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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to parental approval for the participation of certain |
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students in human sexuality instruction in public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.004, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (i-2) and adding Subsection (i-4) to read as |
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follows: |
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(i-2) Except as provided by Subsection (i-4), before |
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[Before] a student may be provided with human sexuality |
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instruction, a school district must obtain the written consent of |
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the student's parent. A request for written consent under this |
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subsection: |
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(1) may not be included with any other notification or |
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request for written consent provided to the parent, other than the |
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notice provided under Subsection (i); and |
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(2) must be provided to the parent not later than the |
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14th day before the date on which the human sexuality instruction |
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begins. |
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(i-4) A student who is homeless or in the conservatorship of |
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the Department of Family and Protective Services shall be provided |
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with human sexuality instruction unless the student's parent, |
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guardian, or managing conservator, as applicable, requests in |
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writing that the student not be provided the instruction. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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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, 2023. |