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Floor Packet Page No. 223                                                   



	

Amend HB 2 by adding the following appropriately lettered 

part to Article 2 of the bill and relettering the subsequent parts 

of Article 2 accordingly:



PART __.  CURRICULUM

	SECTION 2_._.  Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by 

adding Subsection (p) to read as follows:

	(p)  The State Board of Education, in conjunction with the 

office of the attorney general, shall develop a parenting and 

paternity awareness program that a school district shall use in the 

district's high school health curriculum.  The program must:

		(1)  address parenting skills and responsibilities, 

including child support and other legal rights and responsibilities 

that come with parenthood;

		(2)  address relationship skills, including money 

management, communication skills, and marriage preparation; and

		(3)  in district high schools that do not have a family 

violence prevention program, address skills relating to the 

prevention of family violence.

	SECTION 2_._.  (a)  Not later than May 1, 2006, the State 

Board of Education shall develop a parenting and paternity 

awareness program as provided by Section 28.002(p), Education Code, 

as added by this Act.

	(b)  A school district shall use the parenting and paternity 

awareness program developed by the State Board of Education as 

provided by Section 28.002(p), Education Code, as added by this 

Act, beginning with the 2006-2007 school year.