Policy_Manual_2-12-2024

All District staff who have any responsibility for any aspect of sex education instruction in the District will attend District training outlining the sex education curriculum and the criteria for sex education instruction in any courses offered in the public education system at least once every three (3) years.

Utah Admin. Rules R277-474-3(4) (November 7, 2018) Utah Admin. Rules R277-474-5(1), (2) (November 7, 2018)

Sex Education Curriculum Materials Review Committee— The Board of Education shall appoint a District Sex Education Curriculum Materials Review Committee. This committee shall be composed of parents, health professionals, school health educators, and administrators, with at least as many parent members as school employee members. The Board shall appoint and review the membership of the committee by August 1 of each year, making new appointments as necessary or appropriate. The District Sex Education Curriculum Materials Review Committee shall meet on a regular basis as determined by the members of the committee, shall select officers, shall establish procedures for operation, shall designate a chair, and shall comply with the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act. Utah Admin. Rules R277-474-2(1) (November 7, 2018) Utah Admin. Rules R277-474-5(3), (4), (5) (November 7, 2018) Review of Guest Presentations Relating to Sex Education— Before any guest speaker or guest presenter may present any information in any District course relating to sex education instruction, the speaker and presenter and the materials to be presented must have been approved by the District Sex Education Curriculum Materials Review Committee. The committee shall not authorize the use of any sex education instructional program which has not been previously approved for use in the District as set forth below regarding curriculum approval. Utah Admin. Rules R277-474-5(5)(c), (6) (November 7, 2018) Adoption of District Sex Education Instructional Materials— The Board of Education hereby adopts for use in the schools of the District the sex education instructional materials recommended by the State Board of Education. All sex education instruction in the District shall make use of those instructional materials. Utah Code § 53G-10-402(2)(g) (2019) Utah Admin. Rules R277-474-4(4) (November 7, 2018) Monitoring of Sex Education Instruction— Each school in the District shall log and track all parental or community complaints and comments resulting from student participation in sex education instruction in the school, including disposition of any complaints made. District administration shall compile and maintain records of parental or community complaints and comments resulting from student participation in sex education instruction in the District, including disposition of complaints, and shall provide that information to the State Superintendent upon request.

Utah Admin. Rules R277-474-5(10) (November 7, 2018) Utah Admin. Rules R277-474-7(3) (November 7, 2018)

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