(a) The Secretary with the approval of the State Board may appoint one qualified person to supervise the preparation of appropriate curricula for use in the public schools, to promote programs for the preparation of teachers to teach these curricula, and to assist in the development of comprehensive health education programs.

(b) [Repealed.]

(c) Vermont school districts may include a module within the secondary school health class curricula relating to cervical cancer and the human papillomavirus. The Agency shall work with relevant medical authorities to update the current model module to reflect up-to-date information and practices for health education in this area. (Added 1977, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 3, 1978; amended 2007, No. 203 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. June 10, 2008; 2013, No. 92 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Feb. 14, 2014.)