Amendment H-1065 to HF 348
Prohibiting instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts and charter schools in kindergarten through grade six
Withdrawn · March 8, 2023
Filed March 7, 2023 in the House by
What it changes
- Page 1, line 1, by striking “2 and 3” and inserting “2, 3, and 4”
- Page 1, after line 30 by inserting: “
- The following shall be taught in grades seven and eight: English-language arts; social studies; mathematics; science; health; subject to section 279.77, age-appropriate and research-based human growth and development; career exploration and development; physical education; music; and visual art. Computer science instruction incorporating the standards established under section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph “a” , subparagraph (4), shall be offered in at least one grade level commencing with the school year beginning July 1,
- Career exploration and development shall be designed so that students are appropriately prepared to create an individual career and academic plan pursuant to section 279.61, incorporate foundational career and technical education concepts aligned with the six career and technical education service areas as defined in subsection 5, paragraph “h” , and incorporate relevant twenty-first century skills. The health curriculum shall include age-appropriate and research-based information regarding the characteristics of sexually transmitted diseases, including HPV and the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV, and acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The state board as part of accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum definitions for implementing the program in grades seven and eight. However, this subsection shall not apply to the teaching of career exploration and development in nonpublic schools. For purposes of this section, “age-appropriate” , “HPV” , and “research-based” mean the same as defined in section 279.50.”
- Page 1, before line 31 by inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph j, subparagraph (1), Code 2023, is amended to read as follows: (1) One unit of health education which shall include personal health; food and nutrition; environmental health; safety and survival skills; consumer health; family life; subject to section 279.77, age-appropriate and research-based human growth and development; substance abuse and nonuse; emotional and social health; health resources; and prevention and control of disease, including age-appropriate and research-based information regarding sexually transmitted diseases, including HPV and the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV, and acquired immune deficiency syndrome.”
- Page 2, line 1, by striking “six” and inserting “twelve”
- Page 2, line 12, by striking “Each” and inserting “Each Subject to section 279.77, each”
- Page 2, by striking lines 18 through 28 and inserting “256.11, in grades one through twelve.”
- Page 3, line 5, by striking “six” and inserting “twelve”
- Title page, line 3, by striking “six” and inserting “twelve”
- By renumbering as necessary.