Bill Text: FL S1094 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Required Health Education Instruction
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-26 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 519 (Ch. 2021-83) [S1094 Detail]
Download: Florida-2021-S1094-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Required Health Education Instruction
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-26 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 519 (Ch. 2021-83) [S1094 Detail]
Download: Florida-2021-S1094-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2021 SB 1094 By Senator Bean 4-01763A-21 20211094__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to required health education 3 instruction; amending s. 1003.42, F.S.; providing 4 additional requirements for health education; revising 5 the grade levels when students receive certain health 6 education instruction; requiring health education 7 instruction to include prevention of specified harms; 8 amending s. 1006.148, F.S.; conforming a cross 9 reference; providing an effective date. 10 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 13 Section 1. Paragraph (n) of subsection (2) of section 14 1003.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 15 1003.42 Required instruction.— 16 (2) Members of the instructional staff of the public 17 schools, subject to the rules of the State Board of Education 18 and the district school board, shall teach efficiently and 19 faithfully, using the books and materials required that meet the 20 highest standards for professionalism and historical accuracy, 21 following the prescribed courses of study, and employing 22 approved methods of instruction, the following: 23 (n)1. Comprehensive age-appropriate and developmentally 24 appropriate health education that addresses concepts of 25 community health,;consumer health,;environmental health, and;26 family life, including: 27 a.An awareness of the benefits of sexual abstinence as the28expected standard and the consequences of teenage pregnancy;29 Mental and emotional health.;30 b. Injury prevention and safety.;31 c. Internet safety.;32 d. Nutrition.;33 e. Personal health.;34 f. Prevention and control of disease.; and35 g. Substance use and abuse. 36 h. Prevention of child sexual abuse, exploitation, and 37 human trafficking. 38 2. The health education curriculum for students in grades 7 39 through 12 shall include an awareness of the benefits of sexual 40 abstinence as the expected standard; the consequences of teenage 41 pregnancy; and a teen dating violence and abuse component that 42 includes, but is not limited to, the definition of dating 43 violence and abuse, the warning signs of dating violence and 44 abusive behavior, the characteristics of healthy relationships, 45 measures to prevent and stop dating violence and abuse, and 46 community resources available to victims of dating violence and 47 abuse. 48 49 The State Board of Education is encouraged to adopt standards 50 and pursue assessment of the requirements of this subsection. A 51 character development program that incorporates the values of 52 the recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor and that is 53 offered as part of a social studies, English Language Arts, or 54 other schoolwide character building and veteran awareness 55 initiative meets the requirements of paragraphs (s) and (t). 56 Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 57 1006.148, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 58 1006.148 Dating violence and abuse prohibited.— 59 (1) Each district school board shall adopt and implement a 60 dating violence and abuse policy. The policy shall: 61 (c) Define dating violence and abuse and provide for a teen 62 dating violence and abuse component in the health education 63 curriculum, according to s. 1003.42(2)(n)2.s. 1003.42(2)(n), 64 with emphasis on prevention education. 65 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.