Comprehensive Health Education
The State Board of Education approved the South Carolina Academic Standards for Health and Safety Education on August 8, 2017. These Standards provide the scope and sequence for age appropriate comprehensive health education. The SC Standards are based on the 2007 National Health Education Standards.
Along with the Standards, the Comprehensive Health Education Act of 1988 requires that each school board appoint a CHE advisory committee to assist in the selection of curriculum components and materials. This committee must consist of two parents, three clergy, two health professionals, two teachers, two students, and two other persons not employed by the local school district. Each district advisory committee must carefully review all reproductive health education, family life education, and pregnancy prevention education materials before they are used in the schools.
“Erin’s Law” requires that all public schools in each state implement a prevention-oriented child sexual abuse program which teaches:
- Students in grades preK – 12th grade, age-appropriate techniques to recognize child sexual abuse and tell a trusted adult 2. School personnel all about child sexualabuse
- Parents & guardians the warning signs of child sexual abuse, plus needed assistance, referral or resource information to support sexually abused children and their families
Comprehensive Health Education Program Act
South Carolina Academic Standards for Health and Safety Education
South Carolina Grade Level Health and Safety Education Curriculum Guidelines
South Carolina Comprehensive Health Education Instructional Units and Resources for Sexual Abuse and Sexual Assault Prevention
Health Education Materials
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Health and Wellness 2014
McGraw Hill Publishers
6 – 8th Grades
Glencoe Teen Health 2021
McGraw Hill Publishing Company
High School
Glencoe Health 2022
McGraw Hill Publishing Company
Community Partnership Materials
Health Rocks! 4-H Healthy Life Series Beginning 2012 and Intermediate Level 2013
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Heritage Keepers Abstinence Manual 1 & Manual 2 2012
Heritage Community Services
GoNoodle Plus
2012-2016 GoNoodle, Inc.
4th and 5th Grade
Puberty Training
Always Changing® Program
Botvin LifeSkills Training | Middle School
Promoting Health and Personal Development
Ronald Rouse’s Law:
https://ed.sc.gov/newsroom/school-district-memoranda-archive/ronald-rouse-s-law-instruction-in-cpr-and-aed-use-awareness-in high-schools/ronald-rouse-s-law-instruction-in-cpr-and-aed-use-awareness-in-high-schools-memo/
Edmentum BASE Education Program: 1-12 online SEL assessment and curriculum
