| 1 | 1 | | 2009S0383-2 03/02/09 |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Eissler H.B. No. 3916 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to an alcohol awareness component of the health curriculum |
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| 8 | 8 | | used in public schools. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (r) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (r) The State Board of Education shall adopt essential |
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| 13 | 13 | | knowledge and skills that address the dangers, causes, |
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| 14 | 14 | | consequences, signs, symptoms, and treatment of binge drinking and |
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| 15 | 15 | | alcohol poisoning. The agency shall compile a list of alcohol |
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| 16 | 16 | | awareness evidence-based programs from which a school district |
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| 17 | 17 | | shall choose for use in the district's health curriculum. In this |
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| 18 | 18 | | subsection, "alcohol awareness evidence-based program" means a |
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| 19 | 19 | | program that, on the basis of evaluations that use valid and |
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| 20 | 20 | | reliable measures and that are published in peer-reviewed journals, |
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| 21 | 21 | | has been proven to effectively prevent or delay alcohol use among |
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| 22 | 22 | | students. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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| 24 | 24 | | school year. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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