| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education; modifying sexually transmitted infections and diseases |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 program requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.23, |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 subdivision 1. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.23, subdivision 1, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subdivision 1.Sexually transmitted infections and diseases program.The |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of health, shall assist |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9districts in developing and implementing a program to prevent and reduce the risk of sexually |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10transmitted infections and diseases, including but not exclusive to human immune deficiency |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11virus and human papilloma virus. Each district must have a program that includes at least: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (1) planning materials, guidelines, and other technically accurate and updated information |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13that is medically and scientifically accurate and unbiased; |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (2) a comprehensive, technically medically and scientifically accurate, unbiased, and |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15updated curriculum that includes but is not limited to helping students to abstain from sexual |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16activity until marriage; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (3) cooperation and coordination among districts and SCs; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (4) a targeting of adolescents, especially those who may be at high risk of contracting |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19sexually transmitted infections and diseases, for prevention efforts; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (5) (4) involvement of parents and other community members; |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 (6) (5) in-service training for appropriate district staff and school board members; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | REVISOR CR/KR 25-0199501/10/25 |
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| 24 | 24 | | State of Minnesota |
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| 25 | 25 | | This Document can be made available |
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| 26 | 26 | | in alternative formats upon request |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 28 | 28 | | H. F. No. 2355 |
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| 29 | 29 | | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 30 | 30 | | Authored by Berg and Virnig03/13/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Education Policy 2.1 (7) (6) collaboration with state agencies and organizations having a sexually transmitted |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2infection and disease prevention or sexually transmitted infection and disease risk reduction |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3program; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4 (8) (7) collaboration with local community health services, agencies and organizations |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5having a sexually transmitted infection and disease prevention or sexually transmitted |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6infection and disease risk reduction program; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7 (9) (8) participation by state and local student organizations. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.8 The department may provide assistance at a neutral site to a nonpublic school participating |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.9in a district's program. District programs must not conflict with the health and wellness |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.10curriculum developed under Laws 1987, chapter 398, article 5, section 2, subdivision 7. |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.11 If a district fails to develop and implement a program to prevent and reduce the risk of |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.12sexually transmitted infection and disease, the department must assist the service cooperative |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.13in the region serving that district to develop or implement the program. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 45 | 45 | | REVISOR CR/KR 25-0199501/10/25 |
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