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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an alcohol awareness component of the health curriculum |
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used in public schools. |
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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 (r) to read as follows: |
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(r) The State Board of Education shall adopt essential |
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knowledge and skills that address the dangers, causes, |
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consequences, signs, symptoms, and treatment of binge drinking and |
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alcohol poisoning. The agency shall compile a list of alcohol |
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awareness evidence-based programs from which a school district |
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shall choose for use in the district's health curriculum. In this |
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subsection, "alcohol awareness evidence-based program" means a |
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program that, on the basis of evaluations that use valid and |
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reliable measures and that are published in peer-reviewed journals, |
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has been proven to effectively prevent or delay alcohol use among |
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students. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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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, 2009. |