S.B. No. 1219
AN ACT
relating to a parenting and paternity awareness component of the
health curriculum used in public high schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (p), Section 28.002, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(p) The State Board of Education, in conjunction with the
office of the attorney general, shall develop a parenting and
paternity awareness program that a school district shall use in the
district's high school health curriculum. At the discretion of the
district, a teacher may modify the suggested sequence and pace of
the program. The program must:
(1) address parenting skills and responsibilities,
including child support and other legal rights and responsibilities
that come with parenthood;
(2) address relationship skills, including money
management, communication skills, and marriage preparation; and
(3) in district high schools that do not have a family
violence prevention program, address skills relating to the
prevention of family violence.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
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, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1219 passed the Senate on
April 9, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0;
May 28, 2009, Senate refused to concur in House amendment and
requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 29, 2009, House
granted request of the Senate; May 31, 2009, Senate adopted
Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 31,
Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1219 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 20, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 115,
Nays 19, one present not voting; May 29, 2009, House granted
request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee;
May 31, 2009, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the
following vote: Yeas 100, Nays 41, three present not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor