curricula; to prohibit demonstrations of contraceptives in sex education or human reproductive process curricula…
From the enrolled text:
An Act, Relating to sex education in public K-12 schools; to amend Section 16-40A-2, Code of Alabama 1975, to require sex education and human reproductive process curricula and programs to teach sexual risk avoidance and encourage abstinence from all sexual activity; to prohibit the promotion of abortions or any sexual activity in sex education or human reproductive process curricula; to prohibit demonstrations of contraceptives in sex education or human reproductive process curricula; to authorize parents or guardians to opt their child out of sex education or human reproductive process curricula or programs; and to authorize the Attorney General to enforce the act. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA: Section 1. Section 16-40A-2, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows: "§16-40A-2 (a) Any program or curriculum in the public schools in Alabama that includes sex education or the human reproductive process shall teach sexual risk avoidance content and, at a minimum, include and emphasize each of the following: (1) Abstinence from sex all sexual activity is the only completely100 percent effective protection against way to prevent unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and infections, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) when transmitted sexually. For the purposes of this section, Page transmitted sexually. For the purposes of this section, SB209 Enrolled "sexual activity" refers to any physical contact between …