H.B. 363
         HEALTH EDUCATION AMENDMENTS

House Floor Amendments

Amendment 3 February 22, 2012 2:03 PM



Representative Ronda Rudd Menlove proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 3, Lines 81 through 86
    House Committee Amendments
    2-14-2012 :
    

             81          [(c) (i)] (e) (i) (A) The board
  , in consultation with parents,       shall recommend abstinence only instructional materials

             82      for use in [the curricula required under Subsection (1)(a)] human sexuality instruction or
             83      instructional programs
{   after considering evaluations of abstinence only instructional materials

             84      by the State Instructional Materials Commission  
}
.
 

    (B) Abstinence only instructional materials recommended under Subsection (3)(e)(i)(A) may include abstinence only instructional materials developed by the State Board of Education in consultation with parents or abstinence only instructional materials evaluated by the State Instructional Materials Commission.
    (C) Instructional materials recommended under Subsection (3)(e)(i)(A) shall include a parent education component in which instruction or instructional materials are made available to parents to assist parents in providing human sexuality instruction to their children.  

             85          
{   (B)   }        (D)       The board may not recommend instructional materials other than abstinence only

             86      instructional materials for use in human sexuality instruction or instructional programs.

2.    Page 4, Line 99 :    

             99      Subsections (3)(b) and (c);
 

    (B) that parents or guardians of children enrolled in the school district or charter school shall be the majority of members of a curriculum materials review committee;
    (C) that a school district or charter school, in consultation with parents, may develop abstinence only curriculum materials;
    (D) that abstinence only instructional materials adopted under Subsection (3)(e)(ii)(B) shall include a parent education component in which instruction or instructional materials are made available to parents to assist parents in providing human sexuality instruction to their children.  


3.    Page 4, Lines 105 through 111 :    

             105          
{   (B)   }        (E)       that the adoption of abstinence only instructional materials shall take place in an

             106      open and regular meeting of the local school board or charter school governing board for which
             107      prior notice is given to parents and guardians of students attending schools in the district and an


             108      opportunity for them to express their views and opinions on the materials at the meeting;
             109          
{   (C)   }        (F)       provision for an appeal and review process of the local school board's or charter

             110      school governing board's decision; and
             111          
{   (D)   }        (G)       provision for a report by the local school board or charter school governing board


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