A new state law will require Temecula Valley Unified School District to deliver sex-ed instruction at least twice before students graduate. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1628 on Sunday, Sept. 27.

The bill, known as the Keeping Infants from Danger (K.I.D.) Act, amends Section 51934 of the California Education Code. First reported by Patch, the law takes effect Jan. 1, 2027.

TVUSD currently provides comprehensive sexual health education once a year to eighth-grade students and to high school students in their biology classes, according to the district's curriculum page. The new law requires every student in grades 7 through 12 to receive the instruction at least once in middle school and at least once in high school, delivered by trained instructors.

Whether the district's existing program already satisfies that standard is unclear. TVUSD has not issued a public statement on the new requirement. The district serves approximately 28,000 students across multiple middle and high schools, including Temecula Valley High, Chaparral High and Great Oak High.

What the curriculum must cover

Under the amended education code, the required instruction must address HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, abstinence, FDA-approved contraceptive methods, pregnancy outcomes including parenting, adoption and abortion, sexual assault, human trafficking and adolescent relationship abuse. It must also cover the state's safe surrender law, which AB 1628 itself rewrites.

Safe surrender window expands

The bill's headline provision extends California's Safe Surrender Law from 72 hours to 30 days. Parents or guardians who voluntarily surrender a newborn up to 30 days old at a designated safe-surrender site will not face prosecution for child abandonment.

Assemblymember Michelle Rodriguez, D-Ontario, introduced the bill on Tuesday, Jan. 26. She said the legislation responds to a changing healthcare landscape, including federal policy reversals and measures restricting reproductive healthcare access.

"It is imperative we take the necessary steps to codify the strongest protections possible for women and ensure every infant has a safe start to life," Rodriguez said.

California's Safely Surrendered Baby Law has been in effect since 2001. The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) reported that 931 newborns were surrendered statewide between 2001 and 2017, the most recent period for which data is available. Abandonment cases dropped from 25 in 2002 to five or fewer per year since 2010.

The TVUSD board met Sept. 8 and Sept. 22. No October meeting dates had been posted to the district's calendar as of Monday, Sept. 28.