Office of the Revisor of Statutes
SF 1309
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 02/14/2025 09:49 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to education policy; modifying requirements for the sexually transmitted
infections and diseases program; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
121A.23, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 121A.23, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Sexually transmitted infections and diseases program.
The
commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of health, shall assist
districts in developing and implementing a program to prevent and reduce the risk of sexually
transmitted infections and diseases, including but not exclusive to human immune deficiency
virus and human papilloma virus. Each district must have a program that includes at least:
(1) planning materials, guidelines, and other deleted text begin technicallydeleted text end new text begin medicallynew text end accurate and updated
information;
(2) a comprehensive, deleted text begin technicallydeleted text end new text begin medicallynew text end accurate, deleted text begin anddeleted text end updated curriculum that includes
helping students to abstain from sexual activity deleted text begin until marriagedeleted text end new text begin and gain knowledge of other
methods of preventing sexually transmitted infections, and is inclusive of all students
regardless of their protected class statusnew text end ;
(3) cooperation and coordination among districts and SCs;
(4) a targeting of adolescents, especially those who may be at high risk of contracting
sexually transmitted infections and diseases, for prevention efforts;
(5) involvement of parents and other community members;
(6) in-service training for appropriate district staff and school board members;
(7) collaboration with state agencies and organizations having a sexually transmitted
infection and disease prevention or sexually transmitted infection and disease risk reduction
program;
(8) collaboration with local community health services, agencies and organizations
having a sexually transmitted infection and disease prevention or sexually transmitted
infection and disease risk reduction program; and
(9) participation by state and local student organizations.
The department may provide assistance at a neutral site to a nonpublic school participating
in a district's program. District programs must not conflict with the health and wellness
curriculum developed under Laws 1987, chapter 398, article 5, section 2, subdivision 7.
If a district fails to develop and implement a program to prevent and reduce the risk of
sexually transmitted infection and disease, the department must assist the service cooperative
in the region serving that district to develop or implement the program.