Bill Text: IA HF2617 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act incorporating provisions related to pregnancy and fetal development into the human growth and development and health curriculum provided by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to students enrolled in grades seven through twelve.(Formerly HF 2031.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-03-21 - Placed on calendar under unfinished business. S.J. 611. [HF2617 Detail]
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2031)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
incorporating
provisions
related
to
pregnancy
and
1
fetal
development
into
the
human
growth
and
development
and
2
health
curriculum
provided
by
school
districts,
accredited
3
nonpublic
schools,
charter
schools,
and
innovation
zone
4
schools
to
students
enrolled
in
grades
seven
through
twelve.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.11,
subsection
4,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
4.
The
following
shall
be
taught
in
grades
seven
and
3
eight:
English-language
arts;
social
studies;
mathematics;
4
science;
health;
age-appropriate
and
research-based
human
5
growth
and
development;
career
exploration
and
development;
6
physical
education;
music;
and
visual
art.
Computer
science
7
instruction
incorporating
the
standards
established
under
8
section
256.7,
subsection
26
,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(4),
9
shall
be
offered
in
at
least
one
grade
level
commencing
with
10
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2023.
Career
exploration
11
and
development
shall
be
designed
so
that
students
are
12
appropriately
prepared
to
create
an
individual
career
13
and
academic
plan
pursuant
to
section
279.61
,
incorporate
14
foundational
career
and
technical
education
concepts
aligned
15
with
the
six
career
and
technical
education
service
areas
as
16
defined
in
subsection
5
,
paragraph
“h”
,
incorporate
relevant
17
twenty-first
century
skills
to
facilitate
career
readiness,
18
and
introduce
students
to
career
opportunities
within
the
19
local
community
and
across
this
state.
The
health
curriculum
20
shall
include
age-appropriate
and
research-based
information
21
regarding
the
characteristics
of
sexually
transmitted
diseases.
22
The
state
board
as
part
of
accreditation
standards
shall
adopt
23
curriculum
definitions
for
implementing
the
program
in
grades
24
seven
and
eight.
However,
this
subsection
shall
not
apply
to
25
the
teaching
of
career
exploration
and
development
in
nonpublic
26
schools.
The
human
growth
and
development
curriculum
shall
27
include
all
of
the
following:
28
a.
Human
biology
related
to
pregnancy.
29
b.
Human
development
inside
the
womb.
30
c.
A
high-definition
ultrasound
video,
at
least
three
31
minutes
in
duration,
showing
the
development
of
the
brain,
32
heart,
sex
organs,
and
other
vital
organs
in
early
fetal
33
development.
34
d.
A
high-quality,
computer-generated
rendering
or
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animation,
comparable
to
the
meet
baby
Olivia
video
developed
1
by
live
action,
showing
the
process
of
fertilization
and
2
every
stage
of
human
development
inside
the
uterus,
noting
3
significant
markers
in
cell
growth
and
organ
development
for
4
every
significant
marker
of
pregnancy
until
birth.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
j,
6
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
(1)
One
unit
of
health
education
which
may
include
personal
8
health;
food
and
nutrition;
environmental
health;
safety
and
9
survival
skills;
consumer
health;
family
life;
age-appropriate
10
and
research-based
human
growth
and
development;
substance
11
use
disorder
and
nonuse;
emotional
and
social
health;
health
12
resources;
cardiopulmonary
resuscitation;
and
prevention
13
and
control
of
disease,
including
age-appropriate
and
14
research-based
information
regarding
sexually
transmitted
15
diseases.
The
health
education
curriculum
shall
include
all
16
of
the
following:
17
(a)
Human
biology
related
to
pregnancy.
18
(b)
Human
development
inside
the
womb.
19
(c)
A
high-definition
ultrasound
video,
at
least
three
20
minutes
in
duration,
showing
the
development
of
the
brain,
21
heart,
sex
organs,
and
other
vital
organs
in
early
fetal
22
development.
23
(d)
A
high-quality,
computer-generated
rendering
or
24
animation,
comparable
to
the
meet
baby
Olivia
video
developed
25
by
live
action,
showing
the
process
of
fertilization
and
26
every
stage
of
human
development
inside
the
uterus,
noting
27
significant
markers
in
cell
growth
and
organ
development
for
28
every
significant
marker
of
pregnancy
until
birth.
29
Sec.
3.
Section
256E.7,
subsection
2,
paragraph
g,
Code
30
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
31
g.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
requirements
of
section
32
256.7,
subsection
21
,
and
the
educational
standards
of
section
33
256.11
,
unless
specifically
waived
by
the
state
board
during
34
the
application
process
;
provided,
however,
that
the
state
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board
shall
not
waive
the
educational
standards
of
section
1
256.11
relating
to
the
human
growth
and
development
curriculum
2
for
grades
seven
and
eight
or
the
health
curriculum
for
grades
3
nine
through
twelve
.
4
Sec.
4.
Section
256F.4,
subsection
2,
Code
2024,
is
amended
5
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
6
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
p.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
7
requirements
of
section
256.11
relating
to
the
human
growth
8
and
development
curriculum
for
grades
seven
and
eight
and
the
9
health
curriculum
for
grades
nine
through
twelve.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
incorporates
provisions
related
to
pregnancy
and
14
fetal
development
into
the
human
growth
and
development
and
15
health
curriculum
provided
by
school
districts,
accredited
16
nonpublic
schools,
charter
schools,
and
innovation
zone
schools
17
to
students
enrolled
in
grades
7
through
12.
18
The
bill
requires
that
the
human
growth
and
development
19
curriculum
provided
by
school
districts,
nonpublic
schools,
20
charter
schools,
and
innovation
zone
schools
in
grades
7
and
21
8,
and
the
health
curriculum
in
grades
9
through
12,
include
22
instruction
regarding
human
biology
related
to
pregnancy
and
23
human
development
inside
the
womb.
The
bill
also
requires
24
that
such
curriculum
include
a
video,
at
least
three
minutes
25
in
duration,
showing
the
development
of
the
brain,
heart,
sex
26
organs,
and
other
vital
organs
in
early
fetal
development,
27
and
a
rendering
or
animation,
comparable
to
the
meet
baby
28
Olivia
video
developed
by
live
action,
showing
the
process
of
29
fertilization
and
every
stage
of
human
development
inside
the
30
uterus,
noting
significant
markers
in
cell
growth
and
organ
31
development
for
every
significant
marker
of
pregnancy
until
32
birth.
33
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