however, that virtual schools may administer the instruction virtually and are exempt from any inperson instructional requirements. A school district must adopt a policy providing a waiver for this requirement for a student absent on the day the instruction occurred, a student with a disability whose individualized education program indicates such student is unable to complete all or a portion of the handsonly CPR requirement, or a student whose parent or guardian completes, in writing, a form approved by the school district opting out of handsonly CPR instruction and AED awareness. The State Board of Education shall incorporate CPR training and AED awareness into the South Carolina Health and Safety Education Curriculum Standards and promulgate regulations to implement this section. (B) Local school boards may use the instructional unit made available by the board pursuant to Section 593220, or local boards may shall develop or select their own instructional materials units, curriculum, or both, addressing the subjects of reproductive health education, family life education, and pregnancy prevention education, sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention, and teen dating violence education. To assist in the selection of components and curriculum materials, each local school board shall appoint a thirteenmember local advisory committee consisting of two parents, three clergy, two health professionals, two teachers, two students, one being the president of the student body of a high school, and two other persons not employed by the local school district. (C) The time required for health instruction for students in kindergarten through eighth grade must not be reduced below the level required during the 198687 prior school year. Health instruction for students in grades nine through twelve may be given either as part of an existing course or as a special course. (D) No contraceptive device or contraceptive medication may be distributed in or on the school grounds of any public elementary or secondary school. No school district may contract with any contraceptive provider for their distribution in or on the school grounds. Except as to that instruction provided by this chapter relating to complications which may develop from all types of abortions, school districts may not offer programs, instruction, or activities including abortion counseling, information about abortion services, or assist in obtaining abortion, and materials containing this information must not be distributed in schools. Nothing in this section prevents school authorities from referring students to a physician for medical reasons after making
however, that virtual schools may administer the instruction virtually and are exempt from any inperson instructional requirements. A school district must adopt a policy providing a waiver for this requirement for a student absent on the day the instruction occurred, a student with a disability whose individualized education program indicates such student is unable to complete all or a portion of the handsonly CPR requirement, or a student whose parent or guardian completes, in writing, a form approved by the school district opting out of handsonly CPR instruction and AED awareness. The State Board of Education shall incorporate CPR training and AED awareness into the South Carolina Health and Safety Education Curriculum Standards and promulgate regulations to implement this section. (B) Local school boards may use the instructional unit made available by the board pursuant to Section 593220, or local boards may shall develop or select their own instructional materials units, curriculum, or both, addressing the subjects of reproductive health education, family life education, and pregnancy prevention education, sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention, and teen dating violence education. To assist in the selection of components and curriculum materials, each local school board shall appoint a thirteenmember local advisory committee consisting of two parents, three clergy, two health professionals, two teachers, two students, one being the president of the student body of a high school, and two other persons not employed by the local school district. (C) The time required for health instruction for students in kindergarten through eighth grade must not be reduced below the level required during the 198687 prior school year. Health instruction for students in grades nine through twelve may be given either as part of an existing course or as a special course. (D) No contraceptive device or contraceptive medication may be distributed in or on the school grounds of any public elementary or secondary school. No school district may contract with any contraceptive provider for their distribution in or on the school grounds. Except as to that instruction provided by this chapter relating to complications which may develop from all types of abortions, school districts may not offer programs, instruction, or activities including abortion counseling, information about abortion services, or assist in obtaining abortion, and materials containing this information must not be distributed in schools. Nothing in this section prevents school authorities from referring students to a physician for medical reasons after making
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