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| 1 | 1 | Senate File 115 - Introduced SENATE FILE 115 BY SALMON , CAMPBELL , WESTRICH , ALONS , GREEN , GUTH , EVANS , PIKE , ROWLEY , TAYLOR , and LOFGREN A BILL FOR An Act relating to human growth and development course 1 enrollment at school districts and to pupil attendance at 2 educational conferences or seminars in which human growth 3 and development information is provided. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1508XS (2) 91 jda/jh | |
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| 3 | 3 | S.F. 115 Section 1. Section 279.50, subsections 4 and 6, Code 2025, 1 are amended to read as follows: 2 4. Each school board shall annually provide to a parent 3 or guardian of any pupil enrolled in the school district , 4 information all of the following: 5 a. Information about the human growth and development 6 curriculum used in the pupils grade level and the . 7 b. The procedure for inspecting the human growth and 8 development course instructional materials prior to their use 9 in the classroom. 10 c. Information about human growth and development that may 11 be provided to pupils at an educational conference or seminar 12 for which the school district facilitates pupil attendance. 13 d. Information regarding the requirements for consent 14 described in subsection 6. 15 6. A school district shall not enroll a pupil shall not be 16 required to take in a course of instruction in human growth 17 and development if or facilitate a pupils attendance at an 18 educational conference or seminar that provides information 19 about human growth and development unless the pupils parent or 20 guardian files with the appropriate principal a written request 21 that the pupil be excused from the instruction informed consent 22 acknowledging receipt of the information required in subsection 23 4 . Notification that the written request may be made shall be 24 included in the information provided by the school district. 25 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 26 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 27 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 28 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 29 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 30 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 31 to meet all of the state funding-related requirements of 32 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding 33 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act 34 by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 35 -1- LSB 1508XS (2) 91 jda/jh 1/ 2 | |
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| 5 | 5 | S.F. 115 districts. 1 EXPLANATION 2 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 4 This bill prohibits a school district from enrolling a pupil 5 in a course of instruction in human growth and development, 6 and from facilitating a pupils attendance at an educational 7 conference or seminar that includes information on human growth 8 and development, unless the pupils parent or guardian files 9 written informed consent with the appropriate principal. The 10 bill also requires the board of directors of a school district 11 to annually provide to a parent or guardian of a pupil enrolled 12 in the district information about human growth and development 13 that may be provided to pupils at an educational conference 14 or seminar for which the school district facilitates pupil 15 attendance. 16 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 17 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 18 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 19 district from state school foundation aid received by the 20 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 21 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate 22 funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The 23 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the 24 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state 25 mandates included in the bill. 26 -2- LSB 1508XS (2) 91 jda/jh 2/ 2 |