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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB 545 2021 A bill to be entitled An act relating to reproductive health and disease education; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.

; requiring each school district to publish a notice on the district's website concerning a parent's right to exempt a student from reproductive health and disease education; amending s. 1003.42, F.S.
; requiring district school boards to annually approve instructional materials relating to reproductive health and disease education in an open, noticed public meeting; requiring each school district to publish a notice on the district's website concerning a parent's right to exempt a student from reproductive health and disease education; amending s. 1006.40, F.S.
; specifying that reproductive health and disease education instructional materials are to be made available for public review and comment under a specific process; providing an effective date.

20 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 21 22 Section 1.
Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section 23 1002.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 24 1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public 25 school students must receive accurate and timely information CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
Page 1 of 4 hb0545-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB 545 2021 26 regarding their child's academic progress and must be informed 27 of ways they can help their child to succeed in school.
K-12 28 students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory 29 rights including, but not limited to, the following: 30 31 (3) HEALTH ISSUES.— (d) Reproductive health and disease education.—A public 32 school student whose parent makes written request to the school 33 principal shall be exempted from the teaching of reproductive 34 health or any disease, including HIV/AIDS, in accordance with 35 the provisions of s. 1003.42(3).
Each school district shall, on 36 the district's website homepage, notify parents of this right 37 and the process to request an exemption.

The homepage must 38 include a link for a student's parent to access and review the 39 instructional materials, as defined in s. 1006.29(2), used to 40 teach the curriculum.

41 Section 2.
Subsections (1) and (3) of section 1003.42, 42 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 43 44 1003.42 Required instruction.— (1)(a) Each district school board shall provide all 45 courses required for middle grades promotion, high school 46 graduation, and appropriate instruction designed to ensure that 47 students meet State Board of Education adopted standards in the 48 following subject areas: reading and other language arts, 49 mathematics, science, social studies, foreign languages, health 50 and physical education, and the arts.
The state board must CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.

Page 2 of 4 hb0545-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB 545 2021 51 remove a middle grades course in the Course Code Directory that 52 does not fully integrate all appropriate curricular content 53 required by s. 1003.41 and may approve a new course only if it 54 meets the required curricular content.
55 (b) All instructional materials, as defined in s. 56 1006.29(2), used to teach reproductive health or any disease, 57 including HIV/AIDS, its symptoms, development, and treatment, as 58 part of the courses referenced in subsection (3), must be 59 annually approved by a district school board in an open, noticed 60 public meeting.
61 (3) Any student whose parent makes written request to the 62 school principal shall be exempted from the teaching of 63 reproductive health or any disease, including HIV/AIDS, its 64 symptoms, development, and treatment.

A student so exempted may 65 not be penalized by reason of that exemption.

Course 66 descriptions for comprehensive health education shall not 67 interfere with the local determination of appropriate curriculum 68 which reflects local values and concerns.
Each school district 69 shall, on the district's website homepage, notify parents of 70 this right and the process to request an exemption.

The homepage 71 must include a link for a student's parent to access and review 72 the instructional materials, as defined in s. 1006.29(2), used 73 to teach the curriculum.

74 Section 3.

Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section 75 1006.40, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
Page 3 of 4 hb0545-02-c2 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/CS/HB 545 2021 76 1006.40 Use of instructional materials allocation; 77 instructional materials, library books, and reference books; 78 repair of books.— 79 (4) Each district school board is responsible for the 80 content of all materials used in a classroom or otherwise made 81 available to students.
Each district school board shall adopt 82 rules, and each district school superintendent shall implement 83 procedures, that: 84 (b) Provide a process for public review of, public comment 85 on, and the adoption of instructional materials, including 86 instructional materials used to teach reproductive health or any 87 disease, including HIV/AIDS, under ss.

1003.42(3) and 1003.46, 88 which that satisfies the requirements of s. 1006.283(2)(b)8., 89 9., and 11.

90 Section 4.
90 Section 4.

This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.

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