House
File
187
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
187
BY
SHIPLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
instruction
provided
to
students
enrolled
in
1
school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and
charter
2
schools
related
to
the
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
prevent
3
the
human
papilloma
virus.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.11,
subsection
4,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
4.
The
following
shall
be
taught
in
grades
seven
and
3
eight:
English-language
arts;
social
studies;
mathematics;
4
science;
health;
age-appropriate
and
research-based
human
5
growth
and
development;
career
exploration
and
development;
6
physical
education;
music;
and
visual
art.
Computer
science
7
instruction
incorporating
the
standards
established
under
8
section
256.7,
subsection
26
,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(4),
9
shall
be
offered
in
at
least
one
grade
level
commencing
with
10
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2023.
Career
exploration
11
and
development
shall
be
designed
so
that
students
are
12
appropriately
prepared
to
create
an
individual
career
13
and
academic
plan
pursuant
to
section
279.61
,
incorporate
14
foundational
career
and
technical
education
concepts
aligned
15
with
the
six
career
and
technical
education
service
areas
16
as
defined
in
subsection
5
,
paragraph
“h”
,
and
incorporate
17
relevant
twenty-first
century
skills.
The
health
curriculum
18
shall
include
age-appropriate
and
research-based
information
19
regarding
the
characteristics
of
sexually
transmitted
diseases,
20
including
HPV
and
the
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
prevent
21
HPV
,
and
acquired
immune
deficiency
syndrome.
The
state
board
22
as
part
of
accreditation
standards
shall
adopt
curriculum
23
definitions
for
implementing
the
program
in
grades
seven
24
and
eight.
However,
this
subsection
shall
not
apply
to
the
25
teaching
of
career
exploration
and
development
in
nonpublic
26
schools.
For
purposes
of
this
section
,
“age-appropriate”
,
27
“HPV”
,
and
“research-based”
mean
the
same
as
defined
in
section
28
279.50
.
29
Sec.
2.
Section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
j,
30
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
31
(1)
One
unit
of
health
education
which
shall
include
32
personal
health;
food
and
nutrition;
environmental
health;
33
safety
and
survival
skills;
consumer
health;
family
life;
34
age-appropriate
and
research-based
human
growth
and
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development;
substance
abuse
and
nonuse;
emotional
and
1
social
health;
health
resources;
and
prevention
and
control
2
of
disease,
including
age-appropriate
and
research-based
3
information
regarding
sexually
transmitted
diseases,
including
4
HPV
and
the
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
prevent
HPV
,
and
5
acquired
immune
deficiency
syndrome.
6
Sec.
3.
Section
279.50,
subsection
2,
Code
2023,
is
amended
7
to
read
as
follows:
8
2.
Each
school
board
shall
provide
age-appropriate
and
9
research-based
instruction
in
human
growth
and
development
10
including
instruction
regarding
human
sexuality,
self-esteem,
11
stress
management,
interpersonal
relationships,
domestic
12
abuse,
HPV
and
the
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
prevent
HPV
,
13
and
acquired
immune
deficiency
syndrome
as
required
in
section
14
256.11
,
in
grades
one
through
twelve.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
relates
to
instruction
provided
to
students
19
enrolled
in
school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and
20
charter
schools
related
to
the
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
21
prevent
the
human
papilloma
virus.
22
Current
law
requires
that
the
human
growth
and
development
23
or
health
curriculum
provided
to
students
enrolled
in
school
24
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and
charter
schools
25
be
both
research-based
and
age-appropriate.
Within
those
26
limitations,
current
law
also
requires
that
the
human
growth
27
and
development
or
health
curriculum
include
information
28
regarding
the
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
prevent
human
29
papilloma
virus.
The
bill
strikes
this
requirement.
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