Senate File 2027 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2027 BY SALMON A BILL FOR An Act relating to human growth and development course 1 enrollment at school districts and to pupil attendance at 2 educational conferences or seminars in which human growth 3 and development information is provided. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5593XS (2) 90 jda/jh
S.F. 2027 Section 1. Section 279.50, subsections 4 and 6, Code 2024, 1 are amended to read as follows: 2 4. Each school board shall annually provide to a parent 3 or guardian of any pupil enrolled in the school district , 4 information all of the following: 5 a. Information about the human growth and development 6 curriculum used in the pupil’s grade level and the . 7 b. The procedure for inspecting the human growth and 8 development course instructional materials prior to their use 9 in the classroom. 10 c. Information about human growth and development that may 11 be provided to pupils at an educational conference or seminar 12 for which the school district facilitates pupil attendance. 13 d. Information regarding the requirements for consent 14 described in subsection 6. 15 6. A school district shall not enroll a pupil shall not be 16 required to take in a course of instruction in human growth 17 and development if or facilitate a pupil’s attendance at an 18 educational conference or seminar that provides information 19 about human growth and development unless the pupil’s parent or 20 guardian files with the appropriate principal a written request 21 that the pupil be excused from the instruction informed consent 22 acknowledging receipt of the information required in subsection 23 4 . Notification that the written request may be made shall be 24 included in the information provided by the school district. 25 Sec. 2. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 26 3, shall not apply to this Act. 27 EXPLANATION 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 29 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 30 This bill prohibits a school district from enrolling a pupil 31 in a course of instruction in human growth and development, 32 and from facilitating a pupil’s attendance at an educational 33 conference or seminar that includes information on human growth 34 and development, unless the pupil’s parent or guardian files 35 -1- LSB 5593XS (2) 90 jda/jh 1/ 2
S.F. 2027 written informed consent with the appropriate principal. The 1 bill also requires the board of directors of a school district 2 to annually provide to a parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled 3 in the district information about human growth and development 4 that may be provided to pupils at an educational conference 5 or seminar for which the school district facilitates pupil 6 attendance. 7 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 8 section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 9 25B.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a school district 10 from complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of 11 the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, 12 school districts are required to comply with any state mandate 13 included in the bill. 14 -2- LSB 5593XS (2) 90 jda/jh 2/ 2