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1 1 Section 1. Section 256.11, subsection 4, Code Supplement
1 2 2001, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 4. The following shall be taught in grades seven and
1 4 eight: English-language arts; social studies and civics;
1 5 mathematics; science; health; human growth and development,
1 6 family, consumer, career, and technology education; physical
1 7 education; music; and visual art. The civics curriculum shall
1 8 include the history and principles of the constitutional
1 9 government of the United States and encourage competence and
1 10 responsibility in the exercise of the rights and duties of
1 11 citizens. The health curriculum shall include the
1 12 characteristics of sexually transmitted diseases and acquired
1 13 immune deficiency syndrome. The state board as part of
1 14 accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum definitions for
1 15 implementing the program in grades seven and eight. However,
1 16 this subsection shall not apply to the teaching of family,
1 17 consumer, career, and technology education in nonpublic
1 18 schools.
1 19 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance
1 20 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
1 21 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
1 22 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
1 23 received by the school district under section 257.16. This
1 24 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed
1 25 to meet all the state funding-related requirements of section
1 26 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be
1 27 necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and
1 28 enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts.
1 29 EXPLANATION
1 30 This bill expands the educational standards that must be
1 31 met by public and accredited nonpublic schools by adding
1 32 civics to the social studies curriculum in grades seven and
1 33 eight. The bill specifies that the civics curriculum must
1 34 include the history and principles of the constitutional
1 35 government of the United States and encourage competence and
2 1 responsibility in the exercise of the rights and duties of
2 2 citizens.
2 3 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
2 4 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any
2 5 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school
2 6 district from state school foundation aid received by the
2 7 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification
2 8 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state
2 9 mandate funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2.
2 10 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate
2 11 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any
2 12 state mandates included in the bill.
2 13 LSB 5392YH 79
2 14 kh/sh/8
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