79R7709 BDH-D

By:  Coleman                                                      H.B. No. 2520



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the development and availability of a curriculum 
regarding acquired immune deficiency syndrome and human 
immunodeficiency virus infection.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 81, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by adding Section 81.0221 to read as follows:
	Sec. 81.0221.  CURRICULUM REGARDING AIDS AND HIV INFECTION.  
(a) The department, in consultation with the Texas Education 
Agency, shall develop a fact-based, age-appropriate curriculum  and 
related materials for public school students regarding acquired 
immune deficiency syndrome and the prevention of human 
immunodeficiency virus infection.
	(b)  On request of the Texas Education Agency or a school 
district, the department shall provide the curriculum and related 
materials to a school district and, if possible, assist the 
district in implementing the curriculum.
	(c)  The department shall develop the curriculum and related 
materials required by this section not later than August 1, 2006.  
This subsection expires September 1, 2006.
	SECTION 2.  Section 28.004, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:
	(l)  Subsection (e) does not apply to course materials 
obtained by a school district under Section 81.0221, Health and 
Safety Code, or instruction based on those materials.
	SECTION 3.  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, 2005.