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119-s-1910119th CongressWALLET

Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would expand access to comprehensive, rights-based sex education and youth-friendly sexual health services for young people ages 10–29. It centers medically accurate, culturally responsive, trauma‑informed instruction and services that cover contraception, STI care, consent, gender identity, and links to care.

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  • K–12 and youth organizations: Creates competitive 5‑year grants for schools and youth programs to deliver age‑ and developmentally appropriate sex education. Priority goes to State and local education agencies and Tribal entities.
  • Colleges and universities: Funds 5‑year grants for institutions to integrate sex education into orientation, courses, and campus programming, with priority for minority‑serving and needy institutions.
  • Educators and underserved youth health services: Provides training grants for teachers and staff and separate grants to deliver confidential, youth‑friendly sexual health services for underserved young people. Covered services include FDA‑approved contraception, routine gynecological care, HPV vaccination, HIV PrEP and PEP, mental health and interpersonal violence supports.

*Authorizes $100 million per year for fiscal years 2026–2031 and redirects unobligated balances from the Abstinence Until Marriage program to carry out the Act.*

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Grants and rules for youth health services

If enacted, the bill would fund five‑year grants to youth‑serving groups and clinics to provide youth‑friendly sexual health services for underserved young people. It would define those services to include counseling, all FDA‑approved contraception, routine gynecological care including HPV vaccines and cancer screening, PrEP and PEP, mental health and substance use services, and care for pregnancy and STIs. The bill would list which groups count as "underserved" and bar federal funds for programs that are medically inaccurate, leave out life‑saving information, promote stereotypes, or exclude survivors or disabled youth. It would also bar discrimination in any activity paid for under the Act.

Grants for schools, colleges, and training

If enacted, the bill would create competitive five‑year grants for K–12 schools, institutions of higher education, and educator training programs. The Secretary would give priority to state and local education agencies, Tribal organizations, and colleges that serve needy or minority students. Grants could pay for classroom curriculum, orientation programs, peer activities, and professional development for teachers and staff. The bill would cover young people who are ages 10 through 29 when they start a supported project.

Reporting, evaluation, and content rules

If enacted, grantees would file annual reports about their use of funds and people served while they receive grants. The Secretary would report to Congress within one year and annually for five years. The Department must contract within six months for an independent multi‑year evaluation and publish a report within six years. The bill would also require education programs funded under the cited public health title to include information on the effects of injecting drugs.

Federal funding, repeal, and reprogramming

If enacted, the bill would authorize $100,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2026 through 2031 for new sex education and sexual health programs. Each year the HHS Secretary would reserve set shares of whatever Congress appropriates (for example, up to 30% for K–12 grants and up to 30% for youth health services, with minimums for evaluation and research). The bill would move any unused money from the old Abstinence‑Until‑Marriage program into these new programs. It would also repeal the statutory authority for the Abstinence‑Until‑Marriage program.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]

NJ • D

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

  • Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 5/22/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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