Students in grade levels first through twelfth shall receive, as part of their health education, instruction about personal health, food and nutrition, environmental health, safety and survival skills, consumer health, family life, substance (abuse) and nonuse, including the effects of alcohol, tobacco, drugs and poisons on the human body; human sexuality, self-esteem, stress management and interpersonal relationships, emotional and social health, health resources, prevention and control of disease,and characteristics of communicable disease. While the areas stated above shall be included in health education, the instruction shall be adapted at each grade level to aid understanding by the students.
Parents who object to health education instruction in human growth and development may file a written request that the student be excused from the instruction. An alternative activity may be assigned to the student. The Superintendent shall have the final authority to determine the alternate activity or study.
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