88R4207 MEW-D
By: Manuel H.B. No. 2090
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an elective course on community safety, firearm safety,
and mental health for certain public high school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 28.0121 to read as follows:
Sec. 28.0121. ELECTIVE COURSE ON COMMUNITY SAFETY, FIREARM
SAFETY, AND MENTAL HEALTH. (a) A school district or
open-enrollment charter school may offer to students in grade 12 an
elective course on community safety, firearm safety, and mental
health that meets the requirements for an elective credit under
Section 28.025.
(b) A course under this section must include:
(1) during the first semester of the course,
instruction relating to:
(A) family violence prevention, including
relevant family violence statistics;
(B) sexual assault prevention, including
relevant sexual assault statistics;
(C) self-defense tactics; and
(D) mental health; and
(2) during the second semester of the course:
(A) instruction relating to firearm safety,
including relevant firearm statistics;
(B) information on state and federal laws
governing the use of firearms; and
(C) information contained in the classroom
instruction portion of the handgun proficiency course described by
Section 411.188, Government Code.
(c) A student may not enroll in the second semester of a
course under this section unless the student has satisfactorily
completed the first semester of the course.
(d) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
allow a student to earn full course credit for a course under this
section if the student:
(1) satisfactorily completes the first semester of the
course;
(2) not later than the beginning of the second
semester of the course, meets the eligibility requirements for
obtaining a license to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter
411, Government Code; and
(3) instead of enrolling in the second semester of the
course, completes the handgun proficiency course described by
Section 411.188, Government Code.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025
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, 2023.