Florida Senate - 2021 CS for SB 1094
By the Committee on Education; and Senator Bean
581-03258-21 20211094c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to required health education
3 instruction; amending s. 1003.42, F.S.; providing
4 additional requirements for health education; revising
5 the grade levels when students receive certain health
6 education instruction; requiring health education
7 instruction to include prevention of specified harms;
8 requiring such education to include an awareness of
9 the benefits of sexual abstinence as the expected
10 standard and the consequences of teenage pregnancy;
11 amending s. 1006.148, F.S.; conforming a cross
12 reference; providing an effective date.
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14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16 Section 1. Paragraph (n) of subsection (2) of section
17 1003.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
18 1003.42 Required instruction.—
19 (2) Members of the instructional staff of the public
20 schools, subject to the rules of the State Board of Education
21 and the district school board, shall teach efficiently and
22 faithfully, using the books and materials required that meet the
23 highest standards for professionalism and historical accuracy,
24 following the prescribed courses of study, and employing
25 approved methods of instruction, the following:
26 (n)1. Comprehensive age-appropriate and developmentally
27 appropriate K-12 health education that addresses concepts of
28 community health,; consumer health,; environmental health, and;
29 family life, including:
30 a. An awareness of the benefits of sexual abstinence as the
31 expected standard and the consequences of teenage pregnancy;
32 Mental and emotional health.;
33 b. Injury prevention and safety.;
34 c. Internet safety.;
35 d. Nutrition.;
36 e. Personal health.;
37 f. Prevention and control of disease.; and
38 g. Substance use and abuse.
39 h. Prevention of child sexual abuse, exploitation, and
40 human trafficking.
41 2. The health education curriculum for students in grades 7
42 through 12 shall include a teen dating violence and abuse
43 component that includes, but is not limited to, the definition
44 of dating violence and abuse, the warning signs of dating
45 violence and abusive behavior, the characteristics of healthy
46 relationships, measures to prevent and stop dating violence and
47 abuse, and community resources available to victims of dating
48 violence and abuse.
49 3. The health education curriculum for students in grades 6
50 through 12 shall include an awareness of the benefits of sexual
51 abstinence as the expected standard and the consequences of
52 teenage pregnancy.
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54 The State Board of Education is encouraged to adopt standards
55 and pursue assessment of the requirements of this subsection. A
56 character development program that incorporates the values of
57 the recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor and that is
58 offered as part of a social studies, English Language Arts, or
59 other schoolwide character building and veteran awareness
60 initiative meets the requirements of paragraphs (s) and (t).
61 Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
62 1006.148, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
63 1006.148 Dating violence and abuse prohibited.—
64 (1) Each district school board shall adopt and implement a
65 dating violence and abuse policy. The policy shall:
66 (c) Define dating violence and abuse and provide for a teen
67 dating violence and abuse component in the health education
68 curriculum, according to s. 1003.42(2)(n)2. s. 1003.42(2)(n),
69 with emphasis on prevention education.
70 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.