HF 2068 (LSB 5631YH (1) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2068

BY  SHIPLEY

A BILL FOR

An Act modifying provisions related to the social studies curriculum provided to students enrolled in school districts in grades nine through twelve.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Five units of the social studies including instruction in voting statutes and procedures, voter registration requirements, the use of paper ballots and voting systems in the election process, and the method of acquiring and casting an absentee ballot. All students shall complete a minimum of one-half unit of United States government and one unit of United States history. The one-half unit of United States government shall include the all of the following: 
   (1)  The voting procedure as described in this lettered paragraph and section 280.9A. The government instruction shall also include a 
   (2)  A study of the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights contained in the Constitution and an assessment of a student’s knowledge of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
   (3)  (a)  Instruction related to all of the following:
   (i)  The purpose of state law, including that state law exists to preserve the rights, liberties, and dignity of all human beings, and provide for the protection of innocence.
   (ii)  The affirmative argument for prohibiting transgender drugs and surgeries for minors.
   (iii)  The affirmative argument for parental rights in education and the legal limitations of the doctrine of in loco parentis.
   (iv)  The physical and emotional harms associated with exposure to pornography.
   (v)  The use of overt sexual themes by sexual predators to groom victims.
   (b)  This subparagraph shall not apply to a nonpublic school.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill modifies provisions related to the social studies curriculum provided to students enrolled in school districts in grades 9 through 12.
   The bill provides that the one-half unit of United States government instruction that is provided to students enrolled in school districts in grades 9 through 12 as part of the social studies curriculum shall include instruction related to the purpose of state law, the affirmative argument for prohibiting transgender drugs and surgeries for minors, the affirmative argument for parental rights in education and the legal limitations of the doctrine of in loco parentis, the physical and emotional harms associated with exposure to pornography, and the use of overt sexual themes by sexual predators to groom victims.