Instruction on Reproductive Health

Plain English Breakdown

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Instruction on Reproductive Health

This bill requires that materials used to teach reproductive health in schools must be approved annually by a district school board during an open meeting.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the requirement for approving materials used to teach reproductive health from the Department of Education to the district school boards.
• Requires annual approval of these teaching materials by district school boards.
• Specifies that this approval must happen in an open, noticed public meeting.

Who It Names or Affects

• District school boards
• Schools and teachers who use reproductive health teaching materials

Terms To Know

Reproductive Health

Information about human reproduction and sexual health, including topics like contraception and sexually transmitted diseases.

District School Board

A local government body responsible for managing public schools in a specific area.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill did not pass the Education Pre-K - 12 committee and died there.
• It is unclear how this change will affect current teaching practices or materials used in schools.

Official Summary Text

Instruction on Reproductive Health; Requiring that certain materials used to teach reproductive health be approved annually by a district school board in an open, noticed meeting, rather than the Department of Education, etc.

Current Bill Text

Florida Senate
-
2026

SB 1492

By
Senator Davis

5-00464A-26 20261492__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to instruction on reproductive health;
3 amending s. 1003.42, F.S.; requiring that certain
4 materials used to teach reproductive health be
5 approved annually by a district school board in an
6 open, noticed meeting, rather than the Department of
7 Education; providing an effective date.
8
9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
10
11 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
12 1003.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13 1003.42 Required instruction.—
14 (1)
15 (b) All materials used to teach reproductive health or any
16 disease, including HIV/AIDS, its symptoms, development, and
17 treatment, as part of the courses referenced in subsection (5),
18 must be approved
annually
by
a district school board in an open,

19
noticed public meeting

the department
.
20 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.