House Bill 0309c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999              CS/HB 309

        By the Committee on Education/K-12 and Representative Diaz
    de la Portilla





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to courses of study; amending

  3         s. 233.061, F.S.; authorizing certain

  4         exemptions from required reproductive health or

  5         HIV/AIDS instructional activities; conforming

  6         terminology; providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 233.061, Florida

11  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

12         233.061  Required instruction.--

13         (3)  Any student child whose parent or guardian makes

14  written request presents to the school principal shall be

15  exempted from a signed statement that the teaching of

16  reproductive health or disease, including HIV/AIDS, its

17  symptoms, development, and treatment.  A student, and the

18  viewing of pictures or motion pictures that teach about

19  disease, conflict with the religious teachings of the child's

20  religious affiliation, is exempt from such instruction; and a

21  child so exempted may not be penalized by reason of that

22  exemption.  Course descriptions for comprehensive health

23  education shall not interfere with the local determination of

24  appropriate curriculum which reflects local values and

25  concerns.

26         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

27  law.

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