87R6375 KJE-F
 
  By: Hughes S.B. No. 442
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to local school health advisory councils and health
  education provided by school districts, including requirements
  regarding human sexuality instruction.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 28.004, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (d), (d-1), (h), (i), (i-1), and (j) and
  adding Subsections (e-1) and (e-2) to read as follows:
         (d)  The local school health advisory council must consist of
  at least five members, with each member appointed by the [The] board
  of trustees [shall appoint at least five members to the local school
  health advisory council]. A majority of the members must be persons
  who are parents of students enrolled in the district and who are not
  employed by the district. One of those members shall serve as chair
  or co-chair of the council. The board of trustees also may appoint
  one or more persons from each of the following groups or a
  representative from a group other than a group specified under this
  subsection:
               (1)  classroom teachers employed by the district;
               (2)  school counselors certified under Subchapter B,
  Chapter 21, employed by the district;
               (3)  school administrators employed by the district;
               (4)  district students;
               (5)  health care professionals licensed or certified to
  practice in this state, including medical or mental health
  professionals;
               (6)  the business community;
               (7)  law enforcement;
               (8)  senior citizens;
               (9)  the clergy;
               (10)  nonprofit health organizations; and
               (11)  local domestic violence programs.
         (d-1)  The local school health advisory council shall meet at
  least four times each year and promptly submit the minutes of each
  meeting to the school district. As soon as practicable after
  receipt of minutes under this subsection, the district shall post
  the minutes on the district's Internet website, if the district has
  an Internet website.
         (e-1)  The board of trustees shall adopt a policy
  establishing a process for the adoption of curriculum or curriculum
  materials for the district's human sexuality instruction.  The
  policy must require:
               (1)  the board to adopt a resolution convening the
  local school health advisory council for the purpose of making
  recommendations regarding the curriculum or curriculum materials;
               (2)  the local school health advisory council to:
                     (A)  after the board's adoption of the resolution
  under Subdivision (1), hold at least two public meetings, at which
  an opportunity for public comment is provided, on the curriculum or
  curriculum materials before adopting recommendations; and
                     (B)  provide the recommendations adopted under
  Paragraph (A) to the board at a public meeting of the board, at
  which an opportunity for public comment is provided; and
               (3)  the board, after receipt of the local school
  health advisory council's recommendations under Subdivision (2),
  to take action on the adoption of the recommendations by a record
  vote at a public meeting.
         (e-2)  The commissioner shall adopt rules requiring school
  districts to use a process for adopting curriculum materials for
  the district's human sexuality instruction, subject to the
  requirements under Subsection (e-1), that is substantially similar
  to the process used by the State Board of Education in adopting its
  list of instructional materials under Section 31.023.
         (h)  The board of trustees shall determine the specific
  content of the district's instruction in human sexuality, in
  accordance with this section [Subsections (e), (f), and (g)].
         (i)  Before each school year, a school district shall provide
  written notice to a parent of each student enrolled in the district
  of the board of trustees' decision regarding whether the district
  will provide human sexuality instruction to district students.  If
  instruction will be provided, the notice must include:
               (1)  a summary of the basic content of the district's
  human sexuality instruction to be provided to the student,
  including a statement informing the parent of the instructional
  requirements under state law;
               (2)  each date on which the district's human sexuality
  instruction will be provided to the student along with a detailed
  description of the content of the instruction to be provided on that
  date;
               (3)  a statement of the parent's right to:
                     (A)  receive a copy of [review] curriculum
  materials as provided by Subsection (j); [and]
                     (B)  remove the student 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
                     (C)  use the grievance procedure as provided by
  Subsection (i-1) or the appeals process under Section 7.057
  concerning a complaint of a violation of this section;
               (4)  a statement that the curriculum materials for the
  district's human sexuality instruction must be posted on the
  district's Internet website, if the district has an Internet
  website, and the Internet website address at which the curriculum
  materials are located; and
               (5) [(3)]  information describing the opportunities
  for parental involvement in the development of the curriculum to be
  used in human sexuality instruction, including information
  regarding the local school health advisory council established
  under Subsection (a).
         (i-1)  A parent may use the grievance procedure adopted under
  Section 26.011 concerning a complaint of a violation of this
  section [Subsection (i)].
         (j)  A school district shall:
               (1)  on request by a parent of a student enrolled in the
  district, provide by mail or e-mail to the parent a copy of [make]
  all curriculum materials used in the district's human sexuality
  instruction; and
               (2)  post on the district's Internet website, if the
  district has an Internet website, all curriculum materials used in
  the district's human sexuality instruction [available for
  reasonable public inspection].
         SECTION 2.  Section 551.001(3), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (3)  "Governmental body" means:
                     (A)  a board, commission, department, committee,
  or agency within the executive or legislative branch of state
  government that is directed by one or more elected or appointed
  members;
                     (B)  a county commissioners court in the state;
                     (C)  a municipal governing body in the state;
                     (D)  a deliberative body that has rulemaking or
  quasi-judicial power and that is classified as a department,
  agency, or political subdivision of a county or municipality;
                     (E)  a school district board of trustees;
                     (F)  a county board of school trustees;
                     (G)  a county board of education;
                     (H)  the governing board of a special district
  created by law;
                     (I)  a local workforce development board created
  under Section 2308.253;
                     (J)  a nonprofit corporation that is eligible to
  receive funds under the federal community services block grant
  program and that is authorized by this state to serve a geographic
  area of the state;
                     (K)  a nonprofit corporation organized under
  Chapter 67, Water Code, that provides a water supply or wastewater
  service, or both, and is exempt from ad valorem taxation under
  Section 11.30, Tax Code; [and]
                     (L)  a joint board created under Section 22.074,
  Transportation Code; and
                     (M)  a local school health advisory council
  established under Section 28.004, Education Code.
         SECTION 3.  Section 552.003(1), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (1)  "Governmental body":
                     (A)  means:
                           (i)  a board, commission, department,
  committee, institution, agency, or office that is within or is
  created by the executive or legislative branch of state government
  and that is directed by one or more elected or appointed members;
                           (ii)  a county commissioners court in the
  state;
                           (iii)  a municipal governing body in the
  state;
                           (iv)  a deliberative body that has
  rulemaking or quasi-judicial power and that is classified as a
  department, agency, or political subdivision of a county or
  municipality;
                           (v)  a school district board of trustees;
                           (vi)  a county board of school trustees;
                           (vii)  a county board of education;
                           (viii)  the governing board of a special
  district;
                           (ix)  the governing body of a nonprofit
  corporation organized under Chapter 67, Water Code, that provides a
  water supply or wastewater service, or both, and is exempt from ad
  valorem taxation under Section 11.30, Tax Code;
                           (x)  a local workforce development board
  created under Section 2308.253;
                           (xi)  a nonprofit corporation that is
  eligible to receive funds under the federal community services
  block grant program and that is authorized by this state to serve a
  geographic area of the state;
                           (xii)  a confinement facility operated under
  a contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal
  Justice;
                           (xiii)  a civil commitment housing facility
  owned, leased, or operated by a vendor under contract with the state
  as provided by Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code;
                           (xiv)  an entity that receives public funds
  in the current or preceding state fiscal year to manage the daily
  operations or restoration of the Alamo, or an entity that oversees
  such an entity; [and]
                           (xv)  the part, section, or portion of an
  organization, corporation, commission, committee, institution, or
  agency that spends or that is supported in whole or in part by
  public funds; and
                           (xvi)  a local school health advisory
  council established under Section 28.004, Education Code; and
                     (B)  does not include:
                           (i)  the judiciary; or
                           (ii)  an economic development entity whose
  mission or purpose is to develop and promote the economic growth of
  a state agency or political subdivision with which the entity
  contracts if:
                                 (a)  the entity does not receive $1
  million or more in public funds from a single state agency or
  political subdivision in the current or preceding state fiscal
  year; or
                                 (b)  the entity:
                                       (1)  either:
                                             (A)  does not have the
  authority to make decisions or recommendations on behalf of a state
  agency or political subdivision regarding tax abatements or tax
  incentives; or
                                             (B)  does not require an
  officer of the state agency or political subdivision to hold office
  as a member of the board of directors of the entity;
                                       (2)  does not use staff or office
  space of the state agency or political subdivision for no or nominal
  consideration, unless the space is available to the public;
                                       (3)  to a reasonable degree,
  tracks the entity's receipt and expenditure of public funds
  separately from the entity's receipt and expenditure of private
  funds; and
                                       (4)  provides at least quarterly
  public reports to the state agency or political subdivision
  regarding work performed on behalf of the state agency or political
  subdivision.
         SECTION 4.  Sections 28.004(d), (d-1), (i), (i-1), and (j),
  Education Code, as amended by this Act, apply beginning with the
  2021-2022 school year.
         SECTION 5.  Sections 28.004(e-1) and (e-2), Education Code,
  as added by this Act, and Section 28.004(h), Education Code, as
  amended by this Act, apply beginning with the 2022-2023 school
  year.
         SECTION 6.  (a)  Section 551.001, Government Code, as
  amended by this Act, applies only to a meeting held on or after
  September 1, 2021.  A meeting held before September 1, 2021, is
  governed by the law in effect immediately before September 1, 2021,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         (b)  Section 552.003, Government Code, as amended by this
  Act, applies only to a request for public information received on or
  after September 1, 2021.  A request for public information received
  before September 1, 2021, is governed by the law in effect when the
  request was received, and the former law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.