Senate Bill sb0162c1

    Florida Senate - 2007                            CS for SB 162

    By the Committee on Education Pre-K - 12; and Senator Geller





    581-2056-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public K-12 educational

  3         instruction; amending s. 1003.42, F.S.;

  4         requiring school districts to communicate with

  5         parents and others concerning the school

  6         curriculum related to the teaching of human

  7         sexuality to secondary school students;

  8         requiring that the information describe the

  9         available procedures that parents may use to

10         review the curriculum and the methods by which

11         the parents may provide comments and offer

12         input to the school district; providing an

13         effective date.

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

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17         Section 1.  Subsection (4) is added to section 1003.42,

18  Florida Statutes, to read:

19         1003.42  Required instruction.--

20         (4)  Each school district shall notify the parents and

21  the local community, using the district website or other

22  commonly used method of communication, of the instructional

23  standards or course descriptions used by the secondary schools

24  in the school district to teach human sexuality and pregnancy

25  and disease awareness and prevention. The website or other

26  method of communication must include information concerning

27  the available procedures that parents may use to review the

28  curriculum and the methods by which they may provide comments

29  and offer input to the school district.

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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    Florida Senate - 2007                            CS for SB 162
    581-2056-07




 1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 2                         Senate Bill 162

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 4  The committee substitute does the following:

 5  Requires each school district to notify parents and the
    community of instruction provided to secondary students for
 6  human sexuality and disease and pregnancy prevention;

 7  Requires that the curriculum information be provided using the
    district's website or the most commonly-used method of
 8  communication. The communication must include procedures
    available to parents and the community for the review of the
 9  curriculum and methods for providing input and comments; and

10  Removes provisions relating to the notice requirements and
    provisions regarding a separate mailing for that purpose.
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