Bill Text: CA AB643 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 643 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Pupil instruction: abusive relationships.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-10-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 574, Statutes of 2017. [AB643 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB643-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly April 18, 2017

Amended IN Assembly March 21, 2017

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 643

Introduced by Assembly Member Frazier

February 14, 2017

An act to amend ~~Sections 51930 and 51933~~ Section 51934 of the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 643, as amended, Frazier. Pupil instruction: ~~domestic violence:abusive~~ abusive relationships.

Existing law, the California Healthy Youth Act, requires school districts to ensure that all pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, receive comprehensive sexual health education and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention education, as specified. The act requires the comprehensive sexual health education and HIV prevention education to satisfy specified criteria, including, among other criteria, that instruction and materials provide pupils with the knowledge and skills they need to form healthy relationships that are based on mutual respect and affection, and are free from violence, coercion, and intimidation. The act specifies that its purposes include, among others, providing pupils with the knowledge and skills necessary to have healthy, positive, and safe relationships and behaviors. Under the act, this instruction includes, among other things, information about adolescent relationship abuse and intimate partner violence.

This bill would require ~~the comprehensive sexual health education and HIV prevention education instruction and materials to provide pupils with the knowledge and skills they need to recognize~~ the information included in the instruction about adolescent relationship abuse and intimate partner violence to also include the early warning signs ~~of domestic violence in order to prevent abusive relationships and would designate providing pupils with those knowledge and skills as a purpose of the act.~~ thereof. To the extent that this requirement would impose additional duties on school districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 51934 of the Education Code is amended to read:

51934.

(a) Each school district shall ensure that all pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, receive comprehensive sexual health education and HIV prevention education from instructors trained in the appropriate courses. Each pupil shall receive this instruction at least once in junior high or middle school and at least once in high school. This instruction shall include all of the following:

(1) Information on the nature of HIV, as well as other sexually transmitted infections, and their effects on the human body.

(2) Information on the manner in which HIV and other sexually transmitted infections are and are not transmitted, including information on the relative risk of infection according to specific behaviors, including sexual activities and injection drug use.

(3) Information that abstinence from sexual activity and injection drug use is the only certain way to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections and abstinence from sexual intercourse is the only certain way to prevent unintended pregnancy. Instruction shall provide information about the value of delaying sexual activity while also providing medically accurate information on other methods of preventing HIV and other sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy.

(4) Information about the effectiveness and safety of all federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved methods that prevent or reduce the risk of contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, including use of antiretroviral medication, consistent with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

(5) Information about the effectiveness and safety of reducing the risk of HIV transmission as a result of injection drug use by decreasing needle use and needle sharing.

(6) Information about the treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, including how antiretroviral therapy can dramatically prolong the lives of many people living with HIV and reduce the likelihood of transmitting HIV to others.

(7) Discussion about social views on HIV and AIDS, including addressing unfounded stereotypes and myths regarding HIV and AIDS and people living with HIV. This instruction shall emphasize that successfully treated HIV-positive individuals have a normal life expectancy, all people are at some risk of contracting HIV, and the only way to know if one is HIV-positive is to get tested.

(8) Information about local resources, how to access local resources, and pupils’ legal rights to access local resources for sexual and reproductive health care such as testing and medical care for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy prevention and care, as well as local resources for assistance with sexual assault and intimate partner violence.

(9) Information about the effectiveness and safety of all FDA-approved contraceptive methods in preventing pregnancy, including, but not limited to, emergency contraception. Instruction on pregnancy shall include an objective discussion of all legally available pregnancy outcomes, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(A) Parenting, adoption, and abortion.

(B) Information on the law on surrendering physical custody of a minor child 72 hours of age or younger, pursuant to Section 1255.7 of the Health and Safety Code and Section 271.5 of the Penal Code.

(10) Information about sexual harassment, sexual assault, ~~adolescent relationship abuse, intimate partner violence,~~ and sex trafficking.

