By Chisum H.B. No. 397 74R2411 KKA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to course materials and instruction in human sexuality. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 21, Education Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 21.104 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 21.104. HUMAN SEXUALITY INSTRUCTION. (a) Any course 1-7 materials and instruction relating to human sexuality, sexually 1-8 transmitted diseases, or human immunodeficiency virus or acquired 1-9 immune deficiency syndrome shall be selected by the local school 1-10 district and must: 1-11 (1) present abstinence from sexual activity as the 1-12 preferred choice of behavior in relationship to all sexual activity 1-13 for school-age unmarried persons; 1-14 (2) devote substantially more attention to abstinence 1-15 from sexual activity than to any other behavior; 1-16 (3) emphasize that abstinence from sexual activity is 1-17 the only method that is 100 percent effective in preventing 1-18 pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, infection with human 1-19 immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and 1-20 the emotional trauma associated with adolescent sexual activity; 1-21 (4) direct adolescents to a standard of behavior in 1-22 which abstinence from sexual activity before marriage and fidelity 1-23 in marriage is the expected standard in terms of public health and 1-24 the most effective way to prevent pregnancy, sexually transmitted 2-1 diseases, and infection with human immunodeficiency virus or 2-2 acquired immune deficiency syndrome; and 2-3 (5) teach contraception and condom use in terms of 2-4 human use reality rates instead of in theoretical laboratory rates. 2-5 (b) A school district may not: 2-6 (1) provide course materials or instruction relating 2-7 to human sexuality at the elementary school level; or 2-8 (2) distribute condoms in connection with instruction 2-9 relating to human sexuality. 2-10 (c) A school district that provides human sexuality 2-11 instruction may separate students according to sex for 2-12 instructional purposes so that each sex may receive information 2-13 specifically appropriate for that sex. 2-14 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 1995-1996 2-15 school year. 2-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-21 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-22 passage, and it is so enacted.