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Requiring that human growth and development instruction provided by school districts include instruction on consent
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 18, 2022
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary School boards must include lessons about consent when teaching students in grades 6 through 12 about human growth and development. These lessons would define consent as a voluntary and conscious agreement that must continue throughout any sexual activity. The instruction would also explain that anyone involved has the responsibility to make sure everyone else agrees.1
Read the official explanation
This bill provides that age-appropriate and research-based instruction in human growth and development, which each school board shall provide to students enrolled in grades through 12, must include instruction regarding consent. The bill defines “consent” as affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity. It is a responsibility of each person involved in sexual activity to ensure that the other or others consent to engage in the sexual activity. Consent must be ongoing throughout a sexual activity and can be revoked at any time.
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Tried before
89th General Assembly
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.
- HF 450 Requiring that human growth and development instruction provided by school districts inclu…88th General Assembly · In committee · nearly identicalCleared committee
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