Bill Text: VA HB785 | 2022 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Family life education curriculum guidelines; human reproduction, viewing of ultrasound video.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-15 - Left in Education [HB785 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-HB785-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §22.1-207.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§22.1-207.1. Family life education.
A. As used in this section, "abstinence education" means an educational or motivational component that has as its exclusive purpose teaching the social, psychological, and health gains to be realized by teenagers' abstaining from sexual activity before marriage.
B. The Board of Education
shall develop Standards of Learning and curriculum guidelines for a
comprehensive, sequential family life education curriculum in grades
kindergarten through 12. Such curriculum guidelines shall include instruction
as appropriate for the age of the student in family living and community
relationships; the benefits, challenges, responsibilities, and value of
marriage for men, women, children, and communities; the value of family
relationships; abstinence education; the value of postponing sexual activity;
the benefits of adoption as a positive choice in the event of an unwanted
pregnancy; human sexuality; human reproduction, which
instruction includes the viewing of a video recording of an ultrasound of a
live unborn human in the uterus; the prevention of human
trafficking; dating violence, the characteristics of abusive relationships,
steps to take to deter sexual assault, the availability of counseling and legal
resources, and, in the event of such sexual assault, the importance of
immediate medical attention and advice, as well as the requirements of the law;
the etiology, prevention, and effects of sexually transmitted diseases; and
mental health education and awareness.
C. All such instruction shall be designed to promote parental involvement, foster positive self-concepts, and provide mechanisms for coping with peer pressure and the stresses of modern living according to the students' developmental stages and abilities. The Board shall also establish requirements for appropriate training for teachers of family life education, which shall include training in instructional elements to support the various curriculum components.
D. Each school board shall conduct a review of its family life education curricula at least once every seven years, shall evaluate whether such curricula reflect contemporary community standards, and shall revise such curricula if necessary.
