By Wise                                                H.B. No. 226
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to a safety education component of the public school
 1-3     enrichment curriculum.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
 1-7           (l)  The State Board of Education shall develop a safety
 1-8     education program that a school district may use in the health
 1-9     curriculum under  Subsection (a)(2)(B).  In developing the program,
1-10     the board shall consider the instructional elements recommended by
1-11     the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
1-12           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-13     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-14     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-15     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-16     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.