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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 science |
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curriculum 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. Subsection (r), Section 28.002, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(r) The [In adopting the essential knowledge and skills for
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the health curriculum under Subsection
(a)(2)(B), the] State Board |
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of Education by rule shall require a school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school to provide instruction [adopt
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essential knowledge and skills] that addresses [address] the |
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dangers, causes, consequences, signs, symptoms, and treatment of |
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binge drinking and alcohol poisoning to students in middle school, |
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junior high school, and high school. The agency shall compile a |
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list of evidence-based alcohol awareness programs from which a |
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school district or open-enrollment charter school shall choose a |
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program to use in the district's or school's middle school, junior |
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high school, and high school science [health] curriculum. The |
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agency shall make alcohol awareness programs that are available |
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without cost accessible electronically for school districts and |
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open-enrollment charter schools to the extent possible. A high |
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school shall use a program chosen under this subsection in a course |
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that satisfies the science curriculum requirement for graduation |
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under Section 28.025(b-1)(1)(A). In this subsection, |
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"evidence-based alcohol awareness program" means a program, |
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practice, or strategy that has been proven to effectively prevent |
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or delay alcohol use among students, as determined by evaluations |
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that use valid and reliable measures and that are published in |
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peer-reviewed journals. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012 |
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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, 2011. |