Bill Text: IA SF66 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the health and human growth and development instruction provided by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-01-17 - Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Celsi, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 143. [SF66 Detail]
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BY
PETERSEN
,
CELSI
,
DOTZLER
,
JOCHUM
,
QUIRMBACH
,
T.
TAYLOR
,
DONAHUE
,
KNOX
,
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
BENNETT
,
WEINER
,
WINCKLER
,
BISIGNANO
,
and
WAHLS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
health
and
human
growth
and
development
1
instruction
provided
by
school
districts
and
accredited
2
nonpublic
schools.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.11,
subsections
2,
3,
and
4,
Code
1
2023,
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
experiences
relating
to
human
growth
and
development
shall
13
include
instruction
in
identifying
parts
of
the
body
as
well
as
14
age-appropriate
and
research-based
information
regarding
the
15
importance
of
empathy
and
how
to
establish
and
respect
physical
16
boundaries.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“age-appropriate”
17
and
“research-based”
mean
the
same
as
defined
in
section
279.50.
18
3.
The
following
areas
shall
be
taught
in
grades
one
through
19
six:
English-language
arts,
social
studies,
mathematics,
20
science,
health,
age-appropriate
and
research-based
human
21
growth
and
development,
physical
education,
traffic
safety,
22
music,
and
visual
art.
Computer
science
instruction
23
incorporating
the
standards
established
under
section
256.7,
24
subsection
26
,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(4),
shall
be
25
offered
in
at
least
one
grade
level
commencing
with
the
school
26
year
beginning
July
1,
2023.
The
health
curriculum
shall
27
include
the
characteristics
of
communicable
diseases
,
including
28
acquired
immune
deficiency
syndrome
,
and
shall
also
include
29
instruction
in
identifying
parts
of
the
body
.
The
human
growth
30
and
development
curriculum
shall
include
age-appropriate
31
and
research-based
information
regarding
the
importance
of
32
empathy
and
how
to
establish
and
respect
physical
boundaries.
33
The
state
board
as
part
of
accreditation
standards
shall
34
adopt
curriculum
definitions
for
implementing
the
elementary
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program.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“age-appropriate”
and
1
“research-based”
mean
the
same
as
defined
in
section
279.50.
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
16
as
defined
in
subsection
5
,
paragraph
“h”
,
and
incorporate
17
relevant
twenty-first
century
skills.
The
health
curriculum
18
shall
include
age-appropriate
and
research-based
information
19
regarding
the
characteristics
of
sexually
transmitted
20
diseases,
including
HPV
and
the
availability
of
a
vaccine
21
to
prevent
HPV,
and
acquired
immune
deficiency
syndrome.
22
The
human
growth
and
development
curriculum
shall
include
23
age-appropriate
and
research-based
information
regarding
how
24
to
give
proper
sexual
consent,
how
to
recognize
proper
sexual
25
consent,
how
to
identify
sexually
predatory
behavior,
the
26
characteristics
of
healthy
and
unhealthy
sexual
relationships,
27
and
how
to
prevent
sexual
assault.
The
state
board
as
part
of
28
accreditation
standards
shall
adopt
curriculum
definitions
for
29
implementing
the
program
in
grades
seven
and
eight.
However,
30
this
subsection
shall
not
apply
to
the
teaching
of
career
31
exploration
and
development
in
nonpublic
schools.
For
purposes
32
of
this
section
subsection
,
“age-appropriate”
,
“HPV”
,
and
33
“research-based”
mean
the
same
as
defined
in
section
279.50
.
34
Sec.
2.
Section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
j,
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subparagraph
(1),
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1
(1)
One
unit
of
health
education
which
shall
include
2
personal
health;
food
and
nutrition;
environmental
health;
3
safety
and
survival
skills;
consumer
health;
family
life;
4
age-appropriate
and
research-based
human
growth
and
5
development;
substance
abuse
and
nonuse;
emotional
and
6
social
health;
health
resources;
and
prevention
and
control
7
of
disease,
including
age-appropriate
and
research-based
8
information
regarding
sexually
transmitted
diseases,
including
9
HPV
and
the
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
prevent
HPV,
and
10
acquired
immune
deficiency
syndrome.
The
one
unit
of
health
11
education
shall
also
include
age-appropriate
and
research-based
12
information
regarding
how
to
give
proper
sexual
consent,
13
how
to
recognize
proper
sexual
consent,
how
to
identify
14
sexually
predatory
behavior,
the
characteristics
of
healthy
15
and
unhealthy
sexual
relationships,
and
how
to
prevent
sexual
16
assault.
For
purposes
of
this
subparagraph,
“age-appropriate”
17
and
“research-based”
mean
the
same
as
defined
in
section
279.50.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
relates
to
the
health
and
human
growth
and
22
development
instruction
provided
by
school
districts
and
23
accredited
nonpublic
schools.
24
The
bill
requires
that
the
curriculum
taught
in
kindergarten
25
and
grades
one
through
six
in
school
districts
and
accredited
26
nonpublic
schools
include
instruction
in
identifying
parts
of
27
the
body.
The
bill
also
requires
that
the
curriculum
taught
28
in
kindergarten
and
grades
one
through
six
in
school
districts
29
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
include
age-appropriate
and
30
research-based
information
regarding
the
importance
of
empathy
31
and
how
to
establish
and
respect
physical
boundaries.
32
The
bill
requires
that
the
human
growth
and
development
33
curriculum
taught
in
grades
7
and
8
and
the
health
curriculum
34
taught
in
grades
9
through
12
in
school
districts
and
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accredited
nonpublic
schools
include
age-appropriate
and
1
research-based
information
regarding
how
to
give
proper
2
sexual
consent,
how
to
recognize
proper
sexual
consent,
how
to
3
identify
sexually
predatory
behavior,
the
characteristics
of
4
healthy
and
unhealthy
sexual
relationships,
and
how
to
prevent
5
sexual
assault.
6
The
bill
defines
“age-appropriate”
and
“research-based”.
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