Contingent on the availability of funds being appropriated by the Legislature specifically for this purpose and pursuant to Section 5 of this act, the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the State Department of Health, shall establish an instructional program for students consistent with the provisions of the Humanity of the Unborn Child Act. Local school boards may choose to implement the instructional program established by the State Department of Health and the State Department of Education consistent with the provisions of the Humanity of the Unborn Child Act. For school districts choosing to implement the instructional program, the content of instruction used by local schools to teach the humanity of the unborn child shall be at the discretion of the local school board; provided, the instructional program shall:
1. Provide accurate, scientifically verifiable information concerning the probable anatomical and physiological characteristics of the unborn child at two-week gestational intervals. The State Department of Education may utilize as a resource the material dealing with characteristics of the unborn child created pursuant to Section 1-738.3 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes and as located on the website www.awomansright.org under the link "Characteristics of the Unborn Child";
2. Include information on accessing prenatal health care; provided, no program or state employee may refer any student to a medical facility or any provider for the performance of an abortion;
3. Include no component of human sexuality education other than those included in science education standards; and
4. Comply with the provisions of the Parents' Bill of Rights, Section 2001 et seq. of Title 25 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Added by Laws 2016, c. 353, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2016.
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