Bill Text: IA HF348 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts and charter schools in kindergarten through grade six. (Formerly HF 8.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-03-15 - Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Kraayenbrink, and Quirmbach. S.J. 590. [HF348 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF348-Amended.html
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HOUSE
FILE
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
8)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
8,
2023
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
instruction
related
to
gender
identity
and
1
sexual
orientation
in
school
districts
and
charter
schools
2
in
kindergarten
through
grade
six.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.11,
subsections
2
and
3,
Code
2023,
1
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
The
kindergarten
program
shall
include
experiences
3
designed
to
develop
healthy
emotional
and
social
habits
and
4
growth
in
the
language
arts
and
communication
skills,
as
well
5
as
a
capacity
for
the
completion
of
individual
tasks,
and
6
protect
and
increase
physical
well-being
with
attention
given
7
to
experiences
relating
to
the
development
of
life
skills
and
,
8
subject
to
section
279.77,
age-appropriate
and
research-based
9
human
growth
and
development.
A
kindergarten
teacher
shall
be
10
licensed
to
teach
in
kindergarten.
An
accredited
nonpublic
11
school
must
meet
the
requirements
of
this
subsection
only
if
12
the
nonpublic
school
offers
a
kindergarten
program
;
provided,
13
however,
that
section
279.77
shall
not
apply
to
a
nonpublic
14
school
.
15
3.
The
following
areas
shall
be
taught
in
grades
one
through
16
six:
English-language
arts,
social
studies,
mathematics,
17
science,
health,
age-appropriate
and
research-based
18
human
growth
and
development,
physical
education,
traffic
19
safety,
music,
and
visual
art
,
and,
subject
to
section
20
279.77,
age-appropriate
and
research-based
human
growth
and
21
development
.
Computer
science
instruction
incorporating
22
the
standards
established
under
section
256.7,
subsection
23
26
,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(4),
shall
be
offered
in
24
at
least
one
grade
level
commencing
with
the
school
year
25
beginning
July
1,
2023.
The
health
curriculum
shall
include
26
the
characteristics
of
communicable
diseases
including
acquired
27
immune
deficiency
syndrome.
The
state
board
as
part
of
28
accreditation
standards
shall
adopt
curriculum
definitions
for
29
implementing
the
elementary
program.
30
Sec.
2.
Section
256E.7,
subsection
2,
Code
2023,
is
amended
31
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
32
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0j.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
33
requirements
of
section
279.77
relating
to
sexual
orientation
34
and
gender
identity
instruction
in
kindergarten
through
grade
35
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six
in
the
same
manner
as
a
school
district.
1
Sec.
3.
Section
279.50,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2023,
are
2
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3
1.
Each
Subject
to
section
279.77,
each
school
board
shall
4
provide
instruction
in
kindergarten
which
gives
attention
5
to
experiences
relating
to
life
skills
and
human
growth
and
6
development
as
required
in
section
256.11
.
School
districts
7
shall
use
research
provided
in
section
256.9,
subsection
46
,
8
paragraph
“b”
,
to
evaluate
and
upgrade
their
instructional
9
materials
and
teaching
strategies
for
human
growth
and
10
development.
11
2.
Each
school
board
shall
provide
age-appropriate
and
12
research-based
instruction
in
human
growth
and
development
13
including
instruction
regarding
human
sexuality,
self-esteem,
14
stress
management,
interpersonal
relationships,
domestic
15
abuse,
HPV
and
the
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
prevent
HPV,
16
and
acquired
immune
deficiency
syndrome
as
required
in
section
17
256.11
,
in
grades
one
seven
through
twelve.
18
Sec.
4.
Section
279.50,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
the
19
following
new
subsection:
20
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
Subject
to
section
279.77,
each
21
school
board
shall
provide
age-appropriate
and
research-based
22
instruction
in
human
growth
and
development
including
23
instruction
regarding
human
sexuality,
self-esteem,
stress
24
management,
interpersonal
relationships,
domestic
abuse,
HPV
25
and
the
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
prevent
HPV,
and
acquired
26
immune
deficiency
syndrome
as
required
in
section
256.11,
in
27
grades
one
through
six.
28
Sec.
5.
NEW
SECTION
.
279.77
Sexual
orientation
and
gender
29
identity
——
prohibited
instruction.
30
1.
As
used
in
this
section:
31
a.
“Gender
identity”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
32
216.2.
33
b.
“Sexual
orientation”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
34
216.2.
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2.
A
school
district
shall
not
provide
any
program,
1
curriculum,
test,
survey,
questionnaire,
promotion,
or
2
instruction
relating
to
gender
identity
or
sexual
orientation
3
to
students
in
kindergarten
through
grade
six.
4
3.
a.
If,
as
a
result
of
complying
with
the
requirements
of
5
this
section,
a
civil
action
is
instituted
against
a
member
of
6
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district,
a
school
district,
7
or
an
employee
of
a
school
district,
the
attorney
general
shall
8
provide
legal
representation
at
no
cost
to
the
member
of
the
9
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district,
the
school
district,
10
or
the
employee
of
a
school
district
in
the
civil
action.
11
b.
In
addition
to
the
expenses
of
legal
representation,
12
the
state
shall
assume
financial
responsibility
for
any
other
13
expenses
related
to
the
civil
action
described
in
paragraph
“a”
14
incurred
by
the
member
of
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
15
district,
the
school
district,
or
the
employee
of
the
school
16
district,
including
any
award
for
attorney
fees
or
court
costs
17
and
the
loss
of
any
federal
funds
as
a
result
of
the
civil
18
action.
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