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1 1 Amend Senate File 440, as passed by the Senate, as
1 2 follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
1 4 following:
1 5 "Section 1. Section 256.9, Code 2003, is amended
1 6 by adding the following new subsection:
1 7 NEW SUBSECTION. 52. Prepare and make available to
1 8 school districts and accredited nonpublic schools
1 9 courses of instruction that meet the requirements of
1 10 section 256.11, subsection 15. The director shall
1 11 develop a procedure for evaluating and measuring the
1 12 effectiveness of human growth and development, health
1 13 education, and family life curricula in each school
1 14 district and accredited nonpublic school, including
1 15 the setting of reasonable goals for reduced sexual
1 16 activity, sexually transmitted diseases, and
1 17 premarital pregnancy.
1 18 Sec. 2. Section 256.11, subsections 2, 3, and 4,
1 19 Code 2003, are amended to read as follows:
1 20 2. The kindergarten program shall include
1 21 experiences designed to develop healthy emotional and
1 22 social habits and growth in the language arts and
1 23 communication skills, as well as a capacity for the
1 24 completion of individual tasks, and protect and
1 25 increase physical well-being with attention given to
1 26 experiences relating to the development of life skills
1 27 and medically accurate and age appropriate human
1 28 growth and development. A kindergarten teacher shall
1 29 be licensed to teach in kindergarten. An accredited
1 30 nonpublic school must meet the requirements of this
1 31 subsection only if the nonpublic school offers a
1 32 kindergarten program.
1 33 3. The following areas shall be taught in grades
1 34 one through six: English-language arts, social
1 35 studies, mathematics, science, health, medically
1 36 accurate and age appropriate human growth and
1 37 development, physical education, traffic safety,
1 38 music, and visual art. The health curriculum shall
1 39 include medically accurate and age appropriate
1 40 information regarding the characteristics of
1 41 communicable diseases including acquired immune
1 42 deficiency syndrome. The state board as part of
1 43 accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum
1 44 definitions for implementing the elementary program.
1 45 4. The following shall be taught in grades seven
1 46 and eight: English-language arts; social studies;
1 47 mathematics; science; health; medically accurate and
1 48 age appropriate human growth and development, family,
1 49 consumer, career, and technology education; physical
1 50 education; music; and visual art. The health
2 1 curriculum shall include medically accurate and age
2 2 appropriate information regarding the characteristics
2 3 of sexually transmitted diseases and acquired immune
2 4 deficiency syndrome. The state board as part of
2 5 accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum
2 6 definitions for implementing the program in grades
2 7 seven and eight. However, this subsection shall not
2 8 apply to the teaching of family, consumer, career, and
2 9 technology education in nonpublic schools.
2 10 Sec. 3. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph j,
2 11 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2003, is amended to read
2 12 as follows:
2 13 One unit of health education which shall include
2 14 personal health; food and nutrition; environmental
2 15 health; safety and survival skills; consumer health;
2 16 family life; medically accurate and age appropriate
2 17 human growth and development; substance abuse and
2 18 nonuse; emotional and social health; health resources;
2 19 and prevention and control of disease, including
2 20 medically accurate and age appropriate information
2 21 regarding sexually transmitted diseases and acquired
2 22 immune deficiency syndrome.
2 23 Sec. 4. Section 256.11, Code 2003, is amended by
2 24 adding the following new subsection:
2 25 NEW SUBSECTION. 15. All human growth and
2 26 development, health education, and family life courses
2 27 of instruction offered at grade levels six through
2 28 twelve that discuss sexual activity or behavior shall
2 29 satisfy the following conditions:
2 30 a. Information presented in course material and
2 31 instruction shall be medically accurate and objective.
2 32 b. All course materials and instruction shall be
2 33 age and developmentally appropriate.
2 34 c. Course materials and instruction shall include
2 35 the following:
2 36 (1) Parameters for a discussion of sexual
2 37 abstinence as a method to prevent unintended pregnancy
2 38 and sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV.
2 39 (2) Presentation of the latest medically factual
2 40 information regarding both the possible side effects
2 41 and health benefits of all forms of contraception.
2 42 (3) Discussion of the possible consequences of
2 43 unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases
2 44 such as HIV. The materials and instruction shall
2 45 stress the potentially serious hazards of sexual
2 46 activity or behavior.
2 47 (4) Statistics based on the latest medical
2 48 information citing the failure and success rates of
2 49 all contraceptive methods for the prevention of
2 50 pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases such as
3 1 HIV.
3 2 (5) Provision for the development of positive
3 3 communication skills that support and maintain healthy
3 4 relationships and reject unwanted sexual activity.
3 5 (6) Emphasize a student's power to control
3 6 personal behavior. Students shall be encouraged to
3 7 base their actions on reasoning, self-discipline,
3 8 sense of responsibility, self-control, and ethical
3 9 considerations, such as respect for oneself and
3 10 others.
3 11 (7) Methods that teach students not to make
3 12 unwanted physical and verbal sexual advances and how
3 13 to reject unwanted sexual advances. The materials and
3 14 instruction shall cover verbal, physical, and visual
3 15 sexual harassment, including nonconsensual sexual
3 16 advances, nonconsensual physical sexual contact, and
3 17 rape by an acquaintance. The course materials and
3 18 instruction shall emphasize personal accountability
3 19 and respect for others and shall also encourage youth
3 20 to resist peer pressure.
3 21 (8) Shall teach that it is wrong to take advantage
3 22 of or exploit another person.
3 23 (9) Instruction in the potential legal
3 24 consequences of sexual assault under the Iowa criminal
3 25 code.
3 26 (10) Shall be free of racial, ethnic, and gender
3 27 biases.
3 28 (11) Shall teach students about counseling,
3 29 medical and legal resources available to survivors of
3 30 sexual abuse and sexual assault, including resources
3 31 for escaping violent relationships.
3 32 d. For purposes of this subsection, "HIV" means
3 33 the same as defined in section 141A.1.
3 34 e. "Medically accurate", as used in this section,
3 35 means supported by research conducted in compliance
3 36 with accepted scientific methods; recognized as
3 37 accurate and objective by leading professional
3 38 organizations and agencies with relevant expertise in
3 39 the field, which may include but shall not be limited
3 40 to the American college of obstetricians and
3 41 gynecologists and the centers for disease control and
3 42 prevention of the United States department of health
3 43 and human services; and published in peer-reviewed
3 44 publications where appropriate."
3 45 #2. Title page, line 1, by striking the words
3 46 "providing for" and inserting the following:
3 47 "relating to education concerning human growth and
3 48 development, health education, and family life
3 49 instruction by school districts and accredited
3 50 nonpublic schools, and concerning".
4 1 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
4 2
4 3
4 4
4 5 MASCHER of Johnson
4 6 SF 440.202 80
4 7 rn/sh
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