2413 - HEALTH EDUCATION
The Board, in compliance with State law, has adopted a comprehensive program of health education that will prepare students to maintain good health and enable them to adapt to changing health problems of our society.
The Board recognizes that this program, like others the District offers, may contain content and/or activities that some parents find objectionable. The District shall notify the parents in advance of the instruction and about the content of the instruction and give the parents an opportunity to review the materials to be used. The District shall also notify parents of planned instruction in the health education curriculum regarding human growth and development topics as identified and in accordance with Policy 2414 - Human Growth and Development.
Instruction in physiology and hygiene shall include instruction on sexually transmitted diseases and shall be offered in every high school.
A student may not be required to take instruction in physiology and hygiene, sanitation, the effects of controlled substances pursuant to State law and alcohol upon the human system, symptoms of disease, and the proper care of the body if the student's parent files with the teacher a written objection.
If a student does not take instruction in these subjects as a result of parental objection, the student may not be required to be examined in the subjects and may not be penalized in any way for not taking such instruction, and the Board authorizes the District Administrator to determine if the student shall complete an alternative assignment that is similar to the subjects in the length of time necessary to complete.
If the subjects receive credit toward graduation the Board authorizes the District Administrator to determine the alternative assignment to be completed by the student that is similar to the subjects in the length of time necessary to complete.
The District Administrator shall prepare administrative guidelines that will ensure:
- the health education program includes appropriate learning experiences related to such topics as use, abuse, and effects of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco; mental, physical, and dental health; disease prevention and control; accident prevention; and related health and safety topics;
- periodic evaluation of student understanding;
- continual analysis of the effectiveness of the program and the accuracy, completeness, and relevancy of the information and instructional procedures.
In implementing the program, the District Administrator may use whatever District and outside resources, including Department of Education guidelines and consultants, deemed appropriate.
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