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House Bill 2176 |
House Author: Deshotel et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
Senate Sponsor: West, Royce |
House Bill 2176 amends the Education Code to require the State Board of Education, in conjunction with the office of the attorney general, to develop a parenting and paternity awareness program for mandatory use by a school district in its high school health curriculum, and it establishes content requirements regarding issues that must be addressed by the program, such as parenting skills and responsibilities, including child support and other legal rights and obligations; relationship skills, including money management, communication, and marriage preparation; and, in schools that do not have a family violence prevention program, skills relating to the prevention of family violence.