Florida Senate - 2023                                     SB 650
       
       
        
       By Senator Collins
       
       
       
       
       
       14-00863-23                                            2023650__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to school districts; amending s.
    3         1002.20, F.S.; requiring school districts to ensure
    4         information on their website relating to reproductive
    5         health and disease education is accurate and up-to
    6         date within a specified timeframe; requiring school
    7         districts to send a notification to parents that such
    8         information is available within a specified timeframe;
    9         providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section
   14  1002.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public
   16  school students must receive accurate and timely information
   17  regarding their child’s academic progress and must be informed
   18  of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12
   19  students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory
   20  rights including, but not limited to, the following:
   21         (3) HEALTH ISSUES.—
   22         (d) Reproductive health and disease education.—A public
   23  school student whose parent makes written request to the school
   24  principal shall be exempted from the teaching of reproductive
   25  health or any disease, including HIV/AIDS, in accordance with s.
   26  1003.42(5).
   27         1. Each school district shall, on the district’s website
   28  homepage, notify parents of this right and the process to
   29  request an exemption. The homepage must include a link for a
   30  student’s parent to access and review the instructional
   31  materials, as defined in s. 1006.29(2), used to teach the
   32  curriculum.
   33         2. Each school district shall, at least 30 days before
   34  instruction on reproductive health and any disease, including
   35  HIV/AIDS, is given, ensure that the district website is accurate
   36  and up-to-date regarding the information specified in
   37  subparagraph 1., and shall send a notification to parents by
   38  physical or electronic means that such information is available.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.