Bill Text: IA HF469 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring that human growth and development instruction provided by school districts include instruction on the meaning of consent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-25 - Subcommittee: Wheeler, Gaines and Hanusa. H.J. 353. [HF469 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF469-Introduced.html
House
File
469
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
469
BY
McCONKEY
,
BEARINGER
,
ANDERSON
,
GASKILL
,
ABDUL-SAMAD
,
STAED
,
JAMES
,
GAINES
,
and
DONAHUE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
that
human
growth
and
development
instruction
1
provided
by
school
districts
include
instruction
on
the
2
meaning
of
consent.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.50,
subsection
2,
Code
2019,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
Each
school
board
shall
provide
age-appropriate
and
3
research-based
instruction
in
human
growth
and
development
4
including
instruction
regarding
human
sexuality,
self-esteem,
5
stress
management,
interpersonal
relationships
and
consent
,
6
domestic
abuse,
HPV
and
the
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
7
prevent
HPV,
and
acquired
immune
deficiency
syndrome
as
8
required
in
section
256.11
,
in
grades
one
through
twelve.
9
Sec.
2.
Section
279.50,
subsection
9,
Code
2019,
is
amended
10
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
11
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0b.
“Consent”
means
the
unambiguous
and
12
voluntary
agreement
between
all
participants
in
each
physical
13
act
within
the
course
of
interpersonal
relationships,
including
14
respect
for
personal
boundaries.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
provides
that
age-appropriate
and
research-based
19
instruction
in
human
growth
and
development,
which
each
school
20
board
must
provide
to
students
enrolled
in
grades
1-12,
must
21
include
instruction
regarding
consent,
which
is
defined
by
22
the
bill
as
the
unambiguous
and
voluntary
agreement
between
23
all
participants
in
each
physical
act
within
the
course
of
24
interpersonal
relationships,
including
respect
for
personal
25
boundaries.
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