S.B. 38 Enrolled

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS OF ADOPTION ASSISTANCE
1998 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: Craig L. Taylor
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; REQUIRING LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS
TO ENSURE AN ANNUAL PRESENTATION IS GIVEN TO SECONDARY SCHOOL
STUDENTS IN GRADES 7-12 ON ADOPTION PROCEDURES; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
53A-13-107, as enacted by Chapter 185, Laws of Utah 1996
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 53A-13-107 is amended to read:
53A-13-107. Adoption information.
(1) [School boards that operate special schools for pregnant students and students who are
parents] Each local school board shall ensure that [every student in a special school who is under
age 21 attends, at least once each academic term, a] an annual presentation [at the school] on
adoption is given to its secondary school students in grades 7-12 from a person [who places
children for adoption] who is either a representative of a child placement agency licensed under
Title 62A, Chapter 2, or an attorney licensed to practice law in this state, so that each student
receives the presentation at least once during grades 7-9 and at least once during grades 10-12.
(2) The presentation may be included as part of a district's teenage pregnancy prevention
program authorized under Section 53A-17a-121.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act takes effect on July 1, 1998.