[Memo to William L. Roper from Gary Lee Bauer]

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY
I 6~ THE UNDER H L, LTARY
MEMORANDUM
To: William L. Roper
Assistant Secretary
Health Care Financing Agency, DHHS
From: Gary L. Bauer1d f~
The Under Sec-*etary
Subject: AIDS Education
The Department of Education believes that education abut
human sexuality and AIDS should incorporate these
principles:
1. It should be based on parental involvement.
2. It should teach that children should not have sex.
3. It should encourage responsible sexual behavior--based
on fidelity, commitment, and maturity, placing human
sexuality within the context of family life.
4. It should not be neutral between heterosexual and
homosexual sex. Homosexuals should not be persecuted--
but, heterosexual sex within marriage is what most
Americans, our laws and our traditions consider th
proper focus of human sexuality.
5. Sex education should neither fall into a false
neutrality (a la values clarification) nor browbeating (a la values indoctrination). It should
comport with the good sense of the American people--
thus, the necessity of parental and community
involvement. Schools should stress the importance of
conscience, morality, honesty, and ethics in sexual
behavior.
The Federal Government should not mandate curriculum. It
should assemble the best and most accurate information we
have and make it available to educators and the American

people. We should trust the American people to use this
information in a manner appropriate to their community's
needs.
We trust that the Department of Education would be
involved in the clearance of any materials for our schools.

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