Introduced
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To reinforce the pro-abstinence messages required in public school sex education classes, and require that the majority of members on a school district's sex education advisory board must be parents not employed by the district who have a child in a district school. Under current law, districts that offer sex-education classes must have an advisory board, but in many cases they are composed predominantly of school employees and non-parents. The bill also transfers some responsibilities related to sex education classes from the state Board of Education to the state Superintendent of Schools. See also Senate Bill 944. House Bills 5477 and 5478 are the same bills.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that reinforces the required abstinence content over current law, but less so than the earlier version. For example, it replaces language requiring students to be taught that abstinence is the "expected behavioral norm" with language declaring that abstinence is "a positive lifestyle for unmarried young people," and removes a requirement for teachers to tell students "not to initiate physical and verbal sexual advances." The substitute still has the sex education advisory board membership revision proposal, but removes the requirement that parents on the board not be school employees.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require the members of a school's sex education advisory board to receive training on sexually transmitted diseases.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To remove the requirement that school sex education classes teach children the content of the state's gross indecency statutes. The amendment would not remove training in the state's rape and statutory rape statutes.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 30 to 8 (details)
To reinforce the pro-abstinence messages required in public school sex education classes, and require that the majority of members on a school district's sex education advisory board must be parents who have a child in a district school. Under current law, districts that offer sex-education classes must have an advisory board, but in many cases they are composed predominantly of school employees and non-parents. The bill also transfers some responsibilities related to sex education classes from the state Board of Education to the state Superintendent of Schools. See also Senate Bill 944. House Bills 5477 and 5478 are the same bills. See the April 27 Senate substitute description for more details.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported without amendment
Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.
Substitute offered
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To replace the previous version of the bill with one that requires at least half of the sex education advisory board membership be parents with children in the district, and requires that a majority of the parent members not be school employees. The House version does not include the requirement that school sex education classes teach children the content of the state's gross indecency statutes, which being rather vague would require the examination of case law details involving many unsavory acts. The substitute also clarifies that for purposes of this law the definition of a “class” includes “an assembly, small group instruction, or any other presentations made to two or more pupils”.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To encourage, rather than require, school districts to have most of the members of their sex education advisory boards be parents.
The amendment failed 48 to 56 (details)
Amendment offered
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To revise a provision of the law that requires a school district to give parents advance notice of a sex education course and a chance opt their child out. The bill changes this to require notice of a "class," not a "course." This has the effect of allowing a parent to remove a child from such a course without any penalty to the child or loss of academic credit.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To clarify that the majority of parent members on a school district's sex education advisory board not be employees of any school district, not just the school district whose sex education board they sit on.
The amendment passed 8 to 97 (details)
Passed in the House 99 to 6 (details)
To reinforce the pro-abstinence messages required in public school sex education classes, and require that the majority of members on a school district's sex education advisory board must be parents who have a child in a district school, and that that a majority of those parent members not be school employees. Under current law, districts that offer sex-education classes must have an advisory board, but in many cases they are composed predominantly of school employees and non-parents. The bill also revises a provision of the law that allows parents to remove their child from of a sex education class, to allow parents to remove a child from the entire course (not just the particular class) without any loss of academic credit. Finally, the bill transfers some responsibilities related to sex education classes from the state Board of Education to the state Superintendent of Schools. See also House Bill 5478.
Amendment offered
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To remove a change added by the House to the law that allows parents to remove their child from of a sex education class, so that parents could remove a child from the entire course (not just the particular class) without any loss of academic credit.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 30 to 6 (details)
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill, but only after removing a provision that would allow parents to remove a child from an entire course that contains sex education classes, not just the particular class, without any loss of academic credit.
Passed in the House 95 to 6 (details)
