House
File
2068
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2068
BY
SHIPLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
modifying
provisions
related
to
the
social
studies
1
curriculum
provided
to
students
enrolled
in
school
districts
2
in
grades
nine
through
twelve.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
Five
units
of
the
social
studies
including
instruction
3
in
voting
statutes
and
procedures,
voter
registration
4
requirements,
the
use
of
paper
ballots
and
voting
systems
in
5
the
election
process,
and
the
method
of
acquiring
and
casting
6
an
absentee
ballot.
All
students
shall
complete
a
minimum
7
of
one-half
unit
of
United
States
government
and
one
unit
of
8
United
States
history.
The
one-half
unit
of
United
States
9
government
shall
include
the
all
of
the
following:
10
(1)
The
voting
procedure
as
described
in
this
lettered
11
paragraph
and
section
280.9A
.
The
government
instruction
shall
12
also
include
a
13
(2)
A
study
of
the
Constitution
of
the
United
States
and
the
14
Bill
of
Rights
contained
in
the
Constitution
and
an
assessment
15
of
a
student’s
knowledge
of
the
Constitution
and
the
Bill
of
16
Rights.
17
(3)
(a)
Instruction
related
to
all
of
the
following:
18
(i)
The
purpose
of
state
law,
including
that
state
law
19
exists
to
preserve
the
rights,
liberties,
and
dignity
of
all
20
human
beings,
and
provide
for
the
protection
of
innocence.
21
(ii)
The
affirmative
argument
for
prohibiting
transgender
22
drugs
and
surgeries
for
minors.
23
(iii)
The
affirmative
argument
for
parental
rights
in
24
education
and
the
legal
limitations
of
the
doctrine
of
in
loco
25
parentis.
26
(iv)
The
physical
and
emotional
harms
associated
with
27
exposure
to
pornography.
28
(v)
The
use
of
overt
sexual
themes
by
sexual
predators
to
29
groom
victims.
30
(b)
This
subparagraph
shall
not
apply
to
a
nonpublic
school.
31
EXPLANATION
32
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
33
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
34
This
bill
modifies
provisions
related
to
the
social
studies
35
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2068
curriculum
provided
to
students
enrolled
in
school
districts
1
in
grades
9
through
12.
2
The
bill
provides
that
the
one-half
unit
of
United
States
3
government
instruction
that
is
provided
to
students
enrolled
in
4
school
districts
in
grades
9
through
12
as
part
of
the
social
5
studies
curriculum
shall
include
instruction
related
to
the
6
purpose
of
state
law,
the
affirmative
argument
for
prohibiting
7
transgender
drugs
and
surgeries
for
minors,
the
affirmative
8
argument
for
parental
rights
in
education
and
the
legal
9
limitations
of
the
doctrine
of
in
loco
parentis,
the
physical
10
and
emotional
harms
associated
with
exposure
to
pornography,
11
and
the
use
of
overt
sexual
themes
by
sexual
predators
to
groom
12
victims.
13
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