South Carolina § 59-32-20 - Selection or adoption of instruction units by state board required.
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§ 59-32-20. Selection or adoption of instruction units by state board required.
(A) Before August 1, 1988, the board, through the department, shall select or develop an instructional unit with separate components addressing the subjects of reproductive health education, family life education, pregnancy prevention education, and sexually transmitted diseases and make the instructional unit available to local school districts. The board, through the department, also shall make available information about other programs developed by other states upon request of a local school district.
(B) In addition to the provisions of subsection (A), before September 1, 2015, the board, through the department, shall select or develop instructional units in sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention, with separate units appropriate for each age level from four-year-old kindergarten through twelfth grade.
(C) Before August 1, 2018, and through the cyclical review process, if deemed necessary, the board shall include instruction on prescription opioid abuse prevention, with an emphasis on the prescription drug epidemic and the connection between opioid abuse and addiction to other drugs, such as heroin, in the health standards. In addition, the board shall make available to districts a list of instructional materials that meet state standards. Districts shall continue to adopt or develop curriculum locally.
(D) At the next cyclical review of the health standards, the board shall continue to revise existing age-appropriate standards and concepts that address mental, emotional, and social health.
HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 437, SECTION 3; 2014 Act No. 293 (H.4061), SECTION 1, eff June 23, 2014; 2018 Act No. 185 (S.302), SECTION 3, eff May 17, 2018; 2020 Act No. 170 (H.3257), SECTION 1, eff September 29, 2020.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 293, SECTION 1, inserted subsection designator (A), and added subsection (B).
2018 Act No. 185, SECTION 3, added (C), relating to instruction on prescription opioid abuse prevention.
2020 Act No. 170, SECTION 1, added (D).
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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