New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.20 Sex Education Programs and Abstinence Instruction

New Jersey Revised Statutes § 18A:35-4.20 requires that any public school sex education program emphasize abstinence as the only completely reliable means to prevent pregnancy and to avoid HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections. The statute does not prohibit broader instruction on reproductive health, but it mandates that abstinence remain the central message of such programs.