2009S0383-2 03/02/09
By: Watson S.B. No. 1344
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an alcohol awareness component of the health curriculum
used in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (r) to read as follows:
(r) The State Board of Education shall adopt essential
knowledge and skills that address the dangers, causes,
consequences, signs, symptoms, and treatment of binge drinking and
alcohol poisoning. The agency shall compile a list of alcohol
awareness evidence-based programs from which a school district
shall choose for use in the district's health curriculum. In this
subsection, "alcohol awareness evidence-based program" means a
program that, on the basis of evaluations that use valid and
reliable measures and that are published in peer-reviewed journals,
has been proven to effectively prevent or delay alcohol use among
students.
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.