Over 80% of polled parents agreed with the statement Sex education in school makes it easier for me to talk to my child about sexual issues, and under 17% agreed with the statement that their children were being exposed to subjects I don't think my child should be discussing.n 2010, Congress eliminated two federal programs that had funded abstinence-only education; the Adolescent Family Life (AFL) Prevention program and the Community-Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) program; $13 million and $99 million a year, respectively for a total of $112 million a year.