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SEX EDUCATION INSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS

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2024 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Tim Jimenez

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Senate Sponsor: Keith Grover

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill removes human sexuality from the definition of sex education instruction.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     removes human sexuality from the definition of sex education instruction; and
13          ▸     makes technical changes.
14     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
15          None
16     Other Special Clauses:
17          None
18     Utah Code Sections Affected:
19     AMENDS:
20          53G-10-403, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2019, Chapter 293
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22     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
23          Section 1. Section 53G-10-403 is amended to read:
24          53G-10-403. Required parental consent for sex education instruction.
25          (1) As used in this section:
26          (a) (i) "Sex education instruction" means any course material, unit, class, lesson,
27     activity, or presentation that, as the focus of the discussion, provides instruction or information
28     to a student about:
29          (A) sexual abstinence;
30          [(B) human sexuality;]
31          [(C)] (B) human reproduction;
32          [(D)] (C) reproductive anatomy;
33          [(E)] (D) physiology;
34          [(F)] (E) pregnancy;
35          [(G)] (F) marriage;
36          [(H)] (G) childbirth;
37          [(I)] (H) parenthood;
38          [(J)] (I) contraception;
39          [(K)] (J) HIV/AIDS;
40          [(L)] (K) sexually transmitted diseases; or
41          [(M)] (L) refusal skills, as defined in Section 53G-10-402.
42          (ii) "Sex education instruction" does not include child sexual abuse prevention
43     instruction described in Section 53G-9-207.
44          (b) "School" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53G-10-205.
45          (2) A school shall obtain prior written consent from a student's parent before the school
46     may provide sex education instruction to the student.
47          (3) If a student's parent chooses not to have the student participate in sex education
48     instruction, a school shall:
49          (a) waive the requirement for the student to participate in the sex education instruction;
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51          (b) provide the student with a reasonable alternative to the sex education instruction
52     requirement.
53          (4) In cooperation with the student's teacher or school, a parent shall take responsibility
54     for the parent's student's sex education instruction if a school:
55          (a) waives the student's sex education instruction requirement in Subsection (3)(a); or
56          (b) provides the student with a reasonable alternative to the sex education instruction
57     requirement described in Subsection (3)(b).
58          (5) A student's academic or citizenship performance may not be penalized if the
59     student's parent chooses not to have the student participate in sex education instruction as
60     described in Subsection (3).
61          Section 2. Effective date.
62          This bill takes effect on May 1, 2024.