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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a marketing plan for the parenting and paternity |
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awareness program in public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 28.0028 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.0028. PARENTING AND PATERNITY AWARENESS PROGRAM |
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MARKETING PLAN. The commissioner shall develop a marketing plan |
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for the parenting and paternity awareness program developed by the |
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State Board of Education under Section 28.002(p) to ensure public |
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school students who are not enrolled in a health curriculum course |
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offered by a school district or open-enrollment charter school are |
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offered the program curriculum in other courses, including |
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mathematics, economics, psychology, or certain related elective |
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courses. The marketing plan must include a guide that demonstrates |
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the manner in which the district or school may incorporate the |
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program into different courses in grades 6 through 12. |
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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. |