Amendment #550 to H4600

Reporting on Data Collection of Sexual Education

Representatives Garballey of Arlington and O'Day of West Boylston move to amend the bill by adding the following section:

“SECTION XXXX. Chapter 69 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 1E the following section:-

Section 1E ½. Each city, town, regional school district, vocational school district and charter school shall file a biennial report regarding sexual health education, which shall include, but not be limited to, for each city, town, regional school district, vocational school district and charter school, by grade level:

(i)the name and a description of any sexual health education curriculum offered;

(ii)the approximate number of hours spent on sexual health education;

(iii)the number of students enrolled in sexual health education;

(iv)the number of students who withdrew from sexual health education under section 32A of chapter 71; and

(v)other information as requested by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education pertaining to the guiding principles and standards of the most current Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Framework.

The report shall be filed with the board of elementary and secondary education each even-numbered year by a date and in a format to be determined by the board."

The commissioner shall make the data collected under this section available to the public on the department’s website and transmit the data to the department of public health within 30 days of the date established by the board for the filing of biennial reports under this section.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #550 to H4600

Reporting on Data Collection of Sexual Education