1. Increase by 15 percent the proportion of school districts that require age-appropriate HIV education at each grade level, K-12, especially at grades 9-12, preferably as part of comprehensive school health education.
2. Increase by 15 percent the proportion of colleges and universities that provide HIV education for students and staff, preferably as part of an institution-wide health promotion program.
3. Decrease by 10 percent at each grade level the proportion of 9th to 12th grade students who report they have engaged in sexual intercourse.
4. Among 9th to 12th grade students who report they have engaged in sexual intercourse, decrease by 10 percent the proportion who report they have engaged in sexual intercourse during the past 3 months.
5. Among 9th to 12th grade students who report they have engaged in sexual intercourse during the past 3 months, increase by 10 percent the proportion who report they used a condom at last intercourse.
6. Decrease by 10 percent the proportion of 9th to 12th grade students who report they have injected illicit drugs.

1. Monitor state-level policy and program requirements that support effective HIV education within comprehensive school health education (CSHEs).
2. Monitor progress toward objectives.
3. Monitor district-level policy and program requirements that support effective HIV education within comprehensive school health education programs.
4. Monitor the prevalence of behaviors that cause HIV infection and related health problems among school and college youth.
5. Implement and revise as necessary, CDC guidelines for effective school health education to prevent the spread of HIV infection.
6. Enhance the capacity of State and local educational agencies to develop and implement effective HIV education within CSHEs.
7. Enhance the capacity of colleges and universities to provide HIV education for students and staff, preferably as part of an institution-wide health promotion program.
8. Ensure the integration of education to prevent HIV infection, other STDs and the use of alcohol and other drugs among youth.
9. Strengthen the capabilities of state and local departments of education and health to collaboratively help schools, colleges and universities implement effective HIV education programs for youth.
10. Increase the effectiveness of HIV education for youth served by State and local departments of education and colleges and universities through the efforts of selected national organizations.
11. Enhance the capacity of State and local agencies to help prevent HIV infection and HIV-related problems among youth through the efforts of training and demonstration centers established for State and local departments of education.
12. Establish teacher training coordinators in every interested State to help teachers provide effective HIV education within a CSHE.
13. Identify and disseminate, through training and demonstration centers and through teacher training directors, HIV education programs that have been shown to the be effective in reducing behaviors that cause HIV infection and related health problems.
14. Synthesize and apply the results of research to increase the effectiveness of HIV prevention education for youth.
15. Conduct formative evaluations of state and local departments of education policies, curricula, teacher training, and school efforts to prevent behaviors that cause HIV infection and related health problems.
16. Develop a standardized report for each State to profile the nature of priority health problems and risk behaviors among youth in that State and school efforts to prevent these problems and behaviors.
17. Conduct evaluations of the effectiveness of existing school-based interventions to reduce behaviors that result in HIV infection and related health problems.
18. Develop state-of-the-art school-based interventions and evaluate their effectiveness in reducing behaviors that result in HIV and related health problems.
19. Conduct and apply meta-evaluations of existing research data about the effectiveness of school-based interventions in reducing health risks behaviors among adolescents.

Funding and technical assistance for State and local educational agencies is provided through several avenues including national non-governmental organizations, colleges and universities, and teacher training sites. There is also support for youth surveys and projects to reach out-of-school youth.

Young persons engaging in behaviors that place them at risk for acquiring HIV through sexual exposure, including all major racial and ethnic groups. All school- and college-aged youth regardless of school enrollment status.

Consultation with a wide range of constituency groups was established to: (1) improve existing programmatic efforts; (2) improve assistance and resources provided by CDC; and, (3) explore strategies that the Nation might take to improve the health status of young people. These groups include representatives from: (1) every State education agency, District of Columbia, and six territorial education agencies; (2) national nongovernmental health or education organizations, 3) colleges and universities, 4) State public health departments, as well as young people themselves. Meetings included an annual constituency meeting, quarterly training programs, and communication through an electronic bulletin board and network.