86R8194 JES-D
By: Hall S.B. No. 1612
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring that human sexuality instruction in public
schools be approved by the State Board of Education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.004(e), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) Any course materials and instruction relating to human
sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases, or human
immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome
shall be selected by the board of trustees with the advice of the
local school health advisory council and must:
(1) present abstinence from sexual activity as the
preferred choice of behavior in relationship to all sexual activity
for unmarried persons of school age;
(2) devote more attention to abstinence from sexual
activity than to any other behavior;
(3) emphasize that abstinence from sexual activity, if
used consistently and correctly, is the only method that is 100
percent effective in preventing pregnancy, sexually transmitted
diseases, infection with human immunodeficiency virus or acquired
immune deficiency syndrome, and the emotional trauma associated
with adolescent sexual activity;
(4) direct adolescents to a standard of behavior in
which abstinence from sexual activity before marriage is the most
effective way to prevent pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases,
and infection with human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune
deficiency syndrome; [and]
(5) teach contraception and condom use in terms of
human use reality rates instead of theoretical laboratory rates, if
instruction on contraception and condoms is included in curriculum
content; and
(6) be approved by the State Board of Education.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
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, 2019.