HF 480 (LSB 2301YH (3) 90)

HOUSE FILE 480

BY  STAED, LEVIN, CAHILL, WILBURN, AMOS JR., KURTH, and BROWN-POWERS

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the human growth and development instruction provided to students enrolled in grades nine through twelve in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph j, subparagraph (1), Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  One unit of health education which shall include personal health; food and nutrition; environmental health; safety and survival skills; consumer health; family life; age-appropriate and research-based human growth and development, including instruction regarding inclusive human sexuality and the importance and effectiveness of contraceptive methods, including condoms, contraceptive implants, and intrauterine devices; substance abuse and nonuse; emotional and social health; health resources; and prevention and control of disease, including age-appropriate and research-based information regarding sexually transmitted diseases, including HPV and the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV, and acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the human growth and development instruction provided to students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools. The bill requires that such instruction include instruction regarding inclusive human sexuality and the importance and effectiveness of contraceptive methods, including condoms, contraceptive implants, and intrauterine devices.