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Requiring that human growth and development instruction provided by school districts address same-sex relationships, gender identity, and contraceptives, and eliminating provisions relating to abstinence-only materials and abstinence-only curricula developed or offered by schools or school districts
Topics:K–12 educationLGBTQIA+
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 16, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 22, 2021
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- 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 Iowa school districts would be required to teach students about human growth and development, including topics like gender identity, same-sex relationships, and birth control. All lessons must be based on research and be appropriate for the students' age. The new rules also remove language that protected a school's ability to use abstinence-only teaching materials.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires that school districts provide in grades through comprehensive instruction regarding human growth and development, including same-sex relationships, gender identity, and contraceptive drugs and devices, and retains the requirement that all such instruction be age-appropriate and research-based. The bill strikes language that provides that schools and school districts shall not be prohibited from developing and making available abstinence-only materials and from offering abstinence-only curricula.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 22, 2021. It hasn’t reported yet.
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