No. CS/CS/CS/HB 1071
Filed under Education.
Education; Revises provisions relating to K-12 expenditures, school districts, charter schools, lab schools, epinephrine use in public & private schools, school attendance, VPK program, school readiness program, early learning coalitions, Gold Seal Quality Program, required instruction, comprehensive mathematics instruction, parental consent to opt out of specified instruction, certain education funding, instructional materials, educator certifications, & State Requirements for Educational Facilities.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDPublic schools and districts are prohibited from spending any funds on organizations that discriminate or on DEI programs.
Public schools must teach fetal development, cursive writing, and a new district-wide mathematics system to students.
Parents may opt their children out of reproductive and fetal development instruction by submitting a written request.
School districts with 10 percent or more D or F schools must submit annual improvement plans to the state.
AIBans public schools and districts from spending any funds on organizations that discriminate or from using state/federal funds for DEI programs.
AIProhibits lab schools from using racial or sex set-asides, preferences, or quotas in admissions, replacing previous representative sampling requirements.
AIExempts private schools enrolling 150 or fewer students from rezoning, special exceptions, and land use change requirements in commercial or mixed-use districts.
AIRequires all public schools to teach human embryologic and fetal development to students in grades 6 through 12 using specific multimedia materials.
AIAllows parents to exempt their children from reproductive health and the new fetal development instruction by submitting a written request to the school principal.
AIRequires public schools to teach cursive writing in grades 2 through 5 and mandates that students demonstrate proficiency by the end of grade 5.
AIRequires every school district to develop and implement a district-wide system of comprehensive mathematics instruction for prekindergarten through grade 12 students.
AIDistricts with 10%+ D/F schools must submit annual plans and monthly staffing/attendance data to the state.