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H.B. 20 Enrolled

                 

ADOPTION PRESENTATIONS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

                 
1999 GENERAL SESSION

                 
STATE OF UTAH

                 
Sponsor: Richard M. Siddoway

                  AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; REQUIRING ADOPTION
                  PRESENTATIONS TO SECONDARY STUDENTS BE GIVEN BY CERTIFICATED
                  TEACHERS AS PART OF THE HEALTH EDUCATION CORE.
                  This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
                  AMENDS:
                      53A-13-107, as last amended by Chapter 161, Laws of Utah 1998
                  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) Each local school board shall ensure that an annual presentation on adoption is given
                  to its secondary school students in grades 7-12 [from a person 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 shall be made by a certificated teacher as part of the health education
                  core and may be included as part of a district's teenage pregnancy prevention program authorized
                  under Section 53A-17a-121 .


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