Bill Text: TX SB521 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of and parental approval for a student's participation in human sexuality and family planning instruction in public schools.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-13 - Committee report printed and distributed [SB521 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB521-Comm_Sub.html
By: Paxton, Campbell, Lucio | S.B. No. 521 | |
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 521 | By: Taylor |
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relating to the provision of and parental approval for a student's | ||
participation in human sexuality and family planning instruction in | ||
public schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 28.004, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (e-1), (e-2), (e-3), and (i-2) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(e-1) An entity or individual that performs abortions or an | ||
affiliate of an entity or individual that performs abortions may | ||
not provide human sexuality or family planning instruction or | ||
instructional materials for use in human sexuality or family | ||
planning instruction in a public school. | ||
(e-2) For purposes of Subsection (e-1), "affiliate" means | ||
an entity or individual that has a legal relationship with another | ||
entity or individual that is created or governed by at least one | ||
written instrument that demonstrates: | ||
(1) common ownership, management, or control; | ||
(2) the existence of a franchise; or | ||
(3) the granting or extension of a license or other | ||
agreement that authorizes the affiliate to use the entity's or | ||
individual's brand name, trademark, service mark, or other | ||
registered identification mark. | ||
(e-3) Subsection (e-1) does not apply to a hospital: | ||
(1) licensed under Chapter 241, Health and Safety | ||
Code; or | ||
(2) owned and operated by the state. | ||
(i-2) Before a student may be provided with human sexuality | ||
or family planning instruction from an entity or individual other | ||
than an employee of a school district, the district must obtain the | ||
written consent of the student's parent or guardian. A request for | ||
written consent under this subsection: | ||
(1) may not be included with any other notification or | ||
request for written consent provided to the parent or guardian; | ||
(2) must be provided to the parent or guardian not | ||
later than the 14th day before the date on which the human sexuality | ||
or family planning instruction begins; and | ||
(3) must include the information described by | ||
Subsection (i)(1) and the name of the entity or individual who will | ||
provide the instruction. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2013. | ||
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