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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to including knowledge and skills related to personal |
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safety among the essential knowledge and skills required for public |
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school health courses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (q) to read as follows: |
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(q) The essential knowledge and skills for health courses |
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must include, at appropriate grade levels, knowledge and skills |
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related to personal safety and to recognizing and reporting |
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inappropriate conduct by an adult towards a student, including |
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inappropriate verbal comments, physical contact, photography, and |
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online communications. In identifying essential knowledge and |
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skills under this subsection, the State Board of Education shall |
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consult the Texas School Safety Center in addition to the |
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participants described by Subsection (c). |
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SECTION 2. Not later than March 1, 2008, the State Board of |
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Education, in consultation with the Texas School Safety Center, |
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shall identify the knowledge and skills related to personal safety |
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to include among the essential knowledge and skills required for |
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health courses, as provided by Subsection (q), Section 28.002, |
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Education Code, as added by this Act. A school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school shall provide instruction in the |
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knowledge and skills beginning with the 2008-2009 school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |