Bill Text: FL H1077 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public School Instruction

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [H1077 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H1077-Introduced.html

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HB 1077

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to public school instruction; amending s.
3	1002.23, F.S.; requiring Department of Education
4	guidelines for the school district parent guide to include
5	information regarding required parental permission for
6	certain instruction; authorizing a school district to
7	include a parental consent form in the parent guide;
8	amending s. 1003.42, F.S.; revising required instruction
9	relating to comprehensive health education; specifying
10	that a student needs parental permission to be taught
11	reproductive health or sexually transmitted disease
12	education; amending ss. 1002.20 and 1006.148, F.S.;
13	conforming provisions and a cross-reference to changes
14	made by the act; providing an effective date.
15
16	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
17
18	Section 1.  Subsections (2) and (7) of section 1002.23,
19	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
20	1002.23  Family and School Partnership for Student
21	Achievement Act.-
22	(2)  To facilitate meaningful parent and family
23	involvement, the Department of Education shall develop
24	guidelines for a parent guide to successful student achievement
25	which describes what parents need to know about their child's
26	educational progress and how they can help their child to
27	succeed in school. The guidelines shall include, but need not be
28	limited to:
29	(a)  Parental information regarding:
30	1.  Requirements for their child to be promoted to the next
31	grade, as provided for in s. 1008.25;
32	2.  Progress of their child toward achieving state and
33	district expectations for academic proficiency;
34	3.  Assessment results, including report cards and progress
35	reports;
36	4.  Qualifications of their child's teachers; and
37	5.  School entry requirements, including required
38	immunizations and the recommended immunization schedule;
39	(b)  Services available for parents and their children,
40	such as family literacy services; mentoring, tutorial, and other
41	academic reinforcement programs; college planning, academic
42	advisement, and student counseling services; and after-school
43	programs;
44	(c)  Opportunities for parental participation, such as
45	parenting classes, adult education, school advisory councils,
46	and school volunteer programs;
47	(d)  Opportunities for parents to learn about rigorous
48	academic programs that may be available for their child, such as
49	honors programs, dual enrollment, advanced placement,
50	International Baccalaureate, International General Certificate
51	of Secondary Education (pre-AICE), Advanced International
52	Certificate of Education, Florida Virtual High School courses,
53	and accelerated access to postsecondary education;
54	(e)  Educational choices, as provided for in s. 1002.20(6),
55	and Florida tax credit scholarships, as provided for in s.
56	1002.395;
57	(f)  Classroom and test accommodations available for
58	students with disabilities;
59	(g)  School board rules, policies, and procedures for
60	student promotion and retention, academic standards, student
61	assessment, courses of study, instructional materials, and
62	contact information for school and district offices; and
63	(h)  Resources for information on student health and other
64	available resources for parents; and
65	(i)  Notification that parental permission is required for
66	student participation in reproductive health or sexually
67	transmitted disease education, including HIV/AIDS instruction.
68	(7)  Each school district shall develop and disseminate a
69	parent guide to successful student achievement, consistent with
70	the guidelines of the Department of Education, which addresses
71	what parents need to know about their child's educational
72	progress and how parents can help their child to succeed in
73	school. The guide may include a consent form by which a parent
74	gives permission for his or her child to participate in
75	reproductive health or sexually transmitted disease education,
76	including HIV/AIDS instruction, as required in s. 1003.42(3).
77	The guide must:
78	(a)  Be understandable to students and parents;
79	(b)  Be distributed to all parents, students, and school
80	personnel at the beginning of each school year;
81	(c)  Be discussed at the beginning of each school year in
82	meetings of students, parents, and teachers;
83	(d)  Include information concerning services,
84	opportunities, choices, academic standards, and student
85	assessment; and
86	(e)  Provide information on the importance of student
87	health and available immunizations and vaccinations, including,
88	but not limited to:
89	1.  A recommended immunization schedule in accordance with
90	United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
91	recommendations.
92	2.  Detailed information regarding the causes, symptoms,
93	and transmission of meningococcal disease and the availability,
94	effectiveness, known contraindications, and appropriate age for
95	the administration of any required or recommended vaccine
96	against meningococcal disease, in accordance with the
97	recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization
98	Practices of the United States Centers for Disease Control and
99	Prevention.
100
101	The parent guide may be included as a part of the code of
102	student conduct that is required in s. 1006.07(2).
103	Section 2.  Paragraphs (j) through (t) of subsection (2)
104	and subsection (3) of section 1003.42, Florida Statutes, are
105	amended to read:
106	1003.42  Required instruction.-
107	(2)  Members of the instructional staff of the public
