Bill > SB310

This bill requires public schools in Ohio to include fetal development instruction as part of any curriculum addressing human growth, development, or sexuality, beginning in the 2026-2027 school year. Specifically, the instruction must include a high-quality, computer-generated animation or high-definition ultrasound video at least three minutes long that shows the development of the brain, heart, and other vital organs during early fetal development. The bill amends existing education code to mandate this instruction across various types of public schools, including city, local, exempted village, joint vocational, science and technology, and college-preparatory boarding schools. The legislation ensures that these schools will be required to provide this specific type of fetal development visualization as part of their existing health and human development educational requirements. Parents would still retain the ability to request that their children be excused from such instruction, consistent with existing policies for other sensitive health education topics.