Amendment ID: S2459-3-R2
2nd Redraft Amendment 3
Data Collection
Mr. Cyr and Ms. Rausch move that the proposed new draft be amended by inserting after section 2 the following section:-
“SECTION 2A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, each city, town, regional school district, vocational school district and charter school shall file a biennial report with the department of elementary and secondary education regarding sexual health education in the city, town, district or charter school by a date and in a format to be determined by the board of elementary and secondary education; provided, however, that the first biennial report shall be filed not later than November 1, 2021 and subsequent reports shall be filed not later than November 1 in each odd-numbered year until 2031.
The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following data broken down by grade level: (i) a description and title, if any, of sexual health education curricula offered; (ii) the aggregate number of students enrolled in sexual health education; and (iii) the aggregate number of students who withdrew from sexual health education pursuant to section 32A of chapter 71 of the General Laws. The commissioner of elementary and secondary education shall make the aggregated data collected pursuant to this section available on the department’s website and transmit the data collected pursuant to this section to the department of public health within 30 days of the biennial deadline for data submission.".