S.B. 38

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EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS OF ADOPTION
2 ASSISTANCE
3 1998 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Craig L. Taylor
6 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; REQUIRING LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS
7 TO ENSURE AN ANNUAL PRESENTATION IS GIVEN TO SECONDARY SCHOOL
8 STUDENTS IN GRADES 9-12 ON ADOPTION PROCEDURES; AND PROVIDING AN
9 EFFECTIVE DATE.
10 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
11 AMENDS:
12 53A-13-107, as enacted by Chapter 185, Laws of Utah 1996
13 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
14 Section 1. Section 53A-13-107 is amended to read:
15 53A-13-107. Adoption information.
16 (1) [School boards that operate special schools for pregnant students and students who are
17 parents] Each local school board shall ensure that [every student in a special school who is under
18 age 21 attends, at least once each academic term, a] an annual presentation [at the school] on
19 adoption is given to its secondary school students in grades 9-12 from a person [who places
20 children for adoption] who is either a representative of a child placement agency licensed under
21 Title 62A, Chapter 2, or an attorney licensed to practice law in this state.
22 (2) The presentation may be included as part of a district's teenage pregnancy prevention
23 program authorized under Section 53A-17a-121.
24 Section 2. Effective date.
25 This act takes effect on July 1, 1998.

Legislative Review Note
as of 1-14-98 12:45 PM

A limited legal review of this bill raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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