House Study Bill 647 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON KAUFMANN) A BILL FOR An Act relating to human growth and development course 1 enrollment at school districts and to pupil attendance at 2 educational conferences or seminars in which human growth 3 and development information is provided. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5192YC (1) 86 kh/sc

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 279.50, subsections 3 and 5, Code 2016, 1 are amended to read as follows: 2 3. Each school board shall annually provide to a parent 3 or guardian of any pupil enrolled in the school district, 4 information all of the following: 5 a. Information about the human growth and development 6 curriculum used in the pupil’s grade level and the . 7 b. The procedure for inspecting the human growth and 8 development course instructional materials prior to their use 9 in the classroom. 10 c. Information about human growth and development that may 11 be provided to pupils at an educational conference or seminar 12 for which the school district facilitates pupil attendance. 13 d. Information regarding the requirements for consent 14 described in subsection 5. 15 5. A school district shall not enroll a pupil shall not be 16 required to take in a course of instruction in human growth 17 and development if or facilitate a pupil’s attendance at an 18 educational conference or seminar that provides information 19 about human growth and development unless the pupil’s parent or 20 guardian files with the appropriate principal a prior written 21 request that the pupil be excused from the instruction consent . 22 Notification that the written request may be made shall be 23 included in the information provided by the school district. 24 EXPLANATION 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 26 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 27 This bill prohibits a school district from enrolling a pupil 28 in a course of instruction in human growth and development, 29 and from facilitating a pupil’s attendance at an educational 30 conference or seminar that includes information on human growth 31 and development, unless the pupil’s parent or guardian files 32 prior written consent with the appropriate principal. The bill 33 also requires the board of directors of a school district to 34 annually provide to a parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled 35 -1- LSB 5192YC (1) 86 kh/sc 1/ 2

H.F. _____ in the district information about human growth and development 1 that may be provided to pupils at an educational conference 2 or seminar for which the school district facilitates pupil 3 attendance. 4 -2- LSB 5192YC (1) 86 kh/sc 2/ 2