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FL H0519
Bill
Status
Passed
6/14/2021
Primary Sponsor
Secondary Education and Career Development Subcommittee
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AI Summary
- Amends section 1003.42, F.S., to expand required K-12 health education topics to explicitly include mental and emotional health, injury prevention and safety, internet safety, nutrition, personal health, disease prevention and control, substance use and abuse, and prevention of child sexual abuse, exploitation, and human trafficking
- Moves the requirement for instruction on sexual abstinence as the expected standard and consequences of teenage pregnancy from a general K-12 requirement to a grades 6 through 12 specific requirement
- Requires health education curriculum for students in grades 7 through 12 to include a teen dating violence and abuse component covering definitions, warning signs, healthy relationship characteristics, prevention measures, and community resources
- Amends section 1006.148, F.S., to update a cross-reference aligning the dating violence and abuse policy with the reorganized health education provisions
- Effective date of July 1, 2021
Legislative Description
Required Health Education Instruction
Last Action
Chapter No. 2021-83
6/14/2021
Committee Referrals
Appropriations4/19/2021
Education & Employment Committee3/16/2021
Early Learning and Elementary Education Subcommittee3/12/2021
Secondary Education and Career Development Subcommittee2/8/2021
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