Bill Status

Comprehensive Family Life and Sexuality Education Bill - Shadow Bill

Senate File 1262

Introduced to the Senate on February 28, 2005. Referred to Senate Education Committee.

Senator Paul Koering was asked to be stricken as an author before any action was taken on the bill. As a result of the language amendments to SF 878, SF 1262 will be wrapped into it and laid over for consideration of inclusion in the Education Omnibus bill.
On Thursday, May 5th, senate education omnibus bill SF 2267, which contains the Comprehensive Family Life and Sexuality Education language, passed the senate unanimously.
An amendment was offered to the Comprehensive Sex Education portion of SF 2267, which would have mandated that every school district "obtain prior written informed consent from a student's parent or guardian before the student attends all or any part of a comprehensive family life and sexuality education program", and inform parents and guardians how they may inspect all materials and programs. This is known as an "opt-in" provision and is usually an additional fiscal and time burden on school districts.
The amendment was voted down 35-30, with Senator Kierlin, one of the chief authors, joining most of the DFL caucus in voting against the amendment. SF 2267 now passes along to the conference committee.