CPS to expand free condom program to 24 schools
Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago Public Schools and the city’s public health department will be expanding a pilot program to make condoms available to high school students to 24 schools this fall as part of an ongoing effort to combat teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases among young people.
School officials said currently condoms are available at two district schools—Collins High School and Foreman High School.
The district will be working with the Chicago Department of Public Health to identify which 24 schools will get the condoms, but CPS spokeswoman Lauren Huffman said it is ultimately up to each principal to decide whether condoms will be available in their school building.
If a principal decides to make the condoms available, the program will be overseen by a staff member trained in sexual health education who can answer student questions, officials said.
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