(11) Information about adolescent relationship abuse and intimate partner violence, including the early warning signs thereof.

(b) A school district may provide comprehensive sexual health education or HIV prevention education consisting of age-appropriate instruction earlier than grade 7 using instructors trained in the appropriate courses. A school district that elects to offer comprehensive sexual health education or HIV prevention education earlier than grade 7 may provide age appropriate and medically accurate information on any of the general topics contained in paragraphs (1) to ~~(10),~~ (11), inclusive, of subdivision (a).

SEC. 2.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

SECTION 1.Section 51930 of the Education Code is amended to read:
51930.
~~(a)This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Healthy Youth Act.~~
~~(b)The purposes of this chapter are as follows:~~
~~(1)To provide pupils with the knowledge and skills necessary to protect their sexual and reproductive health from HIV and other sexually transmitted infections and from unintended pregnancy.~~
(2)To provide pupils with the knowledge and skills they need to develop healthy attitudes concerning adolescent growth and development, body image, gender, sexual orientation, relationships, marriage, and family.
~~(3)To promote understanding of sexuality as a normal part of human development.~~
~~(4)To ensure pupils receive integrated, comprehensive, accurate, and unbiased sexual health and HIV prevention instruction and provide educators with clear tools and guidance to accomplish that end.~~
(5)To provide pupils with the knowledge and skills necessary to have healthy, positive, and safe relationships and behaviors, including recognizing the early warning signs of domestic violence in order to prevent abusive relationships.
SEC. 2.Section 51933 of the Education Code is amended to read:
51933.
All comprehensive sexual health education and HIV prevention education provided pursuant to Section 51934, whether taught or supplemented by school district personnel or by outside consultants or guest speakers pursuant to Section 51936, shall satisfy all of the following criteria:
~~(a)Instruction and materials shall be age appropriate.~~
~~(b)All factual information presented shall be medically accurate and objective.~~
(c)All instruction and materials shall align with and support the purposes of this chapter as set forth in paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive, of subdivision (b) of Section 51930 and may not be in conflict with them.
(d)(1)Instruction and materials shall be appropriate for use with pupils of all races, genders, sexual orientations, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds, pupils with disabilities, and English learners.
(2)Instruction and materials shall be made available on an equal basis to a pupil who is an English learner, consistent with the existing curriculum and alternative options for an English learner pupil as otherwise provided in this code.
(3)Instruction and materials shall be accessible to pupils with disabilities, including, but not limited to, the provision of a modified curriculum, materials and instruction in alternative formats, and auxiliary aids.
~~(4)Instruction and materials shall not reflect or promote bias against any person on the basis of any category protected by Section 220.~~
(5)Instruction and materials shall affirmatively recognize that people have different sexual orientations and, when discussing or providing examples of relationships and couples, shall be inclusive of same-sex relationships.
~~(6)Instruction and materials shall teach pupils about gender, gender expression, gender identity, and explore the harm of negative gender stereotypes.~~
(e)Instruction and materials shall encourage a pupil to communicate with his or her parents, guardians, and other trusted adults about human sexuality and provide the knowledge and skills necessary to do so.
~~(f)Instruction and materials shall teach the value of and prepare pupils to have and maintain committed relationships such as marriage.~~
(g)Instruction and materials shall provide pupils with the knowledge and skills they need to form healthy relationships that are based on mutual respect and affection, and are free from violence, coercion, and intimidation.
~~(h)Instruction and materials shall provide pupils with the knowledge and skills they need to recognize the early warning signs of domestic violence in order to prevent abusive relationships.~~
(i)Instruction and materials shall provide pupils with the knowledge and skills for making and implementing healthy decisions about sexuality, including negotiation and refusal skills to assist pupils in overcoming peer pressure and using effective decisionmaking skills to avoid high-risk activities.
~~(j)Instruction and materials shall not teach or promote religious doctrine.~~
SEC. 3.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.