H.B. 20

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ADOPTION PRESENTATIONS IN THE
2 PUBLIC SCHOOLS
3 1999 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Richard M. Siddoway
6 AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; REQUIRING ADOPTION
7 PRESENTATIONS TO SECONDARY STUDENTS BE GIVEN BY CERTIFICATED
8 TEACHERS AS PART OF THE HEALTH EDUCATION CORE.
9 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
10 AMENDS:
11 53A-13-107, as last amended by Chapter 161, Laws of Utah 1998
12 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
13 Section 1. Section 53A-13-107 is amended to read:
14 53A-13-107. Adoption information.
15 (1) Each local school board shall ensure that an annual presentation on adoption is given
16 to its secondary school students in grades 7-12 [from a person who is either a representative of a
17 child placement agency licensed under Title 62A, Chapter 2, or an attorney licensed to practice law
18 in this state], so that each student receives the presentation at least once during grades 7-9 and at
19 least once during grades 10-12.
20 (2) The presentation shall be made by a certificated teacher as part of the health education
21 core and may be included as part of a district's teenage pregnancy prevention program authorized
22 under Section 53A-17a-121 .

Legislative Review Note
as of 11-25-98 11:42 AM

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

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