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Senate Bill 9 (2nd C.S.) |
Senate Author: Huffman et al. |
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Effective: 12-2-21 |
House Sponsor: Dutton et al. |
Senate Bill 9 amends the Education Code to require a local school health advisory council to recommend appropriate grade levels and curriculum for instruction regarding child abuse, family violence, dating violence, and sex trafficking, provided that the recommendations do not conflict with state curriculum standards. The bill provides for the manner in which a public school district must make all curriculum materials used in or proposed for the instruction available to parents and to the public, as applicable. The bill requires a district board of trustees to adopt a policy establishing the adoption process for the curriculum materials and sets out related requirements. The bill requires a district to provide certain written parental notification of the district's decision regarding the provision of the instruction and makes prior parental consent a condition of the instruction.
Senate Bill 9 requires a district's dating violence policy to include specified information and requires the district to make certain dating violence resources and educational materials available to students.