HB 1221

Abstract

Health education; menstrual education instruction permitted. Permits each school board to provide a program of instruction on menstrual education as a part of any health education instruction offered at such grade level in grades four through eight as the school board deems appropriate.

Health education; menstrual education instruction permitted. Permits health education instruction for students in grades four through eight to include menstrual education instruction.

Board of Education; Standards of Learning; familylife education; health education; menstrual education curriculumguidelines and instruction. Requires the Board of Education todevelop Standards of Learning objectives and accompanying curriculumguidelines for instruction on menstrual education, to be providedat grade levels four through eight and to be required of all students,regardless of gender. The bill requires such Standards of Learningobjectives and accompanying curriculum guidelines on menstrual educationto include instruction on the biological processes and functionsof the menstrual cycle, menstrual cycle symptoms, side effects, andmanagement, societal and cultural attitudes toward the menstrualcycle, and other topics relating to the menstrual cycle. The bill requires each school board to provide at grade levels four througheight instruction on the menstrual education, consistent with theStandards of Learning objectives and accompanying curriculum guidelinesdeveloped by the Board. The bill permits each school board to providesuch instruction on menstrual education as a part of an existingfamily life education program or an existing health education program,provided that such instruction is provided to each student at eachgrade level, four through eight, regardless of gender.