Bill Text: IA HF480 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the human growth and development instruction provided to students enrolled in grades nine through twelve in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-28 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 437. [HF480 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF480-Introduced.html
House
File
480
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
480
BY
STAED
,
LEVIN
,
CAHILL
,
WILBURN
,
AMOS
JR.
,
KURTH
,
and
BROWN-POWERS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
human
growth
and
development
instruction
1
provided
to
students
enrolled
in
grades
nine
through
twelve
2
in
school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and
3
charter
schools.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
j,
1
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(1)
One
unit
of
health
education
which
shall
include
3
personal
health;
food
and
nutrition;
environmental
health;
4
safety
and
survival
skills;
consumer
health;
family
life;
5
age-appropriate
and
research-based
human
growth
and
6
development
,
including
instruction
regarding
inclusive
human
7
sexuality
and
the
importance
and
effectiveness
of
contraceptive
8
methods,
including
condoms,
contraceptive
implants,
and
9
intrauterine
devices
;
substance
abuse
and
nonuse;
emotional
and
10
social
health;
health
resources;
and
prevention
and
control
11
of
disease,
including
age-appropriate
and
research-based
12
information
regarding
sexually
transmitted
diseases,
including
13
HPV
and
the
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
prevent
HPV,
and
14
acquired
immune
deficiency
syndrome.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
relates
to
the
human
growth
and
development
19
instruction
provided
to
students
enrolled
in
grades
9
through
20
12
in
school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and
21
charter
schools.
The
bill
requires
that
such
instruction
22
include
instruction
regarding
inclusive
human
sexuality
and
23
the
importance
and
effectiveness
of
contraceptive
methods,
24
including
condoms,
contraceptive
implants,
and
intrauterine
25
devices.
26
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