Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1	1	86R4112 KJE-F
2	2	By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 366
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to healthy relationships education in public schools.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
10	10	amended by adding Section 28.0043 to read as follows:
11	11	Sec. 28.0043. HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS EDUCATION. (a) In
12	12	this section, "age-appropriate" means suitable to particular ages
13	13	or age groups of children or adolescents, based on developing
14	14	cognitive, emotional, and behavioral capacity typical for the age
15	15	or age group.
16	16	(b) A school district shall provide healthy relationships
17	17	education in accordance with this section at grade levels and in
18	18	courses specified by the State Board of Education.
19	19	(c) The State Board of Education by rule shall adopt the
20	20	essential knowledge and skills for curricula to be used by a school
21	21	district in providing healthy relationships education under this
22	22	section that are age-appropriate and supported by research that is
23	23	peer-reviewed, conducted in compliance with accepted scientific
24	24	methods, and recognized as accurate by leading professional
25	25	organizations and agencies with relevant experience. As
26	26	age-appropriate, the curricula must promote relationship,
27	27	communication, and decision-making skills, including strategies
28	28	to:
29	29	(1) develop healthy, age-appropriate relationships;
30	30	(2) develop healthy life skills, including critical
31	31	thinking, problem solving, effective communication, and
32	32	responsible decision making about relationships; and
33	33	(3) promote effective communication between
34	34	adolescents and their parents, legal guardians, or other family
35	35	members about relationships.
36	36	SECTION 2. Section 12.104(b), Education Code, as amended by
37	37	Chapters 324 (S.B. 1488), 522 (S.B. 179), and 735 (S.B. 1153), Acts
38	38	of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and
39	39	amended to read as follows:
40	40	(b) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to:
41	41	(1) a provision of this title establishing a criminal
42	42	offense; and
43	43	(2) a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as
44	44	applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this
45	45	title, relating to:
46	46	(A) the Public Education Information Management
47	47	System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to monitor compliance with
48	48	this subchapter as determined by the commissioner;
49	49	(B) criminal history records under Subchapter C,
50	50	Chapter 22;
51	51	(C) reading instruments and accelerated reading
52	52	instruction programs under Section 28.006;
53	53	(D) accelerated instruction under Section
54	54	28.0211;
55	55	(E) high school graduation requirements under
56	56	Section 28.025;
57	57	(F) special education programs under Subchapter
58	58	A, Chapter 29;
59	59	(G) bilingual education under Subchapter B,
60	60	Chapter 29;
61	61	(H) prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E
62	62	or E-1, Chapter 29;
63	63	(I) extracurricular activities under Section
64	64	33.081;
65	65	(J) discipline management practices or behavior
66	66	management techniques under Section 37.0021;
67	67	(K) health and safety under Chapter 38;
68	68	(L) public school accountability under
69	69	Subchapters B, C, D, F, G, and J, Chapter 39, and Chapter 39A;
70	70	(M) the requirement under Section 21.006 to
71	71	report an educator's misconduct;
72	72	(N) intensive programs of instruction under
73	73	Section 28.0213;
74	74	(O) the right of a school employee to report a
75	75	crime, as provided by Section 37.148; [and]
76	76	(P) bullying prevention policies and procedures
77	77	under Section 37.0832;
78	78	(Q) the right of a school under Section 37.0052
79	79	to place a student who has engaged in certain bullying behavior in a
80	80	disciplinary alternative education program or to expel the student;
81	81	[and]
82	82	(R) the right under Section 37.0151 to report to
83	83	local law enforcement certain conduct constituting assault or
84	84	harassment;
85	85	(S) [(P)] a parent's right to information
86	86	regarding the provision of assistance for learning difficulties to
87	87	the parent's child as provided by Sections 26.004(b)(11) and
88	88	26.0081(c) and (d); and
89	89	(T) healthy relationships education under
90	90	Section 28.0043.
91	91	SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2020-2021
92	92	school year.
93	93	SECTION 4. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
94	94	over another Act of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019,
95	95	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
96	96	codes.
97	97	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
98	98	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
99	99	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
100	100	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
101	101	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.