House File 376 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 376 BY DONAHUE , MASCHER , HUNTER , ANDERSON , STAED , ABDUL-SAMAD , WILBURN , and BENNETT A BILL FOR An Act relating to the Iowa core standards for social studies, 1 providing for regular review and revision of the related 2 administrative rules, and requiring that human growth and 3 development instruction provided by school districts include 4 age-appropriate and research-based instruction inclusive of 5 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health practices. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 7 TLSB 1986YH (3) 89 kh/jh

H.F. 376 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph a, Code 1 2021, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph: 2 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (5) By July 1, 2022, the rules 3 establishing the Iowa core standards for social studies for 4 kindergarten through grade twelve shall include the history, 5 contributions, and perspectives of populations in accordance 6 with section 256.9, subsection 63. 7 Sec. 2. Section 256.9, Code 2021, is amended by adding the 8 following new subsection: 9 NEW SUBSECTION . 63. a. By May 1, 2022, review and revise 10 the Iowa core standards to ensure that the content anchor 11 standards for United States history, geography, economics, 12 civics, and government include the histories, contributions, 13 and perspectives of all of the following populations: 14 (1) Native Americans. 15 (2) People of African, Asian, Pacific Islander, Hispanic, 16 Latino, or Middle Eastern heritage. 17 (3) Women. 18 (4) Persons with disabilities. 19 (5) Immigrants or refugees. 20 (6) Persons who are or who identify as lesbian, gay, 21 bisexual, or transgender. 22 b. Provide technical assistance and implementation 23 strategies to school districts if revisions made pursuant to 24 this subsection require curriculum and instruction changes. 25 c. Regularly review and recommend changes as necessary to 26 the rules adopted by the state board establishing the Iowa 27 core standards for social studies pursuant to section 256.7, 28 subsection 26, paragraph “a” , subparagraph (5). 29 Sec. 3. Section 279.50, subsection 2, Code 2021, is amended 30 to read as follows: 31 2. Each school board shall provide age-appropriate and 32 research-based instruction in human growth and development 33 including instruction regarding human sexuality, self-esteem, 34 stress management, interpersonal relationships, domestic 35 -1- LSB 1986YH (3) 89 kh/jh 1/ 3

H.F. 376 abuse, HPV and the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV, 1 and acquired immune deficiency syndrome as required in section 2 256.11 , in grades one through twelve , including but not limited 3 to instruction regarding all of the following: 4 a. Human sexuality, inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and 5 transgender health practices . 6 b. Self-esteem. 7 c. Stress management. 8 d. Interpersonal relationships. 9 e. Domestic abuse. 10 f. HPV and the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV. 11 g. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome. 12 Sec. 4. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 13 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 14 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 15 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 16 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 17 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 18 to meet all of the state funding-related requirements of 19 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding 20 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act 21 by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 22 districts. 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 This bill requires the director of the department of 27 education to review and revise the Iowa core standards for 28 social studies by May 1, 2022; requires the state board of 29 education to adopt rules by July 1, 2022, to include the 30 history, contributions, and perspectives of populations 31 specified in the bill; and modifies the requirements for human 32 growth and development in grades 1 through 12. 33 The director must ensure that the content anchor standards 34 for United States history, geography, economics, civics, 35 -2- LSB 1986YH (3) 89 kh/jh 2/ 3

H.F. 376 and government include the histories, contributions, and 1 perspectives of Native Americans; people of African, Asian, 2 Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Latino, or Middle Eastern heritage; 3 women; persons with disabilities; immigrants or refugees; and 4 persons who are or who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or 5 transgender. 6 The director must also provide technical assistance and 7 implementation strategies to school districts if the revisions 8 require curriculum and instruction changes. 9 The director is further tasked with regularly reviewing 10 and recommending administrative rule changes as necessary 11 relating to the Iowa core standards for social studies and the 12 populations which must be included in such standards. 13 The bill provides that age-appropriate and research-based 14 instruction in human growth and development, which each school 15 board must provide to students enrolled in grades 1 through 12, 16 must include instruction inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual, 17 and transgender health practices. 18 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 19 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 20 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 21 district from state school foundation aid received by the 22 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 23 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate 24 funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The 25 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the 26 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state 27 mandates included in the bill. 28 -3- LSB 1986YH (3) 89 kh/jh 3/ 3