By: Campbell  S.B. No. 1082
         (In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2021; March 18, 2021, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 30, 2021,
  reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 10, Nays 0;
  April 30, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to parental access to curriculum materials used in a
  public school's human sexuality instruction.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 26.006(a) and (c), Education Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A parent is entitled to:
               (1)  review all teaching materials, instructional
  materials, and other teaching aids used in the classroom of the
  parent's child, including curriculum materials used in any human
  sexuality instruction provided to the child; and
               (2)  review each test administered to the parent's
  child after the test is administered.
         (c)  A student's parent is entitled to request that the
  school district or open-enrollment charter school the student
  attends allow the student to take home any instructional materials
  used by the student. Subject to the availability of the
  instructional materials, the district or school shall honor the
  request. A student who takes home instructional materials must
  return the instructional materials to school at the beginning of
  the next school day if requested to do so by the student's teacher.
  A school district or open-enrollment charter school must provide
  the instructional materials to the student in printed format if the
  student does not have reliable access to technology at the
  student's home. In this subsection, "instructional material" has
  the meaning assigned by Section 31.002 and includes curriculum
  materials used in the district's or school's human sexuality
  instruction.
         SECTION 2.  Section 28.004(i), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (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)  a statement of the parent's right to:
                     (A)  review curriculum materials as provided by
  Section 26.006 [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
               (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).
         SECTION 3.  Section 28.004(j), Education Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 4.  This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
  school year.
         SECTION 5.  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.
 
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