25RS HB 706

House Bill 706

Actions

Last Action	02/19/25: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to health education.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1785
Sponsors	L. Willner, M. Marzian, B. Chester-Burton
Summary of Original Version	Repeal and reenact KRS 158.1415 to require each school district to provide healthy relationship education instruction to all public school students; establish minimum requirements for the instruction; establish minimum requirements for the healthy relationship curricula and instructional materials; prohibit a school or school district from restricting the ability of an instructor to answer a question related to the instruction; require that a school make the healthy relationship curricula and instructional materials available upon the request of a parent or guardian and establish a procedure for a parent or guardian to opt a student out of the instruction; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to implement, administer, and enforce this section; require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations requiring that each school district submit a report on healthy relationship instruction in the district biennially; require the Kentucky Department of Education to maintain a list of recommended healthy relationship curricula and instructional materials; permit a parent or guardian to file an enforcement action in Circuit Court; provide that the Act may be cited as the Education for Healthy Youth Act.
Index Headings of Original Version	Education, Elementary and Secondary - Healthy relationship instruction, age-appropriate, requirement for all grades State Agencies - Department of Education, healthy relationship curricula and materials, listing Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Board of Education, healthy relationship instruction Children and Minors - Public schools, healthy relationship instruction, age-appropriate, requirement for all grades Boards and Commissions - Board of Education, healthy relationship instruction, administrative regulations Reports Mandated - School districts, report on healthy relationship instruct to the Department of Education, biennially Short Titles and Popular Names - Education for Health Youth Act