House Amendment 8422
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 2558 as follows:
1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting
1 3 clause and inserting the following:
1 4 <Section 1. Section 256.9, Code Supplement 2003,
1 5 is amended by adding the following new subsection:
1 6 NEW SUBSECTION. 53. Prepare and make available to
1 7 school districts and accredited nonpublic schools
1 8 courses of instruction that meet the requirements of
1 9 section 256.11, subsection 15. The director shall
1 10 develop a procedure for evaluating and measuring the
1 11 effectiveness of human growth and development, health
1 12 education, and family life curricula in each school
1 13 district and accredited nonpublic school, including
1 14 the setting of reasonable goals for reduced sexual
1 15 activity, sexually transmitted diseases, and
1 16 premarital pregnancy.
1 17 Sec. 2. Section 256.11, subsections 2, 3, and 4,
1 18 Code 2003, are amended to read as follows:
1 19 2. The kindergarten program shall include
1 20 experiences designed to develop healthy emotional and
1 21 social habits and growth in the language arts and
1 22 communication skills, as well as a capacity for the
1 23 completion of individual tasks, and protect and
1 24 increase physical well=being with attention given to
1 25 experiences relating to the development of life skills
1 26 and medically accurate and age appropriate human
1 27 growth and development. A kindergarten teacher shall
1 28 be licensed to teach in kindergarten. An accredited
1 29 nonpublic school must meet the requirements of this
1 30 subsection only if the nonpublic school offers a
1 31 kindergarten program.
1 32 3. The following areas shall be taught in grades
1 33 one through six: English=language arts, social
1 34 studies, mathematics, science, health, medically
1 35 accurate and age appropriate human growth and
1 36 development, physical education, traffic safety,
1 37 music, and visual art. The health curriculum shall
1 38 include medically accurate and age appropriate
1 39 information regarding the characteristics of
1 40 communicable diseases including acquired immune
1 41 deficiency syndrome. The state board as part of
1 42 accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum
1 43 definitions for implementing the elementary program.
1 44 4. The following shall be taught in grades seven
1 45 and eight: English=language arts; social studies;
1 46 mathematics; science; health; medically accurate and
1 47 age appropriate human growth and development, family,
1 48 consumer, career, and technology education; physical
1 49 education; music; and visual art. The health
1 50 curriculum shall include medically accurate and age
2 1 appropriate information regarding the characteristics
2 2 of sexually transmitted diseases and acquired immune
2 3 deficiency syndrome. The state board as part of
2 4 accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum
2 5 definitions for implementing the program in grades
2 6 seven and eight. However, this subsection shall not
2 7 apply to the teaching of family, consumer, career, and
2 8 technology education in nonpublic schools.
2 9 Sec. 3. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph j,
2 10 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2003, is amended to read
2 11 as follows:
2 12 One unit of health education which shall include
2 13 personal health; food and nutrition; environmental
2 14 health; safety and survival skills; consumer health;
2 15 family life; medically accurate and age appropriate
2 16 human growth and development; substance abuse and
2 17 nonuse; emotional and social health; health resources;
2 18 and prevention and control of disease, including
2 19 medically accurate and age appropriate information
2 20 regarding sexually transmitted diseases and acquired
2 21 immune deficiency syndrome.
2 22 Sec. 4. Section 256.11, Code 2003, is amended by
2 23 adding the following new subsection:
2 24 NEW SUBSECTION. 15. All human growth and
2 25 development, health education, and family life courses
2 26 of instruction offered at grade levels six through
2 27 twelve that discuss sexual activity or behavior shall
2 28 satisfy the following conditions:
2 29 a. Information presented in course material and
2 30 instruction shall be medically accurate and objective.
2 31 b. All course materials and instruction shall be
2 32 age and developmentally appropriate.
2 33 c. Course materials and instruction shall include
2 34 the following:
2 35 (1) Parameters for a discussion of sexual
2 36 abstinence as a method to prevent unintended pregnancy
2 37 and sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV.
2 38 (2) Presentation of the latest medically factual
2 39 information regarding both the possible side effects
2 40 and health benefits of all forms of contraception.
2 41 (3) Discussion of the possible consequences of
2 42 unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases
2 43 such as HIV. The materials and instruction shall
2 44 stress the potentially serious hazards of sexual
2 45 activity or behavior.
2 46 (4) Statistics based on the latest medical
2 47 information citing the failure and success rates of
2 48 all contraceptive methods for the prevention of
2 49 pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases such as
2 50 HIV.
3 1 (5) Provision for the development of positive
3 2 communication skills that support and maintain healthy
3 3 relationships and reject unwanted sexual activity.
3 4 (6) Emphasize a student's power to control
3 5 personal behavior. Students shall be encouraged to
3 6 base their actions on reasoning, self=discipline,
3 7 sense of responsibility, self=control, and ethical
3 8 considerations, such as respect for oneself and
3 9 others.
3 10 (7) Methods that teach students not to make
3 11 unwanted physical and verbal sexual advances and how
3 12 to reject unwanted sexual advances. The materials and
3 13 instruction shall cover verbal, physical, and visual
3 14 sexual harassment, including nonconsensual sexual
3 15 advances, nonconsensual physical sexual contact, and
3 16 rape by an acquaintance. The course materials and
3 17 instruction shall emphasize personal accountability
3 18 and respect for others and shall also encourage youth
3 19 to resist peer pressure.
3 20 (8) Shall teach that it is wrong to take advantage
3 21 of or exploit another person.
3 22 (9) Instruction in the potential legal
3 23 consequences of sexual assault under the Iowa criminal
3 24 code.
3 25 (10) Shall be free of racial, ethnic, and gender
3 26 biases.
3 27 (11) Shall teach students about counseling,
3 28 medical and legal resources available to survivors of
3 29 sexual abuse and sexual assault, including resources
3 30 for escaping violent relationships.
3 31 d. For purposes of this subsection, "HIV" means
3 32 the same as defined in section 141A.1.
3 33 e. "Medically accurate", as used in this section,
3 34 means supported by research conducted in compliance
3 35 with accepted scientific methods; recognized as
3 36 accurate and objective by leading professional
3 37 organizations and agencies with relevant expertise in
3 38 the field, which may include but shall not be limited
3 39 to the American college of obstetricians and
3 40 gynecologists and the centers for disease control and
3 41 prevention of the United States department of health
3 42 and human services; and published in peer=reviewed
3 43 publications where appropriate.>
3 44 #2. Title page, line 1, by striking the words
3 45 <crimes against> and inserting the following:
3 46 <providing human growth and development, health
3 47 education, and family life instruction to>.
3 48 #3. Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking the
3 49 words <at any stage of development and making
3 50 penalties applicable>.
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4 4 MASCHER of Johnson
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