House Amendment 1245
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend the amendment, H=1223, to House File 816 as
1 2 follows:
1 3 #1. Page 3, by inserting after line 16 the
1 4 following:
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1 6 following:
1 7 <Sec. . Section 256.9, Code 2005, is amended by
1 8 adding the following new subsection:
1 9 NEW SUBSECTION. 53. Prepare and make available to
1 10 school districts and accredited nonpublic schools
1 11 courses of instruction that meet the requirements of
1 12 section 280.28. The director shall set forth
1 13 standards and criteria for professional development
1 14 related to these courses of instruction for school
1 15 districts, accredited nonpublic schools, area
1 16 education agencies, and practitioner preparation
1 17 programs which encourage cooperative planning and
1 18 voluntary professional development for all school
1 19 personnel that provide health, human growth and
1 20 development, or family education and request the
1 21 training, through regional planning, joint powers
1 22 agreements, or contract services; and which provide
1 23 for periodic, voluntary, professional development
1 24 training to update school personnel regarding new
1 25 developments in health, human growth and development,
1 26 or family education. The director shall also develop
1 27 a procedure for evaluating human growth and
1 28 development, health education, and family life
1 29 curricula in each school district and accredited
1 30 nonpublic school offering comprehensive sexual health
1 31 education in order to determine compliance with the
1 32 provisions of section 280.28.
1 33 Sec. . Section 256.11, subsections 3 and 4,
1 34 Code 2005, are amended to read as follows:
1 35 3. The following areas shall be taught in grades
1 36 one through six: English=language arts, social
1 37 studies, mathematics, science, health, age=appropriate
1 38 and science=based human growth and development,
1 39 physical education, traffic safety, music, and visual
1 40 art. The health curriculum shall include the
1 41 characteristics of communicable diseases including
1 42 acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The state board
1 43 as part of accreditation standards shall adopt
1 44 curriculum definitions for implementing the elementary
1 45 program.
1 46 4. The following shall be taught in grades seven
1 47 and eight: English=language arts; social studies;
1 48 mathematics; science; health; age=appropriate and
1 49 science=based human growth and development, family,
1 50 consumer, career, and technology education; physical
2 1 education; music; and visual art. The health
2 2 curriculum shall include age=appropriate and science=
2 3 based information regarding the characteristics of
2 4 sexually transmitted diseases and acquired immune
2 5 deficiency syndrome. The state board as part of
2 6 accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum
2 7 definitions for implementing the program in grades
2 8 seven and eight. However, this subsection shall not
2 9 apply to the teaching of family, consumer, career, and
2 10 technology education in nonpublic schools.
2 11 Sec. . Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph
2 12 j, Code 2005, is amended to read as follows:
2 13 j. One unit of health education which shall
2 14 include personal health; food and nutrition;
2 15 environmental health; safety and survival skills;
2 16 consumer health; family life; age=appropriate and
2 17 science=based human growth and development; substance
2 18 abuse and nonuse; emotional and social health; health
2 19 resources; and prevention and control of disease,
2 20 including age=appropriate and science=based
2 21 information regarding sexually transmitted diseases
2 22 and acquired immune deficiency syndrome.>>
2 23 #2. Page 4, by inserting after line 28 the
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2 26 following:
2 27 <Sec. . NEW SECTION. 280.28 SEXUAL HEALTH
2 28 EDUCATION AUTHORIZED.
2 29 1. The board of directors of each school district
2 30 and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school
2 31 may provide age=appropriate, comprehensive sexual
2 32 health education as part of the health, human growth
2 33 and development, or family education curriculum taught
2 34 in accordance with section 256.11.
2 35 2. The school district or school may train school
2 36 personnel or contract with consultants who have
2 37 expertise in comprehensive sexual health education to
2 38 deliver the instruction authorized by this section.
2 39 3. Whether taught by school district or school
2 40 personnel or by outside consultants, the comprehensive
2 41 sexual health education provided in accordance with
2 42 subsection 1 shall meet all of the following criteria:
2 43 a. Instruction and materials used shall be age=
2 44 appropriate.
2 45 b. All factual information presented shall be
2 46 science=based and objective.
2 47 c. Instruction for a student who is limited
2 48 English proficient shall be as required pursuant to
2 49 section 280.4, and shall be consistent with the
2 50 existing curriculum and alternative options for a
3 1 student who is limited English proficient.
