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2018 SESSION
HB 159 Family life education curricula; local school board to implement in grades kindergarten through 12.
Introduced by: Sam Rasoul | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Local school boards; family life education curricula. Requires each local school board to implement a comprehensive, sequential family life education curriculum in grades kindergarten through 12 that is consistent with the family life education Standards of Learning or curriculum guidelines developed by the Board of Education and removes from such standards and guidelines the requirement for instruction in the benefits, challenges, responsibilities, and value of marriage for men, women, children, and communities; abstinence education; the value of postponing sexual activity; and the benefits of adoption as a positive choice in the event of an unwanted pregnancy.
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HISTORY
- 12/21/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102435D
- 12/21/17 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/19/18 House: Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2
- 02/05/18 House: Passed by indefinitely in Education (12-Y 10-N)