This document includes Senate Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 12:26 PM by lpoole.
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill amends provisions regarding instruction in health.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 ▸ provides that health education instruction may include information about the
13 medical characteristics, effectiveness, limitations, and risks of contraceptive
14 methods or devices;
15 ▸ reorganizes provisions related to instruction in health;
16 ▸ requires the State Board of Education to make administrative rules; and
17 ▸ makes technical and conforming changes.
18 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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20 Other Special Clauses:
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22 Utah Code Sections Affected:
23 AMENDS:
24 53G-10-402, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 224 and renumbered and
25 amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 3
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27 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
28 Section 1. Section 53G-10-402 is amended to read:
29 53G-10-402. Instruction in health -- Parental consent requirements -- Conduct
30 and speech of school employees and volunteers -- Political and religious doctrine
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32 (1) As used in this section:
33 (a) "Board" means the State Board of Education.
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37 (b) "LEA governing board" means a local school board or charter school governing
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39 (c) "Parent" means a parent or legal guardian.
40 (d) "Refusal skills" means instruction:
41 (i) in a student's ability to clearly and expressly refuse sexual advances by a minor or
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43 (ii) in a student's obligation to stop the student's sexual advances if refused by another
44 individual;
45 (iii) informing a student of the student's right to report and seek counseling for
46 unwanted sexual advances;
47 (iv) in sexual harassment; and
48 (v) informing a student that a student may not consent to criminally prohibited
49 activities or activities for which the student is legally prohibited from giving consent, including
50 the electronic transmission of sexually explicit images by an individual of the individual or
51 another.
52 (2) (a) The board shall establish curriculum requirements under Section 53E-3-501 that
53 include instruction in:
54 (i) community and personal health;
55 (ii) physiology;
56 (iii) personal hygiene;
57 (iv) prevention of communicable disease;
58 (v) refusal skills; and
59 (vi) the harmful effects of pornography.
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67 (iii) prohibit instruction in:
68 (A) the intricacies of intercourse, sexual stimulation, or erotic behavior;
69 (B) the advocacy of premarital or extramarital sexual activity; or
70 (C) the advocacy or encouragement of the use of contraceptive methods or devices; and
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72 contraceptive methods or devices that stresses effectiveness, limitations, risks, and information
73 on state law applicable to minors obtaining contraceptive methods or devices.
74 (c) The state board shall make rules for an LEA governing board that adopts
75 instructional materials under Subsection (2)(g)(ii) that:
76 (i) require the LEA governing board to report on the materials selected and the LEA
77 governing board's compliance with Subsection (2)(h); and
78 (ii) provide for an appeal and review process of the LEA governing board's adoption of
79 instructional materials.
80 (d) The state board may not require an LEA to teach or adopt instructional materials
81 that include information on contraceptive methods or devices.
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83 spontaneous questions raised by students, regarding any means or methods that facilitate or
84 encourage the violation of any state or federal criminal law by a minor or an adult.
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86 responding to a spontaneous question as long as the response is consistent with the provisions
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89 required under Subsection (2)(a) after considering evaluations of instructional materials by the
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103 (h) An LEA governing board that adopts instructional materials under Subsection
104 (2)(g)(ii) shall:
105 (i) ensure that the materials comply with state law and board rules;
106 (ii) base the adoption of the materials on the recommendations of the LEA governing
107 board's Curriculum Materials Review Committee; and
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110 given to parents of students attending the respective schools and an opportunity for parents to
111 express their views and opinions on the materials at the meeting[
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117 (3) (a) A student shall receive instruction in the courses described in Subsection (2) on
118 at least two occasions during the period that begins with the beginning of grade 8 and the end
119 of grade 12.
120 (b) At the request of the board, the Department of Health shall cooperate with the
121 board in developing programs to provide instruction in those areas.
122 (4) (a) The board shall adopt rules that:
123 (i) provide that the parental consent requirements of Sections 76-7-322 and 76-7-323
124 are complied with; and
125 (ii) require a student's parent to be notified in advance and have an opportunity to
126 review the information for which parental consent is required under Sections 76-7-322 and
127 76-7-323.
128 (b) The board shall also provide procedures for disciplinary action for violation of
129 Section 76-7-322 or 76-7-323.
130 (5) (a) In keeping with the requirements of Section 53G-10-204, and because school
131 employees and volunteers serve as examples to their students, school employees or volunteers
132 acting in their official capacities may not support or encourage criminal conduct by students,
133 teachers, or volunteers.
134 (b) To ensure the effective performance of school personnel, the limitations described
135 in Subsection (5)(a) also apply to a school employee or volunteer acting outside of the school
136 employee's or volunteer's official capacities if:
137 (i) the employee or volunteer knew or should have known that the employee's or
138 volunteer's action could result in a material and substantial interference or disruption in the
139 normal activities of the school; and
140 (ii) that action does result in a material and substantial interference or disruption in the
141 normal activities of the school.
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143 school employees or volunteers that supports or encourages criminal conduct.
144 (d) The board shall adopt rules implementing this section.
145 (e) Nothing in this section limits the ability or authority of the board or [
146 an LEA governing board to enact and enforce rules or take actions that are otherwise lawful,
147 regarding educators', employees', or volunteers' qualifications or behavior evidencing unfitness
148 for duty.
149 (6) Except as provided in Section 53G-10-202, political, atheistic, sectarian, religious,
150 or denominational doctrine may not be taught in the public schools.
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152 governing board's employees shall cooperate and share responsibility in carrying out the
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156 administrators to enable them to understand, protect, and properly instruct students in the
157 values and character traits referred to in this section and Sections 53E-9-202, 53E-9-203,
158 53G-10-202, 53G-10-203, 53G-10-204, and 53G-10-205, and distribute appropriate written
159 materials on the values, character traits, and conduct to each individual receiving the
160 professional development.
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162 described in Subsection (7)(b) available to classified employees, students, and parents of
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165 professional development required under Subsection (7)(b), the board shall, as appropriate,
166 contract with a qualified individual or entity possessing expertise in the areas referred to in
167 Subsection (7)(b) to develop and disseminate model teacher professional development
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169 referred to in Subsection (7)(b) to effectively teach the values and qualities of character
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171 (e) In accordance with the provisions of Subsection (5)(c), professional development
172 may not support or encourage criminal conduct.
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176 (b) for a local board of education of a school district, data for each county that the
177 school district is located in, or, for a charter school governing board, data for the county in
178 which the charter school is located, on the following:
179 (i) teen pregnancy;
180 (ii) child sexual abuse; and
181 (iii) sexually transmitted diseases and sexually transmitted infections; and
182 (c) the number of pornography complaints or other instances reported within the
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184 (9) If any one or more provision, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this
185 section, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is found to be
186 unconstitutional, the balance of this section shall be given effect without the invalid provision,
187 subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word.