Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1082 Compare Versions

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1	1		By: Campbell S.B. No. 1082
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2021; March 18, 2021, read
	3	+	first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 30, 2021,
	4	+	reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0;
	5	+	April 30, 2021, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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4	9		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	10		AN ACT
6	11		relating to parental access to curriculum materials used in a
7	12		public school's human sexuality instruction.
8	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	14		SECTION 1. Sections 26.006(a) and (c), Education Code, are
10	15		amended to read as follows:
11	16		(a) A parent is entitled to:
12	17		(1) review all teaching materials, instructional
13	18		materials, and other teaching aids used in the classroom of the
14	19		parent's child, including curriculum materials used in any human
15	20		sexuality instruction provided to the child; and
16	21		(2) review each test administered to the parent's
17	22		child after the test is administered.
18	23		(c) A student's parent is entitled to request that the
19	24		school district or open-enrollment charter school the student
20	25		attends allow the student to take home any instructional materials
21	26		used by the student. Subject to the availability of the
22	27		instructional materials, the district or school shall honor the
23	28		request. A student who takes home instructional materials must
24	29		return the instructional materials to school at the beginning of
25	30		the next school day if requested to do so by the student's teacher.
26	31		A school district or open-enrollment charter school must provide
27	32		the instructional materials to the student in printed format if the
28	33		student does not have reliable access to technology at the
29	34		student's home. In this subsection, "instructional material" has
30	35		the meaning assigned by Section 31.002 and includes curriculum
31	36		materials used in the district's or school's human sexuality
32	37		instruction.
33	38		SECTION 2. Section 28.004(i), Education Code, is amended to
34	39		read as follows:
35	40		(i) Before each school year, a school district shall provide
36	41		written notice to a parent of each student enrolled in the district
37	42		of the board of trustees' decision regarding whether the district
38	43		will provide human sexuality instruction to district students. If
39	44		instruction will be provided, the notice must include:
40	45		(1) a summary of the basic content of the district's
41	46		human sexuality instruction to be provided to the student,
42	47		including a statement informing the parent of the instructional
43	48		requirements under state law;
44	49		(2) a statement of the parent's right to:
45	50		(A) review curriculum materials as provided by
46	51		Section 26.006 [Subsection (j)]; and
47	52		(B) remove the student from any part of the
48	53		district's human sexuality instruction without subjecting the
49	54		student to any disciplinary action, academic penalty, or other
50	55		sanction imposed by the district or the student's school; and
51	56		(3) information describing the opportunities for
52	57		parental involvement in the development of the curriculum to be
53	58		used in human sexuality instruction, including information
54	59		regarding the local school health advisory council established
55	60		under Subsection (a).
56	61		SECTION 3. Section 28.004(j), Education Code, is repealed.
57	62		SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
58	63		school year.
59	64		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
60	65		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
61	66		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
62	67		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
63	68		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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