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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition of discrimination by public educational |
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institutions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 1.0021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1.0021. DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED. (a) In this |
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section, "sexual preference" means only a preference for |
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heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality. |
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(b) A public educational institution or employee of a public |
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educational institution may not discriminate against a student |
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enrolled in the institution on account of the ethnicity, color, |
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gender, gender identity, sexual preference, disability, religion, |
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or national origin of the student or the student's parent. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007 |
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