| 1 | 1 | | By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 1507 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to prohibiting public school programs dedicated to |
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| 7 | 7 | | celebrating or providing special instruction regarding a sexual |
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| 8 | 8 | | preference; authorizing a fine. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 29.936 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 29.936. CELEBRATIONS AND PROGRAMS RELATING TO SEXUAL |
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| 13 | 13 | | PREFERENCE PROHIBITED. (a) A school district or open-enrollment |
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| 14 | 14 | | charter school shall not organize or host a program dedicated to |
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| 15 | 15 | | celebrating or providing special instruction regarding a sexual |
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| 16 | 16 | | preference. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) The State Board for Educator Certification shall impose |
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| 18 | 18 | | sanctions against a district or school employee who organizes or |
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| 19 | 19 | | hosts a program described by Subsection (a) in violation of this |
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| 20 | 20 | | section, including: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) a fine of not less than $500 and not more than |
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| 22 | 22 | | $10,000; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) termination or suspension of a teacher's permit; |
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| 24 | 24 | | or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) any other sanction that the State Board for |
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| 26 | 26 | | Educator Certification deems appropriate. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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| 28 | 28 | | school year. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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