Bill Text: IA SF167 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to instruction relating to gender identity in the curriculum provided to students enrolled in elementary education programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-16 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SF167 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF167-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
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FILE
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BY
CARLIN
,
SCHULTZ
,
J.
TAYLOR
,
JOHNSON
,
KLIMESH
,
SINCLAIR
,
ROZENBOOM
,
and
SHIPLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
instruction
relating
to
gender
identity
in
1
the
curriculum
provided
to
students
enrolled
in
elementary
2
education
programs.
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
2021,
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
human
growth
and
development.
A
kindergarten
teacher
shall
be
9
licensed
to
teach
in
kindergarten.
An
accredited
nonpublic
10
school
must
meet
the
requirements
of
this
subsection
only
11
if
the
nonpublic
school
offers
a
kindergarten
program.
The
12
curriculum
utilized
for
purposes
of
this
subsection
shall
not
13
include
instruction
relating
to
gender
identity
as
defined
in
14
section
216.2.
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
human
18
growth
and
development,
physical
education,
traffic
safety,
19
music,
and
visual
art.
Computer
science
instruction
20
incorporating
the
standards
established
under
section
256.7,
21
subsection
26
,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(4),
shall
be
22
offered
in
at
least
one
grade
level
commencing
with
the
school
23
year
beginning
July
1,
2023.
The
health
curriculum
shall
24
include
the
characteristics
of
communicable
diseases
including
25
acquired
immune
deficiency
syndrome.
The
state
board
as
part
26
of
accreditation
standards
shall
adopt
curriculum
definitions
27
for
implementing
the
elementary
program.
The
curriculum
28
provided
to
a
student
in
accordance
with
this
subsection
shall
29
not
include
instruction
relating
to
gender
identity,
as
defined
30
in
section
216.2,
unless
the
school
district
or
accredited
31
nonpublic
school
obtains
the
prior
written
consent
of
the
32
student’s
parent
or
guardian.
If
a
parent
or
guardian
does
not
33
provide
written
consent,
a
student
may
opt
out
of
instruction
34
relating
to
gender
identity.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
This
bill
establishes
that
the
curriculum
utilized
by
a
4
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
in
accordance
5
with
the
state’s
educational
standards
shall
not
include
6
instruction
relating
to
gender
identity.
However,
the
7
prohibition
does
not
apply
to
the
curriculum
provided
to
a
8
student
enrolled
in
grades
one
through
six
if
the
school
9
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
obtains
the
prior
10
written
consent
of
the
student’s
parent
or
guardian.
If
11
a
school
does
not
obtain
a
parent’s
or
guardian’s
written
12
consent,
the
student
may
opt
out
of
instruction
relating
to
13
gender
identity.
14
Gender
identity,
for
purposes
of
the
bill,
means
a
15
gender-related
identity
of
a
person,
regardless
of
the
person’s
16
assigned
sex
at
birth.
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