There is a high correlation between adolescent women's educational skills, goals, and family income and the likelihood of pregnancy. Schools have a statutory duty to provide health instruction; this may include pregnancy-prevention programs. Includes discussion of Acquired Immune Defficiency Syndrom (AIDS) and school responsibility for educational…

The second half of an examination of the school's role in preventing pregnancy among adolescents focuses on legal issues a local school board should consider in developing a policy for dealing with problems associated with adolescent sexuality. (MLF)