House
File
2269
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2269
BY
MASCHER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
expanding
the
educational
standards
to
include
1
age-appropriate
comprehensive
sexuality
education
2
instruction
at
the
elementary
and
secondary
grade
levels.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.11,
subsections
2,
3,
and
4,
Code
1
Supplement
2009,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
The
kindergarten
program
shall
include
experiences
3
designed
to
develop
healthy
emotional
and
social
habits
and
4
growth
in
the
language
arts
and
communication
skills,
as
5
well
as
a
capacity
for
the
completion
of
individual
tasks,
6
and
protect
and
increase
physical
well-being
with
attention
7
given
to
experiences
relating
to
the
development
of
life
8
skills
,
age-appropriate
comprehensive
sexuality
education,
and
9
age-appropriate
human
growth
and
development.
A
kindergarten
10
teacher
shall
be
licensed
to
teach
in
kindergarten.
An
11
accredited
nonpublic
school
must
meet
the
requirements
of
this
12
subsection
only
if
the
nonpublic
school
offers
a
kindergarten
13
program.
14
3.
The
following
areas
shall
be
taught
in
grades
one
through
15
six:
English-language
arts,
social
studies,
mathematics,
16
science,
health,
age-appropriate
comprehensive
sexuality
17
education,
age-appropriate
and
research-based
human
growth
18
and
development,
physical
education,
traffic
safety,
music,
19
and
visual
art.
The
health
curriculum
shall
include
the
20
characteristics
of
communicable
diseases
including
acquired
21
immune
deficiency
syndrome.
The
state
board
as
part
of
22
accreditation
standards
shall
adopt
curriculum
definitions
for
23
implementing
the
elementary
program.
24
4.
The
following
shall
be
taught
in
grades
seven
and
25
eight:
English-language
arts;
social
studies;
mathematics;
26
science;
health;
age-appropriate
comprehensive
sexuality
27
education;
age-appropriate
and
research-based
human
growth
28
and
development;
family,
consumer,
career,
and
technology
29
education;
physical
education;
music;
and
visual
art.
30
The
health
curriculum
shall
include
age-appropriate
and
31
research-based
information
regarding
the
characteristics
32
of
sexually
transmitted
diseases,
including
HPV
and
the
33
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
prevent
HPV,
and
acquired
immune
34
deficiency
syndrome.
The
state
board
as
part
of
accreditation
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standards
shall
adopt
curriculum
definitions
for
implementing
1
the
program
in
grades
seven
and
eight.
However,
this
2
subsection
shall
not
apply
to
the
teaching
of
family,
consumer,
3
career,
and
technology
education
in
nonpublic
schools.
For
4
purposes
of
this
section,
“age-appropriate”
,
“HPV”
,
and
5
“research-based”
mean
the
same
as
defined
in
section
279.50.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
j,
Code
7
Supplement
2009,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
j.
One
unit
of
health
education
which
shall
include
personal
9
health;
food
and
nutrition;
environmental
health;
safety
and
10
survival
skills;
consumer
health;
family
life;
age-appropriate
11
comprehensive
sexuality
education;
age-appropriate
and
12
research-based
human
growth
and
development;
substance
abuse
13
and
nonuse;
emotional
and
social
health;
health
resources;
and
14
prevention
and
control
of
disease,
including
age-appropriate
15
and
research-based
information
regarding
sexually
transmitted
16
diseases,
including
HPV
and
the
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
17
prevent
HPV,
and
acquired
immune
deficiency
syndrome.
18
The
state
board
as
part
of
accreditation
standards
shall
19
adopt
curriculum
standards
for
implementing
the
program
in
20
grades
nine
through
twelve.
21
EXPLANATION
22
This
bill
expands
the
state
educational
standards
by
adding
23
age-appropriate
comprehensive
sexuality
education
to
the
areas
24
which
must
be
taught
in
kindergarten
through
grade
12
by
school
25
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools.
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