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1	1	S.B. No. 283
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the membership and activities of local school health
6	6	advisory councils and to parental involvement in human sexuality
7	7	instruction in public schools.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 28.004, Education Code, is amended by
10	10	amending Subsections (d) and (i) and adding Subsections (d-1),
11	11	(i-1), (m), (m-1), and (m-2) to read as follows:
12	12	(d) The board of trustees shall appoint at least five
13	13	members to the local school health advisory council. A majority of
14	14	the members must be persons who are parents of students enrolled in
15	15	the district and who are not employed by the district. One of those
16	16	members shall serve as chair or co-chair of the council. The board
17	17	of trustees also may appoint one or more persons from each of the
18	18	following groups or a representative from a group other than a group
19	19	specified under this subsection:
20	20	(1) public school teachers;
21	21	(2) public school administrators;
22	22	(3) district students;
23	23	(4) health care professionals;
24	24	(5) the business community;
25	25	(6) law enforcement;
26	26	(7) senior citizens;
27	27	(8) the clergy; and
28	28	(9) nonprofit health organizations.
29	29	(d-1) The local school health advisory council shall meet at
30	30	least four times each year.
31	31	(i) Before each school year, a [A] school district shall
32	32	provide written notice to [notify] a parent of each student
33	33	enrolled in the district of the board of trustees' decision
34	34	regarding whether the district will provide human sexuality
35	35	instruction to district students. If instruction will be provided,
36	36	the notice must include:
37	37	(1) a summary of the basic content of the district's
38	38	human sexuality instruction to be provided to the student,
39	39	including a statement informing the parent of the instructional
40	40	requirements under state law; [and]
41	41	(2) a statement of the parent's right to:
42	42	(A) review curriculum materials as provided by
43	43	Subsection (j); and
44	44	(B) remove the student from any part of the
45	45	district's human sexuality instruction without subjecting the
46	46	student to any disciplinary action, academic penalty, or other
47	47	sanction imposed by the district or the student's school; and
48	48	(3) information describing the opportunities for
49	49	parental involvement in the development of the curriculum to be
50	50	used in human sexuality instruction, including information
51	51	regarding the local school health advisory council established
52	52	under Subsection (a).
53	53	(i-1) A parent may use the grievance procedure adopted under
54	54	Section 26.011 concerning a complaint of a violation of Subsection
55	55	(i).
56	56	(m) In addition to performing other duties, the local school
57	57	health advisory council shall submit to the board of trustees, at
58	58	least annually, a written report that includes:
59	59	(1) any council recommendation concerning the school
60	60	district's health education curriculum and instruction or related
61	61	matters that the council has not previously submitted to the board;
62	62	(2) any suggested modification to a council
63	63	recommendation previously submitted to the board; and
64	64	(3) a detailed explanation of the council's activities
65	65	during the period between the date of the current report and the
66	66	date of the last prior written report.
67	67	(m-1) In lieu of the report that otherwise would be required
68	68	under Subsection (m), not later than April 1, 2010, the local school
69	69	health advisory council shall submit to the board of trustees an
70	70	initial written report that includes:
71	71	(1) any information required under Subsections (m)(1)
72	72	and (2); and
73	73	(2) a detailed explanation of the council's activities
74	74	during the 12-month period preceding the date of the report.
75	75	(m-2) Subsection (m-1) and this subsection expire April 30,
76	76	2010.
77	77	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
78	78	______________________________ ______________________________
79	79	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
80	80	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 283 passed the Senate on
81	81	April 9, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
82	82	the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 29, 2009, by the
83	83	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
84	84	______________________________
85	85	Secretary of the Senate
86	86	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 283 passed the House, with
87	87	amendments, on May 21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143,
88	88	Nays 0, two present not voting.
89	89	______________________________
90	90	Chief Clerk of the House
91	91	Approved:
92	92	______________________________
93	93	Date
94	94	______________________________
95	95	Governor