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HOUSE BILL NO. 659 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee on Education on February 10, 2016) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Filler-Corn) A BILL to amend and reenact § 22.1-207.1:1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to high school family life education curricula; programs on the prevention of dating violence, domestic abuse, sexual harassment, and sexual violence.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 22.1-207.1:1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 22.1-207.1:1. Family life education; certain curricula and standards of learning.

A. Any family life education curriculum offered by a local school division shall require the Standards of Learning objectives related to dating violence and the characteristics of abusive relationships to be taught at least once in middle school and at least twice in high school, as described in the Board of Education's family life education guidelines.

B. Any high school family life education curriculum offered by a local school division shall incorporate age-appropriate elements of effective and evidence-based programs on the prevention of dating violence, domestic abuse, sexual harassment, and sexual violence.