S-5073

   Amend House File 2617, as passed by the House, as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   <Section 1.  Section 256.11, subsection 4, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   4.  The following shall be taught in grades seven and eight:  English-language arts; social studies; mathematics; science; health; age-appropriate and research-based human growth and development that incorporates the standards established under section 279.50, subsection 3, paragraph “b”; career exploration and development; physical education; music; and visual art. Computer science instruction incorporating the standards established under section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (4), shall be offered in at least one grade level commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2023. Career exploration and development shall be designed so that students are appropriately prepared to create an individual career and academic plan pursuant to section 279.61, incorporate foundational career and technical education concepts aligned with the six career and technical education service areas as defined in  subsection 5, paragraph “h”, incorporate relevant twenty-first century skills to facilitate career readiness, and introduce students to career opportunities within the local community and across this state. The health curriculum shall include age-appropriate and research-based information regarding the characteristics of sexually transmitted diseases. The state board as part of accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum definitions for implementing the program in grades seven and eight. However, this subsection shall not apply to the teaching of career exploration and development in nonpublic schools.
   Sec. 2.  Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph j, subparagraph (1), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  One unit of health education which may include personal health; food and nutrition; environmental health; safety and survival skills; consumer health; family life; age-appropriate and research-based human growth and development that incorporates the standards established under section 279.50, subsection 3, paragraph “b”; substance use disorder and nonuse; emotional and social health; health resources; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and prevention and control of disease, including age-appropriate and research-based information regarding sexually transmitted diseases.
   Sec. 3.  Section 256E.7, subsection 2, paragraph g, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   g.  Be subject to and comply with the requirements of section 256.7, subsection 21, and the educational standards of section 256.11, unless specifically waived by the state board during the application process; provided, however, that the state board shall not waive the educational standards of section 256.11 relating to the human growth and development curriculum for grades seven and eight or the health curriculum for grades nine through twelve.
   Sec. 4.  Section 256F.4, subsection 2, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  p.  Be subject to and comply with the requirements of section 256.11 relating to the human growth and development curriculum for grades seven and eight and the health curriculum for grades nine through twelve.
   Sec. 5.  Section 279.50, subsection 3, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  a.  Each school board shall provide age-appropriate and research-based instruction in human growth and development including instruction regarding human sexuality, self-esteem, stress management, interpersonal relationships, domestic abuse, and the prevention and control of disease, including sexually transmitted diseases as required in section 256.11, in grades seven through twelve.
   b.  The age-appropriate and research-based instruction in human growth and development described in paragraph “a” shall include all of the following:
   (1)  Instruction related to human development inside the womb.
   (2)  A high-definition ultrasound video showing the presence of the brain, heart, and other vital organs in early fetal development.
   (3)  A high-quality, computer-generated rendering or animation that depicts the humanity of the unborn child, that shows every stage of human development inside the uterus, starting at conception, and that notes significant markers in cell growth and organ development for every significant marker of pregnancy until birth.>

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COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

KEN ROZENBOOM, CHAIRPERSON