The Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act of 2025 aims to improve the overall health and well-being of young people by providing comprehensive sex education and sexual health services. Its purpose is to empower young individuals to make informed decisions about their bodies, health, and sexuality, while also redressing historical inequities in education and healthcare systems. The bill emphasizes that these services must be evidence-informed , medically accurate , age-appropriate , culturally responsive , and trauma-informed , aligning with national sex education standards. To achieve these goals, the Act authorizes several grant programs. These include grants for elementary and secondary schools and youth-serving organizations to provide sex education, as well as grants for institutions of higher education to integrate age-appropriate sex education into their curricula and student programming. Additionally, funding is allocated for training educators to effectively teach sex education and for organizations to deliver youth-friendly sexual health services, particularly to underserved young people . The mandated sex education content covers a broad range of topics, such as puberty, anatomy, contraception, HIV/STIs, consent and healthy relationships , gender identity, and interpersonal violence. It specifically addresses the historical and current impacts of systemic racism on health and education for Black, Indigenous, Latine, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other People of Color. The bill defines "underserved young people" broadly to include various marginalized groups, ensuring inclusive and equitable access to these vital services. The bill authorizes $100 million annually for fiscal years 2026 through 2031, with specific percentages reserved for each grant type and for research and evaluation. Significantly, it repeals Section 510 of the Social Security Act, which funded abstinence-only-until-marriage programs, and redirects those unobligated funds to support the new Act's initiatives. Grantees are required to report on fund usage and impact, and the Secretary must submit annual reports to Congress, alongside a multi-year independent evaluation of the programs' effectiveness. The legislation includes strong non-discrimination provisions, prohibiting discrimination based on actual or perceived sex, age, race, disability, and other characteristics in all funded activities. Crucially, it also imposes strict limitations on the use of federal funds, explicitly forbidding their use for sex education or sexual health services that are medically inaccurate, withhold health-promoting information, promote stereotypes, or fail to address the diverse needs of young people, including those who are sexually active, pregnant, parenting, or survivors of interpersonal violence. These measures ensure that the funded programs uphold ethical imperatives of medicine and public health.