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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to parental approval of a student's participation in human |
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sexuality instruction in public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.004(i), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(i) A school district shall notify a parent of each student |
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enrolled in the district of[:
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[(1)] the basic content of the district's human |
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sexuality instruction to be provided to the student[; and
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[(2) the parent's right to remove the student from any
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part of the district's human sexuality instruction]. Before a |
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student may be provided with human sexuality instruction, a school |
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district must obtain the written consent of a parent of the student. |
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A request for written consent under this subsection: |
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(1) may not be included with any other notification or |
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request for written consent provided to the parent; and |
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(2) must be provided to the parent not later than the |
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14th day before the date on which the human sexuality instruction |
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begins. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |