House File 2448 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2448 BY BENNETT A BILL FOR An Act requiring that human growth and development instruction 1 provided by school districts include age-appropriate and 2 research-based instruction inclusive of lesbian, gay, 3 bisexual, and transgender health practices. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5910YH (2) 89 jda/jh
H.F. 2448 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, domestic 6 abuse, HPV and the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV, 7 and acquired immune deficiency syndrome as required in section 8 256.11 , in grades one through twelve , including instruction 9 regarding all of the following: 10 a. Human sexuality, inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and 11 transgender health practices . 12 b. Self-esteem. 13 c. Stress management. 14 d. Interpersonal relationships. 15 e. Domestic abuse. 16 f. HPV and the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV. 17 g. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome. 18 EXPLANATION 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 20 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 21 This bill provides that age-appropriate and research-based 22 instruction in human growth and development, which each school 23 board shall provide to students enrolled in grades 1 through 24 12, must include instruction inclusive of lesbian, gay, 25 bisexual, and transgender health practices. 26 -1- LSB 5910YH (2) 89 jda/jh 1/ 1