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Last action · March 3, 2026

To Primary And Secondary Education (H)

Introduced February 24, 2026

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2026 Regular Session

HB717

AN ACT relating to health education.

Short title: Education for Healthy Youth Act

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…

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This bill would require every Kentucky public school district to teach healthy relationship education to all students, with standards set for what the curriculum 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 take legal action in court if they believe the requirements are not being followed. The Kentucky Board of Education would create rules to carry…

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