Bill Text: TX SB410 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-04 - Referred to Public Education [SB410 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB410-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-04 - Referred to Public Education [SB410 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB410-Introduced.html
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By: Paxton | S.B. No. 410 |
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relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the | ||
public school health curriculum in certain grade levels. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (x) to read as follows: | ||
(x) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules requiring | ||
students enrolled in grade levels seven and eight to receive | ||
instruction on fetal development as part of the essential knowledge | ||
and skills for the health curriculum required under Subsection | ||
(a)(2)(B). The instruction must include: | ||
(1) information on: | ||
(A) the human reproductive process, pregnancy, | ||
and infertility; | ||
(B) the establishment of healthy life skills; and | ||
(C) the prevention of birth defects, including | ||
information on the effect of drugs, alcohol, and environmental | ||
hazards such as lead; and | ||
(2) a description of the growth and development of an | ||
unborn child that occur during each trimester of pregnancy. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
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, 2023. |