§ 16-40-14 — Success Sequence Curriculum

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) BOARD. The State Board of Education.
(2) SUCCESS SEQUENCE. A three-pronged framework for youths and young adults based on research from diverse institutions that individuals who complete at least a high school education, obtain full-time employment, and marry before having children are overwhelmingly less likely to live in poverty in adulthood.
(b) Commencing with the 2026-2027 school year, all students shall receive instruction in the success sequence at least twice before they graduate from high school.
(c) The board shall develop standards and a model curriculum to be adopted and implemented by local boards of education that describe the positive personal and societal outcomes associated with the success sequence. The curriculum may be presented in an age-appropriate manner through an assembly, a series of assemblies, or incorporated into existing curriculum, and shall incorporate evidence drawn from seminal academic studies on the success sequence including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) “Creating an Opportunity Society” by Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill of The Brookings Institution.
(2) “The Millennial Success Sequence” by Wendy Wang and W. Bradford Wilcox of the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for Family Studies.
(3) “Assessing the Benefits of the Success Sequence for Economic Self-Sufficiency and Family Stability” by Hande Inanc, Ariella Spitzer, and Brian Goesling for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
(d) The board, by rule, shall develop a process to recruit, select, and train instructors to administer the curriculum.
(e) The board shall adopt rules to implement and administer this section.

Legislative History

(Act 2025-411, §2.)