HB717
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Repeal and reenact KRS 158.1415 to require each school district to provide healthy relationship education instruction to all public school students; establish minimum requirements for the instruction; establish minimum requirements for the healthy relationship curricula and instructional materials; prohibit a school or school district from restricting the ability of an instructor to answer a question related to the instruction; require that a school make the healthy relationship curricula and instructional materials available upon the request…
Introduced: February 24, 2026
Last action: March 3, 2026
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This bill would require every public school district in Kentucky to teach students about healthy relationships, with set standards for what the instruction must cover and what materials can be used. Parents and guardians would have the right to review the curriculum, opt their child out of the instruction, and even take legal action in court if they believe the law is not being followed. The Kentucky Board of Education would be responsible for creating…
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