79R642 PAM-D

By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 202



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to including lactation education in public elementary and 
secondary school curriculum.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (o) to read as follows:
	(o)  The State Board of Education, in consultation with the 
Texas Department of State Health Services, shall develop lactation 
education programs that a school district shall use in elementary 
and secondary schools as part of the science curriculum under 
Subsection (a)(1)(C) or the health curriculum under Subsection 
(a)(2)(B).
	SECTION 2.  (a)  Not later than May 1, 2006, the State Board 
of Education shall develop lactation education programs as provided 
by Section 28.002(o), Education Code, as added by this Act.
	(b)  A school district shall use the lactation education 
programs developed by the State Board of Education as provided by 
Section 28.002(o), Education Code, as added by this Act, beginning 
with the 2006-2007 school year.
	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.