FL S1492

Requires Department of Education guidelines to notify parents that parental permission is needed for reproductive health and sexually transmitted disease education, including HIV/AIDS instruction.

Authorizes school districts to include a parental consent form in the parent guide to document permission for reproductive health or disease education.

Modifies comprehensive health education requirements to emphasize nutrition, physical fitness, substance abuse effects, and the benefits of sexual abstinence, while streamlining previous curriculum components.

Changes parental involvement from an opt-out system (written request for exemption) to an opt-in system requiring explicit parental permission before students receive reproductive health or disease instruction.

Conforming changes to related statutes governing student and parent rights and dating violence prevention curriculum requirements.