By:  Wise                                                         H.B. No. 68 


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a safety education component of the public school enrichment curriculum. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (l) to read as follows: (l) The State Board of Education shall develop a safety education program that a school district may use in the health curriculum under Subsection (a)(2)(B). In developing the program, the board shall consider the instructional elements recommended by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.