I1500 - Infectious Diseases Instruction Including HIV/AIDS

In order to comply with Oregon Administrative Rules, the district will incorporate an age-appropriate plan of instruction about infectious diseases including Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis B (HBV), and Hepatitis C (HCV) as an integral part of our health education curriculum (K-12).
At the beginning of each school year the district will inform parents of the district’s HIV/AIDS educational program.

Before the plan of instruction is provided, each school will give parents timely notice of the following:

1. The scheduled time for teaching the unit;
2. The general content to be covered;
3. The major topics to be discussed;
4. The opportunity to preview course material;  and
5. The right to withdraw their child from any part of the program and that alternative lessons will be provided.

‘Timely” means that the parent has an adequate amount of time to receive the school’s notice, attend any meetings scheduled by the school for review of the curriculum or to make an appointment with school staff to review and discuss the curriculum and curriculum material, and to submit a written request to have the student withdrawn from all or part of the program.

Each school will give parents the opportunity to preview the district curriculum and material that will be used in its HIV/AIDS instructional program.

Parents who have concern about the instructional program should be encouraged to discuss their concerns with teachers and principals.  If they cannot be convinced of the value of the program, they should be assisted in pinpointing topics that they will not allow their children to study.  Upon written notice