Florida currently has no statewide standards for teaching sex education. A recent University of Florida study identified the following inadequacies in sex education in Florida:

• Sex education is rarely afforded an effective amount of time.
• It occurs too late in students’ academic careers (usually in 9th or 10th grade).
• There is little uniformity or standards (in terms of training or quality assurance).
• Sex education is not accessible to all students (especially Latinos).
• It fails to adequately address students’ needs.