By: Rose H.B. No. 2479
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to parental approval for the participation of certain
students in human sexuality instruction in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.004, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (i-2) and adding Subsection (i-4) to read as
follows:
(i-2) Except as provided by Subsection (i-4), before
[Before] a student may be provided with human sexuality
instruction, a school district must obtain the written consent of
the student's parent. A request for written consent under this
subsection:
(1) may not be included with any other notification or
request for written consent provided to the parent, other than the
notice provided under Subsection (i); and
(2) must be provided to the parent not later than the
14th day before the date on which the human sexuality instruction
begins.
(i-4) A student who is homeless or in the conservatorship of
the Department of Family and Protective Services shall be provided
with human sexuality instruction unless the student's parent,
guardian, or managing conservator, as applicable, requests in
writing that the student not be provided the instruction.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
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.