HB 545 — Reproductive Health and Disease Education

F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HBCS/HB 545 2021 A bill to be entitled An act relating to reproductive health and disease education;

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1006.40, F.S.;

specifying that reproductive health and disease education instructional materials are to be made available for public review and comment under a specific process;

1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public school students must receive accurate and timely information Pageregarding 1their child's academic progress and must be informed of 4ways CODING:they can help their child to succeed in school.

K-12 students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory rights including, but not limited to, the following:

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K-12 students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory rights including, but not limited to, the following:

(3) HEALTH ISSUES.— (d) Reproductive health and disease education.—A public school student whose parent makes written request to the school principal shall be exempted from the teaching of reproductive health or any disease, including HIV/AIDS, in accordance with the provisions of s.

Each school district shall, on the district's website homepage, notify parents of this right and the process to request an exemption.

The homepage must include a link for a student's parent to access and review the instructional materials, as defined in s.

1006.29(2), used to teach the curriculum.

SubsectionsSubsection (1) and (3) of section 1003.42, Florida Statutes, areis amended to read:

1003.42 Required instruction.— (1)(a)(3) Each district school boarddistrict, shallor provide all courses required for middle grades promotion, high school graduation,as anddefined appropriate instruction designed to ensure that students meet State Board of Education adopted standards in thes. following subject areas:

reading1003.01(2), andshall otherprovide languageparents arts,the mathematics,opportunity science,to socialreview studies,curriculum foreignused languages,for healthAny andstudent physicalwhose education,parent andmakes written request to the arts.school principal shall be exempted from the teaching of reproductive health or any sexually transmitted disease, including HIV/AIDS and, its symptoms, development, and treatment.

TheA stateschool boardmay mustnot Pageallow 2a student to be exposed to such teaching without prior written consent of 4his CODING:or her parent.

A student whose parent does not give written consent for such teaching so exempted may not be penalized by reason of that withholding of consent exemption.

Course descriptions for comprehensive health education may shall not interfere with the local determination of appropriate curriculum which reflects local values and concerns.

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hb0545-02-c2hb0545-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HBCS/HB 545 2021 removeSection a3. middle grades course in the Course Code Directory that does not fully integrate all appropriate curricular content required by s.

1003.41 and may approve a new course only if it meets the required curricular content.

(b) All instructional materials, as defined in s.

1006.29(2), used to teach reproductive health or any disease, including HIV/AIDS, its symptoms, development, and treatment, as part of the courses referenced in subsection (3), must be annually approved by a district school board in an open, noticed public meeting.

(3) Any student whose parent makes written request to the school principal shall be exempted from the teaching of reproductive health or any disease, including HIV/AIDS, its symptoms, development, and treatment.

A student so exempted may not be penalized by reason of that exemption.

Course descriptions for comprehensive health education shall not interfere with the local determination of appropriate curriculum which reflects local values and concerns.

Each school district shall, on the district's website homepage, notify parents of this right and the process to request an exemption.

The homepage must include a link for a student's parent to access and review the instructional materials, as defined in s.

1006.29(2), used to teach the curriculum.

Section 3.

Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section 1006.40, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

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Words stricken are deletions;

words underlined are additions.

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instructional materials, library books, and reference books;