Bill Amendment: TX SB8 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Relating to public education, including parental rights and public school responsibilities regarding instructional materials and the establishment of an education savings account program.

Status: 2023-05-15 - Left pending in committee [SB8 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB8-Senate_Amendment_S_2_F4-Men_ndez.html

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Amend CSSB 8 (senate committee report) in SECTION 1.005 of the bill, in added Section 26.0083(i), Education Code, as follows:

(1)  In Subdivision (1) (page 5, line 14), after the underlined semicolon, strike "or".

(2)  In Subdivision (2) (page 5, line 17), between "consent" and the underlined period, insert the following:

; or

(3)  violate or supersede an educator's legal and ethical obligations to ensure that students are safe, including the obligation to alert the educator's supervisor that disclosing certain information to a student's parent might make the student less safe and to handle such a situation in a way that keeps the student safe while respecting the parent's rights in accordance with this section