Bill Text: VA HB44 | 2018 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: High school family life education curricula; law and meaning of consent.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-13 - Left in Education [HB44 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-HB44-Prefiled.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, 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, including
instruction that increases student awareness of the fact that consent is
required before sexual activity.
