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Amend Amendment No. 20 by Hughes to CSHB 1525 (page 47, prefiled amendments packet) in Item 1 of the amendment, in the SECTION amending Section 28.004, Education Code, as follows:
(1) In the recital (page 3, line 11), between "(e-3)," and "(j-1)", insert "(i-2),".
(2) In Subsection (i)(3), strike Paragraph (B) (page 5, lines 27 through 30) and substitute the following:
(B) refuse consent for [remove] the student to receive all or [from] any part of the district's human sexuality instruction without subjecting the student to any disciplinary action, academic penalty, or other sanction imposed by the district or the student's school; and
(3) Immediately after Subsection (i-1) (page 6, between lines 15 and 16), insert the following:
(i-2) Before a student may be provided with human sexuality instruction, a school district must obtain the written consent of the student's parent. A request for written consent under this subsection:
(1) may not be included with any other notification or request for written consent provided to the parent, other than the notice provided under Subsection (i); and
(2) must be provided to the parent not later than the 14th day before the date on which the human sexuality instruction begins.