Filed April 17, 2025 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment adds a rule that students in grades five through twelve cannot be shown certain computer-generated images, animations, or ultrasounds during human growth and development instruction unless a parent or guardian submits a written request at least one week in advance. It also requires school boards to notify parents of students in those grades at the start of each school year about these images, when they will be shown, and how they can request their child's participation.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 1, after line 25 by inserting: “(3) (a) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), a school board shall not provide instruction in human growth and development that includes the high-quality, computer-generated rendering or animation, or an ultrasound or other real image described in subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c), to a pupil enrolled in grades five or six unless the pupil’s parent or guardian files with the appropriate principal a written request that the pupil be required to participate in the instruction at least one week prior to the date or dates during which the instruction will be provided. (b) At the beginning of each school year, each school board shall provide to a parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school district in grades five and six notice, on a form developed by the school board, of all of the following: (i) The requirement that the school board provide instruction in human growth and development that includes the high-quality, computer-generated rendering or animation, or an ultrasound or other real image described in subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c), if the pupil’s parent or guardian files the written request described in subparagraph division (a). (ii) The date or dates during which the instruction in human growth and development that includes the high-quality, computer-generated rendering or animation, or an ultrasound or other real image described in subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c), will be provided in the pupil’s class. (iii) The parent’s or guardian’s ability to require that the pupil participate in the instruction in human growth and development that includes the high-quality, computer-generated rendering or animation, or an ultrasound or other real image described in subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c).”
- Page 2, after line 10 by inserting: -1- H 1237.1614 (1) 91 jda/jh 1/ 2 “(3) (a) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), a school board shall not provide instruction in human growth and development that includes the high-quality, computer-generated rendering or animation, or an ultrasound or other real image described in subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c), to a pupil enrolled in grades seven through twelve unless the pupil’s parent or guardian files with the appropriate principal a written request that the pupil be required to participate in the instruction at least one week prior to the date or dates during which the instruction will be provided. (b) At the beginning of each school year, each school board shall provide to a parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school district in grades seven through twelve notice, on a form developed by the school board, of all of the following: (i) The requirement that the school board provide instruction in human growth and development that includes the high-quality, computer-generated rendering or animation, or an ultrasound or other real image described in subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c), if the pupil’s parent or guardian files the written request described in subparagraph division (a). (ii) The date or dates during which the instruction in human growth and development that includes the high-quality, computer-generated rendering or animation, or an ultrasound or other real image described in subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c), will be provided in the pupil’s class. (iii) The parent’s or guardian’s ability to require that the pupil participate in the instruction in human growth and development that includes the high-quality, computer-generated rendering or animation, or an ultrasound or other real image described in subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c).”