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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 GOOMING 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, |
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including rules providing for maintenance and operations funding to |
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follow the child. Rules shall be designed to prohibit fraud and |
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abuse. The rules may not in any form effect or attempt to control |
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the programs, curricula, or other operations of private schools who |
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participate in the program other than rules for accredited private |
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schools which were in effect January 1, 2025. (b) No federal funds |
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or Available School Funds shall be used to fund programs under this |
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subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025 |