108	schools, subject to the rules of the State Board of Education
109	and the district school board, shall teach efficiently and
110	faithfully, using the books and materials required that meet the
111	highest standards for professionalism and historic accuracy,
112	following the prescribed courses of study, and employing
113	approved methods of instruction, the following:
114	(j)  The true effects of all alcoholic and intoxicating
115	liquors and beverages and narcotics upon the human body and
116	mind.
117	(j)(k)  Kindness to animals.
118	(k)(l)  The history of the state.
119	(l)(m)  The conservation of natural resources.
120	(m)(n)  Comprehensive health education that addresses the
121	importance of nutrition, physical fitness, and the destructive
122	effects of substance abuse and alcohol; emphasizes the
123	interconnection between physical well-being and mental and
124	emotional health; and addresses concepts of community health;
125	consumer health; environmental health; family life, including an
126	awareness of the benefits of sexual abstinence as the expected
127	standard and the consequences of teenage pregnancy; mental and
128	emotional health; injury prevention and safety; nutrition;
129	personal health; prevention and control of disease; and
130	substance use and abuse. The health education curriculum for
131	students in grades 7 through 12 shall include a teen dating
132	violence and abuse component that includes, but is not limited
133	to, the definition of dating violence and abuse, the warning
134	signs of dating violence and abusive behavior, the
135	characteristics of healthy relationships, measures to prevent
136	and stop dating violence and abuse, and community resources
137	available to victims of dating violence and abuse.
138	(n)(o)  Such additional materials, subjects, courses, or
139	fields in such grades as are prescribed by law or by rules of
140	the State Board of Education and the district school board in
141	fulfilling the requirements of law.
142	(o)(p)  The study of Hispanic contributions to the United
143	States.
144	(p)(q)  The study of women's contributions to the United
145	States.
146	(q)(r)  The nature and importance of free enterprise to the
147	United States economy.
148	(r)(s)  A character-development program in the elementary
149	schools, similar to Character First or Character Counts, which
150	is secular in nature. Beginning in school year 2004-2005, the
151	character-development program shall be required in kindergarten
152	through grade 12. Each district school board shall develop or
153	adopt a curriculum for the character-development program that
154	shall be submitted to the department for approval. The
155	character-development curriculum shall stress the qualities of
156	patriotism; responsibility; citizenship; kindness; respect for
157	authority, life, liberty, and personal property; honesty;
158	charity; self-control; racial, ethnic, and religious tolerance;
159	and cooperation.
160	(s)(t)  In order to encourage patriotism, the sacrifices
161	that veterans have made in serving our country and protecting
162	democratic values worldwide. Such instruction must occur on or
163	before Veterans' Day and Memorial Day. Members of the
164	instructional staff are encouraged to use the assistance of
165	local veterans when practicable.
166
167	The State Board of Education is encouraged to adopt standards
168	and pursue assessment of the requirements of this subsection.
169	(3)  Each Any student must be given parental permission to
170	be taught whose parent makes written request to the school
171	principal shall be exempted from the teaching of reproductive
172	health or sexually transmitted any disease education, including
173	HIV/AIDS instruction, its symptoms, development, and treatment.
174	A student who does not receive parental permission so exempted
175	may not be penalized by reason of lack of permission that
176	exemption. In order to ensure adequate notification to a parent,
177	a school district may include a parental consent form in the
178	district parent guide required pursuant to s. 1002.23(7). Course
179	descriptions for comprehensive health education shall not
180	interfere with the local determination of appropriate curriculum
181	which reflects local values and concerns.
182	Section 3.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section
183	1002.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
184	1002.20  K-12 student and parent rights.-Parents of public
185	school students must receive accurate and timely information
186	regarding their child's academic progress and must be informed
187	of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12
188	students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory
189	rights including, but not limited to, the following:
190	(3)  HEALTH ISSUES.-
191	(d)  Reproductive health and disease education.-A public
192	school student must be given parental permission to be taught
193	whose parent makes written request to the school principal shall
194	be exempted from the teaching of reproductive health or sexually
195	transmitted any disease education, including HIV/AIDS
196	instruction, in accordance with the provisions of s. 1003.42(3).
197	Section 4.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
198	1006.148, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
199	1006.148  Dating violence and abuse prohibited.-
200	(1)  Each district school board shall adopt and implement a
201	dating violence and abuse policy. The policy shall:
202	(c)  Define dating violence and abuse and provide for a
203	teen dating violence and abuse component in the health education
204	curriculum, according to s. 1003.42(2)(m)(n), with emphasis on
205	prevention education.
206	Section 5.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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