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HOUSE
FILE
76
BY
FETT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
incorporating
provisions
related
to
pregnancy
and
1
fetal
development
into
the
human
growth
and
development
and
2
health
curriculum
provided
by
school
districts,
accredited
3
nonpublic
schools,
charter
schools,
and
innovation
zone
4
schools
to
students
enrolled
in
grades
seven
through
twelve.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.11,
subsection
4,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
4.
The
following
shall
be
taught
in
grades
seven
and
3
eight:
English-language
arts;
social
studies,
including
4
instruction
related
to
civics;
mathematics;
science;
5
health;
age-appropriate
and
research-based
human
growth
and
6
development;
career
exploration
and
development;
physical
7
education;
music;
and
visual
art.
Computer
science
instruction
8
incorporating
the
standards
established
under
section
256.7,
9
subsection
26
,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(4),
shall
be
10
offered
in
at
least
one
grade
level
commencing
with
the
11
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2023.
Career
exploration
12
and
development
shall
be
designed
so
that
students
are
13
appropriately
prepared
to
create
an
individual
career
14
and
academic
plan
pursuant
to
section
279.61
,
incorporate
15
foundational
career
and
technical
education
concepts
aligned
16
with
the
six
career
and
technical
education
service
areas
as
17
defined
in
subsection
5
,
paragraph
“h”
,
incorporate
relevant
18
twenty-first
century
skills
to
facilitate
career
readiness,
19
and
introduce
students
to
career
opportunities
within
the
20
local
community
and
across
this
state.
The
health
curriculum
21
shall
include
age-appropriate
and
research-based
information
22
regarding
the
characteristics
of
sexually
transmitted
diseases.
23
The
state
board
as
part
of
accreditation
standards
shall
adopt
24
curriculum
definitions
for
implementing
the
program
in
grades
25
seven
and
eight.
However,
this
subsection
shall
not
apply
to
26
the
teaching
of
career
exploration
and
development
in
nonpublic
27
schools.
The
human
growth
and
development
curriculum
shall
28
include
all
of
the
following:
29
a.
Human
biology
related
to
pregnancy.
30
b.
Human
development
inside
the
womb.
31
c.
A
high-definition
ultrasound
video,
at
least
three
32
minutes
in
duration,
showing
the
development
of
the
brain,
33
heart,
sex
organs,
and
other
vital
organs
in
early
fetal
34
development.
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d.
A
high-quality,
computer-generated
rendering
or
animation
1
showing
the
process
of
fertilization
and
every
stage
of
human
2
development
inside
the
uterus,
noting
significant
markers
in
3
cell
growth
and
organ
development
for
every
significant
marker
4
of
pregnancy
until
birth.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
j,
6
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
(1)
One
unit
of
health
education
which
may
include
personal
8
health;
food
and
nutrition;
environmental
health;
safety
and
9
survival
skills;
consumer
health;
family
life;
age-appropriate
10
and
research-based
human
growth
and
development;
substance
11
use
disorder
and
nonuse;
emotional
and
social
health;
health
12
resources;
cardiopulmonary
resuscitation;
and
prevention
13
and
control
of
disease,
including
age-appropriate
and
14
research-based
information
regarding
sexually
transmitted
15
diseases.
The
health
education
curriculum
shall
include
all
16
of
the
following:
17
(a)
Human
biology
related
to
pregnancy.
18
(b)
Human
development
inside
the
womb.
19
(c)
A
high-definition
ultrasound
video,
at
least
three
20
minutes
in
duration,
showing
the
development
of
the
brain,
21
heart,
sex
organs,
and
other
vital
organs
in
early
fetal
22
development.
23
(d)
A
high-quality,
computer-generated
rendering
or
24
animation
showing
the
process
of
fertilization
and
every
stage
25
of
human
development
inside
the
uterus,
noting
significant
26
markers
in
cell
growth
and
organ
development
for
every
27
significant
marker
of
pregnancy
until
birth.
28
Sec.
3.
Section
256E.7,
subsection
2,
paragraph
g,
Code
29
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
30
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(01)
The
educational
standards
31
established
in
section
256.11
relating
to
the
human
growth
and
32
development
curriculum
for
grades
seven
and
eight
or
the
health
33
curriculum
for
grades
nine
through
twelve.
34
Sec.
4.
Section
256F.4,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
amended
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by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
1
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
r.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
2
requirements
of
section
256.11
relating
to
the
human
growth
3
and
development
curriculum
for
grades
seven
and
eight
and
the
4
health
curriculum
for
grades
nine
through
twelve.
5
EXPLANATION
6
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
7
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
8
This
bill
incorporates
provisions
related
to
pregnancy
and
9
fetal
development
into
the
human
growth
and
development
and
10
health
curriculum
provided
by
school
districts,
accredited
11
nonpublic
schools,
charter
schools,
and
innovation
zone
schools
12
to
students
enrolled
in
grades
7
through
12.
13
The
bill
requires
that
the
human
growth
and
development
14
curriculum
provided
by
school
districts,
nonpublic
schools,
15
charter
schools,
and
innovation
zone
schools
in
grades
7
and
16
8,
and
the
health
curriculum
in
grades
9
through
12,
include
17
instruction
regarding
human
biology
related
to
pregnancy
and
18
human
development
inside
the
womb.
The
bill
also
requires
19
that
such
curriculum
include
a
video,
at
least
three
minutes
20
in
duration,
showing
the
development
of
the
brain,
heart,
sex
21
organs,
and
other
vital
organs
in
early
fetal
development,
and
22
a
rendering
or
animation
showing
the
process
of
fertilization
23
and
every
stage
of
human
development
inside
the
uterus,
noting
24
significant
markers
in
cell
growth
and
organ
development
for
25
every
significant
marker
of
pregnancy
until
birth.
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