HF 2338 (LSB 5061HV (1) 91)

HOUSE FILE 2338

BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2121)

(COMPANION TO SF 2003 BY GREEN)

A BILL FOR

An Act prohibiting school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from providing any program, curriculum, test, survey, questionnaire, promotion, or instruction relating to gender theory or sexual orientation instruction in grades seven through twelve.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 256.11, subsection 4, paragraph a, subparagraph (6), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   (6)  Age-appropriate Subject to section 279.80, age-appropriate and research-based human growth and development that incorporates. The human growth and development instruction shall incorporate the standards established under section 279.50, subsection 3, paragraph “b”.
    Sec. 2.  Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph j, subparagraph (1), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  One unit of health education which may include personal any of the following: 
   (a)  Personal health; food. 
   (b)  Food and nutrition; environmental. 
   (c)  Environmental health; safety. 
   (d)  Safety and survival skills; consumer. 
   (e)  Consumer health; family. 
   (f)  Family life; age-appropriate. 
   (g)  Subject to section 279.80, age-appropriate and research-based human growth and development that incorporates. The human growth and development instruction shall incorporate the standards established under section 279.50, subsection 3, paragraph “b”; substance. 
   (h)  Substance use disorder and nonuse; emotional. 
   (i)  Emotional and social health; health. 
   (j)  Health resources; cardiopulmonary. 
   (k)  Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and prevention. 
   (l)  Prevention and control of disease, including age-appropriate and research-based information regarding sexually transmitted diseases.
    Sec. 3.  Section 256E.7, subsection 2, paragraph q, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   q.  Be subject to and comply with the requirements of section 279.80 relating to sexual orientation and gender theory instruction in kindergarten through grade six twelve in the same manner as a school district.
    Sec. 4.  Section 256F.4, subsection 2, paragraph o, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   o.  Be subject to and comply with the requirements of section 279.80 relating to sexual orientation and gender theory instruction in kindergarten through grade six twelve in the same manner as a school district.
    Sec. 5.  Section 279.50, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  Each Subject to section 279.80, each school board shall provide age-appropriate and research-based instruction in human growth and development including instruction regarding human sexuality, self-esteem, stress management, interpersonal relationships, domestic abuse, and the prevention and control of disease, including sexually transmitted diseases as required in section 256.11, in grades seven through twelve.
    Sec. 6.  Section 279.80, subsection 2, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  A school district shall not provide any program, curriculum, test, survey, questionnaire, promotion, or instruction relating to gender theory or sexual orientation to students in kindergarten through grade six twelve.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill prohibits school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools from providing any program, curriculum, test, survey, questionnaire, promotion, or instruction relating to gender theory or sexual orientation instruction to students in grades 7 through 12, extending the current prohibition that applies to such students in kindergarten through grade 6.