Bill Text: TX SB1109 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to requiring public schools to provide instruction and materials and adopt policies relating to the prevention of child abuse, family violence, and dating violence.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-2)
Status: (Vetoed) 2021-06-18 - Vetoed by the Governor [SB1109 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1109-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1109 |
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relating to requiring public schools to provide instruction and | ||
materials and adopt policies relating to the prevention of child | ||
abuse, family violence, and dating violence. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Christine Blubaugh | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (u) to read as follows: | ||
(u) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules requiring | ||
students to receive instruction on the prevention of child abuse, | ||
family violence, and dating violence at least once in middle or | ||
junior high school and at least twice in high school. The | ||
instruction must include information on: | ||
(1) the dating violence policy adopted by the | ||
student's school district under Section 37.0831; | ||
(2) the prevalence of dating violence and the | ||
recognition of abuse warning signs; | ||
(3) the procedures for reporting violence or abuse; | ||
and | ||
(4) educational materials or resources available to | ||
students under Section 37.0831(c). | ||
SECTION 3. The heading to Section 37.0831, Education Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 37.0831. DATING VIOLENCE POLICIES; EDUCATIONAL | ||
MATERIALS AND RESOURCES. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 37.0831, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) A dating violence policy must: | ||
(1) include: | ||
(A) a definition of dating violence that includes | ||
the intentional use of physical, sexual, verbal, or emotional abuse | ||
by a person to harm, threaten, intimidate, or control another | ||
person in a dating relationship, as defined by Section 71.0021, | ||
Family Code; | ||
(B) a clear statement that dating violence is not | ||
tolerated at school; | ||
(C) reporting procedures and guidelines for | ||
students who are victims of dating violence; and | ||
(D) information regarding the instruction on the | ||
prevention of dating violence required under Section 28.002(u); and | ||
(2) address safety planning, enforcement of | ||
protective orders, school-based alternatives to protective orders, | ||
training for teachers and administrators, counseling for affected | ||
students, and awareness education for students and parents. | ||
(c) To the extent possible, a school district shall make | ||
available to students: | ||
(1) age-appropriate educational materials that | ||
include information on the dangers of dating violence; and | ||
(2) resources to students seeking help. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 6. 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, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1109 passed the Senate on | ||
May 4, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2; and that the | ||
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2021, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1109 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 99, | ||
Nays 48, two present not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
______________________________ | ||
Date | ||
______________________________ | ||
Governor |