Sexuality education is debated as restrictive programs gain popularity.

The Sexuality Education in the US (SIECUS) Community Advocacy Project has tracked controversies in sexuality education over the years in order to gain an understanding of national trends as they emerge and reappear. During the 1999-2000 school year SIECUS documented 122 debates regarding sexuality education in 31 states. This article provides an overview of debates regarding abstinence-only-until-marriage education on the federal state and local levels as well as state and local debates regarding other topics related to sexuality education. Overall it was seen that communities have continually narrowed the scope of sexuality education. Some have adopted strict abstinence-only-until-marriage programs some have excluded topics they felt were too controversial some have rejected explicit materials and some have even limited the discussion of basic information about puberty. In addition to such debates many states and communities demonstrated concern about such subjects as appropriate content opt-in/opt-out policies and separating students by gender for presentations.