1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; modifying the sexually transmitted infections and diseases 
1.3 	program;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 121A.23, subdivision 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 121A.23, subdivision 1, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Sexually transmitted infections and diseases program. The 
1.8 	commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of health, shall assist 
1.9 	districts in developing and implementing a program to prevent pregnancies and reduce 
1.10 	the risk of sexually transmitted infections and diseases, including but not exclusive to 
1.11 	human immune deficiency virus and human papilloma virus. Each district must have 
1.12 	a program that includes at least:
1.13 	(1) planning materials, guidelines, and other technicallymedically accurate and 
1.14 	updatedage appropriate information;
1.15 	(2) a comprehensive, technicallymedically accurate, and updated age appropriate
1.16 	curriculum that includes helping students to abstain from sexual activity until marriage, 
1.17 	contributes to healthy relationships, develops communication skills, and promotes 
1.18 	individual responsibility;
1.19 	(3) cooperation and coordination among districts and SCs;
1.20 	(4) a targeting of prevention efforts for adolescents, especially those who may be 
1.21 	at high risk of pregnancy or contracting sexually transmitted infections and diseases, for 
1.22 	prevention efforts;
1.23 	(5) involvement of parents and other community members;
1.24 	(6) in-service training for appropriate district staff and school board members;
2.1 	(7) collaboration with state agencies and organizations having a sexually transmitted 
2.2 	infection and disease prevention or sexually transmitted infection and disease risk 
2.3 	reduction program;
2.4 	(8) collaboration with local community health services, agencies and organizations 
2.5 	having a sexually transmitted infection and disease prevention or sexually transmitted 
2.6 	infection and disease risk reduction program; and
2.7 	(9) participation by state and local student organizations.
2.8 	The department may provide assistance at a neutral site to a nonpublic school 
2.9 	participating in a district's program. District programs must not conflict with the health 
2.10 	and wellness curriculum developed under Laws 1987, chapter 398, article 5, section 2, 
2.11 	subdivision 7.
2.12 	If a district fails to develop and implement a program to prevent and reduce the 
2.13 	risk of sexually transmitted infection and disease, the department must assist the service 
2.14 	cooperative in the region serving that district to develop or implement the program.