Bill Text: VA HB2205 | 2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Family life education; consent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-12 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0372) [HB2205 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HB2205-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §22.1-207.1:1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§22.1-207.1:1. Family life education; certain curricula and Standards of Learning.
A. Any family life education curriculum offered by a local school division shall require the Standards of Learning objectives related to dating violence and the characteristics of abusive relationships to be taught at least once in middle school and at least twice in high school, as described in the Board of Education's family life education guidelines.
B. Any high school family life education curriculum offered by
a local school division shall incorporate age-appropriate elements of effective
and evidence-based programs on (i) the prevention of dating violence,
domestic abuse, sexual harassment, including sexual harassment using electronic
means, and sexual violence and may incorporate age-appropriate
elements of effective and evidence-based programs on (ii) the law
and meaning of consent. Such age-appropriate elements of effective and evidence-based
programs on the prevention of sexual violence may include instruction that
increases student awareness of the fact that consent is required before sexual
activity.
C. Any family life education curriculum offered in any elementary school, middle school, or high school shall incorporate age-appropriate elements of effective and evidence-based programs on the importance of the personal privacy and personal boundaries of other individuals and tools for a student to use to ensure that he respects the personal privacy and personal boundaries of other individuals.
D. Any family life education curriculum offered by a local school division may incorporate age-appropriate elements of effective and evidence-based programs on the prevention, recognition, and awareness of child abduction, child abuse, child sexual exploitation, and child sexual abuse.