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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the protection of students from sexual grooming. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Add a new Subchapter H, Chapter 38, Education |
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Code, to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER H. SEXUAL GROOMING PROTECTION ACT |
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Sec. 38.401. SEXUAL GROOMING PROTECTION. (a) |
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, as provided by |
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this subchapter a parent who determines that their child is |
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subjected to sexual grooming at a public school is entitled to the |
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right to protect their child from such sexual grooming by selecting |
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another school, public or private, for their child in which event |
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Chapter 48 funding for the education of that child shall flow with |
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the child to the new school selected by the parents. |
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Sec. 38.402. DEFINITION. Sexual Grooming is defined as any |
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effort to desensitize children to sexual experiences, or to |
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normalize sexual relationships with adults or children of the same |
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or opposite sex. |
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Sec. 38.403. ACCREDITED PRIVATE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION (a) |
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The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement the program. Rules |
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shall be designed to prohibit fraud and abuse. The rules may not in |
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any form effect or attempt to control the programs, curricula, or |
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other operations of private schools who participate in the program |
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other than rules for accredited private schools which were in |
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effect January 1, 2023. |
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(b) No federal funds or Available School Funds shall be used |
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to fund programs under this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |