House File 2183 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2183 BY BOHANNAN A BILL FOR An Act requiring that human growth and development instruction 1 provided by school boards include information regarding 2 healthy and safe dating relationships. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5772YH (3) 89 jda/jh
H.F. 2183 Section 1. Section 279.50, subsection 2, Code 2022, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. Each school board shall provide age-appropriate and 3 research-based instruction in human growth and development 4 including instruction regarding human sexuality , ; self-esteem , ; 5 stress management , ; interpersonal relationships , ; healthy 6 and safe dating relationships, including the meaning and 7 operationalization of consent for sexual activity; domestic 8 abuse , ; HPV and the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV , ; 9 and acquired immune deficiency syndrome , as required in section 10 256.11 , in grades one through twelve. 11 EXPLANATION 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 13 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 14 This bill provides that the age-appropriate and 15 research-based instruction in human growth and development, 16 which each school board shall provide, must include instruction 17 regarding healthy and safe dating relationships, including the 18 meaning and operationalization of consent for sexual activity. 19 -1- LSB 5772YH (3) 89 jda/jh 1/ 1