3 2 d. Instruction and materials shall meet all of the
3 3 following conditions:
3 4 (1) Are appropriate for use with students of all
3 5 ethnic and racial groups, sexual orientations,
3 6 genders, and physical and mental abilities.
3 7 (2) Are accessible to students with disabilities,
3 8 including but not limited to, the provision of a
3 9 modified curriculum, materials, and instruction in
3 10 alternative formats, and auxiliary aids.
3 11 (3) Encourage a student to communicate with the
3 12 student's parent or guardian about human sexuality.
3 13 (4) Teach students to recognize unwanted physical
3 14 and verbal sexual advances, not to make unwanted
3 15 physical and verbal sexual advances, and how to
3 16 effectively reject unwanted sexual advances. The
3 17 instruction and materials shall cover verbal,
3 18 physical, and visual sexual harassment, including
3 19 nonconsensual sexual advances, nonconsensual physical
3 20 sexual contact, and rape by an acquaintance or family
3 21 member. The course information and materials shall
3 22 emphasize personal accountability and respect for
3 23 others and shall also encourage youth to resist peer
3 24 pressure.
3 25 (5) Teach that it is wrong to take advantage of or
3 26 exploit another person.
3 27 (6) Teach students about counseling, medical, and
3 28 legal resources available to survivors of sexual abuse
3 29 and sexual assault, including resources for escaping
3 30 violent relationships.
3 31 (7) Teach, commencing in grade seven, the value of
3 32 abstinence, that abstinence from sexual intercourse is
3 33 the only certain way to prevent unintended pregnancy,
3 34 that abstinence from sexual activity is the only
3 35 certain way to prevent sexually transmitted diseases,
3 36 and provide science=based information on other methods
3 37 of preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted
3 38 diseases and HIV.
3 39 (8) Teach, commencing in grade seven, about
3 40 sexually transmitted diseases, including how sexually
3 41 transmitted diseases are and are not transmitted, the
3 42 effectiveness and safety of all federal food and drug
3 43 administration=approved methods of reducing the risk
3 44 of contracting sexually transmitted diseases, and
3 45 identify local resources for testing and medical care
3 46 for sexually transmitted diseases and HIV.
3 47 (9) Provide, commencing in grade seven, data
3 48 regarding the effectiveness and safety of all federal
3 49 food and drug administration=approved contraceptive
3 50 methods in preventing pregnancy, including but not
4 1 limited to, emergency contraception.
4 2 (10) Provide, commencing in grade seven, students
4 3 with skills for making and implementing responsible
4 4 decisions about sexuality.
4 5 4. If the board of directors of a school district
4 6 or the authorities in charge of a nonpublic school
4 7 elect not to provide comprehensive sexual health
4 8 education in accordance with subsection 1, the school
4 9 district or school shall, at the beginning of each
4 10 school year, send a notice to the parent or guardian
4 11 of each student enrolled in the school district or
4 12 school that explains all of the following:
4 13 a. That the state authorizes age=appropriate,
4 14 comprehensive sexual health education in kindergarten
4 15 through grade twelve.
4 16 b. The criteria for comprehensive sexual health
4 17 education set forth in subsection 3.
4 18 c. That comprehensive sexual health education is
4 19 not being offered to the student.
4 20 5. A pupil shall not be required to take
4 21 comprehensive sexual health education instruction if
4 22 the parent or guardian files with the appropriate
4 23 principal a written request that the pupil be excused
4 24 from the instruction.
4 25 6. For purposes of this section and section
4 26 256.11, unless the context otherwise requires:
4 27 a. "Age=appropriate" means topics, messages, and
4 28 teaching methods suitable to particular ages or age
4 29 groups of children and adolescents, based on
4 30 developing cognitive, emotional, and behavioral
4 31 capacity typical for the age or age group.
4 32 b. "HIV" means HIV as defined in section 141A.1.
4 33 c. "Science=based" means all of the following:
4 34 (1) Complete information that is verified or
4 35 supported by the weight of research conducted in
4 36 compliance with accepted scientific methods;
4 37 recognized as accurate and objective by leading
4 38 professional organizations and agencies with relevant
4 39 expertise in the field, such as the American college
4 40 of obstetricians and gynecologists, the American
4 41 public health association, and the American academy of
4 42 pediatrics; and published in peer=reviewed journals
4 43 where appropriate.
4 44 (2) Information that is free of racial, ethnic,
4 45 sexual orientation, and gender biases.>>
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4 49 MASCHER of Johnson
4 50 HF 816.717 81
5 1 kh/gg/2366
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