Bill Text: TX SB1094 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to parental rights regarding a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-07 - Referred to Education [SB1094 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1094-Introduced.html
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By: Campbell | S.B. No. 1094 |
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relating to parental rights regarding a student's participation in | ||
human sexuality 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 | ||
amending Subsections (i), (i-1), and (j) and adding Subsections | ||
(i-2) and (j-1) to read as follows: | ||
(i) Before each school year, a school district shall provide | ||
written notice to a parent of each student enrolled in the district | ||
of the board of trustees' decision regarding whether the district | ||
will provide human sexuality instruction to district students. If | ||
instruction will be provided, the notice must include: | ||
(1) a summary of the basic content of the district's | ||
human sexuality instruction to be provided to the student, | ||
including a statement informing the parent of the instructional | ||
requirements under state law; | ||
(2) a statement of the parent's right to: | ||
(A) review or request a copy of curriculum | ||
materials as provided by Subsection (j); and | ||
(B) refuse consent for [ |
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receive all or [ |
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instruction without subjecting the student to any disciplinary | ||
action, academic penalty, or other sanction imposed by the district | ||
or the student's school; and | ||
(3) information describing the opportunities for | ||
parental involvement in the development of the curriculum to be | ||
used in human sexuality instruction, including information | ||
regarding the local school health advisory council established | ||
under Subsection (a). | ||
(i-1) A parent may use the grievance procedure adopted under | ||
Section 26.011 concerning a complaint of a violation of Subsection | ||
(i) or (i-2). | ||
(i-2) Before a student may be provided with human sexuality | ||
instruction, a school district must obtain the written consent of | ||
the student's parent. 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, other than the | ||
notice provided under Subsection (i); and | ||
(2) must be provided to the parent not later than the | ||
14th day before the date on which the human sexuality instruction | ||
begins. | ||
(j) A school district shall: | ||
(1) make all curriculum materials used in the | ||
district's human sexuality instruction available for reasonable | ||
public inspection; and | ||
(2) on request by a parent of a student enrolled in the | ||
district, provide to the parent a copy of all curriculum materials | ||
used in the district's human sexuality instruction. | ||
(j-1) A school district may charge a reasonable fee in | ||
accordance with Subchapter F, Chapter 552, Government Code, for | ||
copies of curriculum materials provided to a parent under | ||
Subsection (j). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 | ||
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, 2017. |