| 1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 1219 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to a parenting and paternity awareness component of the |
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| 6 | 6 | | health curriculum used in public high schools. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subsection (p), Section 28.002, Education Code, |
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| 9 | 9 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | (p) The State Board of Education, in conjunction with the |
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| 11 | 11 | | office of the attorney general, shall develop a parenting and |
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| 12 | 12 | | paternity awareness program that a school district shall use in the |
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| 13 | 13 | | district's high school health curriculum. At the discretion of the |
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| 14 | 14 | | district, a teacher may modify the suggested sequence and pace of |
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| 15 | 15 | | the program. The program must: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) address parenting skills and responsibilities, |
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| 17 | 17 | | including child support and other legal rights and responsibilities |
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| 18 | 18 | | that come with parenthood; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) address relationship skills, including money |
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| 20 | 20 | | management, communication skills, and marriage preparation; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) in district high schools that do not have a family |
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| 22 | 22 | | violence prevention program, address skills relating to the |
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| 23 | 23 | | prevention of family violence. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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| 25 | 25 | | school year. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 31 | 31 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 32 | 32 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 33 | 33 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1219 passed the Senate on |
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| 34 | 34 | | April 9, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; |
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| 35 | 35 | | May 28, 2009, Senate refused to concur in House amendment and |
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| 36 | 36 | | requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 29, 2009, House |
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| 37 | 37 | | granted request of the Senate; May 31, 2009, Senate adopted |
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| 38 | 38 | | Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 31, |
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| 39 | 39 | | Nays 0. |
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| 40 | 40 | | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | 41 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 42 | 42 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1219 passed the House, with |
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| 43 | 43 | | amendment, on May 20, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 115, |
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| 44 | 44 | | Nays 19, one present not voting; May 29, 2009, House granted |
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| 45 | 45 | | request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; |
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| 46 | 46 | | May 31, 2009, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the |
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| 47 | 47 | | following vote: Yeas 100, Nays 41, three present not voting. |
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| 48 | 48 | | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | 49 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 50 | 50 | | Approved: |
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| 51 | 51 | | ______________________________ |
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| 52 | 52 | | Date |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Governor |
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