1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to education; modifying sexually transmitted infections and diseases
1.3 program requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.23,
1.4 subdivision 1.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.23, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision 1.Sexually transmitted infections and diseases program.The
1.8commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of health, shall assist
1.9districts in developing and implementing a program to prevent and reduce the risk of sexually
1.10transmitted infections and diseases, including but not exclusive to human immune deficiency
1.11virus and human papilloma virus. Each district must have a program that includes at least:
1.12 (1) planning materials, guidelines, and other technically accurate and updated information
1.13that is medically and scientifically accurate and unbiased;
1.14 (2) a comprehensive, technically medically and scientifically accurate, unbiased, and
1.15updated curriculum that includes but is not limited to helping students to abstain from sexual
1.16activity until marriage;
1.17 (3) cooperation and coordination among districts and SCs;
1.18 (4) a targeting of adolescents, especially those who may be at high risk of contracting
1.19sexually transmitted infections and diseases, for prevention efforts;
1.20 (5) (4) involvement of parents and other community members;
1.21 (6) (5) in-service training for appropriate district staff and school board members;
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 1048NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: MAYE QUADE and Port)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading02/06/2025
Referred to Education Policy 2.1 (7) (6) collaboration with state agencies and organizations having a sexually transmitted
2.2infection and disease prevention or sexually transmitted infection and disease risk reduction
2.3program;
2.4 (8) (7) collaboration with local community health services, agencies and organizations
2.5having a sexually transmitted infection and disease prevention or sexually transmitted
2.6infection and disease risk reduction program; and
2.7 (9) (8) participation by state and local student organizations.
2.8 The department may provide assistance at a neutral site to a nonpublic school participating
2.9in a district's program. District programs must not conflict with the health and wellness
2.10curriculum developed under Laws 1987, chapter 398, article 5, section 2, subdivision 7.
2.11 If a district fails to develop and implement a program to prevent and reduce the risk of
2.12sexually transmitted infection and disease, the department must assist the service cooperative
2.13in the region serving that district to develop or implement the program.
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