Bill Text: IA HF504 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the health education requirement for grades nine through twelve under the education standards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-05 - Subcommittee Meeting: 03/06/2019 9:00AM House Lounge. [HF504 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF504-Introduced.html
House
File
504
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
504
BY
BENNETT
,
STAED
,
HUNTER
,
and
BROWN-POWERS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
health
education
requirement
for
grades
1
nine
through
twelve
under
the
education
standards.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
j,
1
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(1)
One
unit
of
health
education
which
shall
include
3
personal
health;
food
and
nutrition;
environmental
health;
4
safety
and
survival
skills;
consumer
health;
family
life;
5
age-appropriate
and
research-based
human
growth
and
6
development;
substance
abuse
and
nonuse;
emotional
and
social
7
health
,
including
mental
health
awareness,
coping
skills,
8
and
suicide
prevention
;
health
resources;
and
prevention
9
and
control
of
disease,
including
age-appropriate
and
10
research-based
information
regarding
sexually
transmitted
11
diseases,
including
HPV
and
the
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
12
prevent
HPV,
and
acquired
immune
deficiency
syndrome.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
adds
mental
health
awareness,
coping
skills,
and
17
suicide
prevention
to
the
subject
matter
that
must
be
included
18
in
the
unit
of
health
education
which
school
districts
and
19
accredited
nonpublic
schools
must
offer
and
teach
in
grades
20
9-12.
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