Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R11349 PRL-D
2	2	By: Schatzline H.B. No. 4530
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to instruction in human trafficking awareness in public
8	8	schools.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
11	11	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (u) and (u-1) to
12	12	read as follows:
13	13	(a) Each school district that offers kindergarten through
14	14	grade 12 shall offer, as a required curriculum:
15	15	(1) a foundation curriculum that includes:
16	16	(A) English language arts;
17	17	(B) mathematics;
18	18	(C) science; and
19	19	(D) social studies, consisting of Texas, United
20	20	States, and world history, government, economics, with emphasis on
21	21	the free enterprise system and its benefits, and geography; and
22	22	(2) an enrichment curriculum that includes:
23	23	(A) to the extent possible, languages other than
24	24	English;
25	25	(B) health, with emphasis on:
26	26	(i) physical health, including the
27	27	importance of proper nutrition and exercise;
28	28	(ii) mental health, including instruction
29	29	about mental health conditions, substance abuse, skills to manage
30	30	emotions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, and
31	31	responsible decision-making; and
32	32	(iii) suicide prevention, including
33	33	recognizing suicide-related risk factors and warning signs;
34	34	(C) physical education;
35	35	(D) fine arts;
36	36	(E) career and technology education;
37	37	(F) technology applications;
38	38	(G) religious literature, including the Hebrew
39	39	Scriptures (Old Testament) and New Testament, and its impact on
40	40	history and literature; [and]
41	41	(H) personal financial literacy; and
42	42	(I) human trafficking awareness.
43	43	(u) In adopting the essential knowledge and skills for the
44	44	human trafficking awareness curriculum required under Subsection
45	45	(a)(2)(I), the State Board of Education shall ensure that the
46	46	curriculum includes grade-level appropriate instruction relating
47	47	to:
48	48	(1) for students in grades six through eight:
49	49	(A) the underlying causes of human trafficking;
50	50	(B) identification of and prevention of human
51	51	trafficking for labor and sexual exploitation, with an emphasis on:
52	52	(i) understanding the signs or indicators
53	53	of human trafficking;
54	54	(ii) practicing online safety; and
55	55	(iii) understanding the methods used by
56	56	human traffickers to recruit children;
57	57	(C) methods for reporting suspected human
58	58	trafficking; and
59	59	(D) interventions and treatment provided to
60	60	survivors of human trafficking; and
61	61	(2) for students in grades 9 through 12, the topics
62	62	provided by Subdivision (1) and:
63	63	(A) the commercial sexual exploitation of and
64	64	vulnerability to human trafficking of minors;
65	65	(B) the role of gender in the selection of
66	66	targets for human trafficking;
67	67	(C) distinguishing human trafficking from other
68	68	types of offenses involving the transport or movement of
69	69	individuals by others, such as kidnapping and human smuggling; and
70	70	(D) domestic and foreign policy responses to
71	71	human trafficking.
72	72	(u-1) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
73	73	requiring students enrolled in grades six through eight to complete
74	74	a one-semester human trafficking awareness course covering the
75	75	essential knowledge and skills described by Subsection (u)(1). The
76	76	course may be required only once for the middle school grade levels.
77	77	SECTION 2. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, is amended
78	78	to read as follows:
79	79	(b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require
80	80	that the curriculum requirements for the foundation high school
81	81	program under Subsection (a) include a requirement that students
82	82	successfully complete:
83	83	(1) four credits in English language arts under
84	84	Section 28.002(a)(1)(A), including one credit in English I, one
85	85	credit in English II, one credit in English III, and one credit in
86	86	an advanced English course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
87	87	(2) three credits in mathematics under Section
88	88	28.002(a)(1)(B), including one credit in Algebra I, one credit in
89	89	geometry, and one credit in any advanced mathematics course
90	90	authorized under Subsection (b-2);
91	91	(3) three credits in science under Section
92	92	28.002(a)(1)(C), including one credit in biology, one credit in any
93	93	advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2), and one
94	94	credit in integrated physics and chemistry or in an additional
95	95	advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
96	96	(4) three credits in social studies under Section
97	97	28.002(a)(1)(D), including one credit in United States history, at
98	98	least one-half credit in government and at least one-half credit in
99	99	economics or personal financial literacy & economics, and one
100	100	credit in world geography or world history;
101	101	(5) except as provided under Subsections (b-12),
102	102	(b-13), and (b-14), two credits in the same language in a language
103	103	other than English under Section 28.002(a)(2)(A);
104	104	(6) four and one-half [five] elective credits;
105	105	(7) one credit in fine arts under Section
106	106	28.002(a)(2)(D); [and]
107	107	(8) except as provided by Subsection (b-11), one
108	108	credit in physical education under Section 28.002(a)(2)(C); and
109	109	(9) one-half credit in human trafficking awareness
110	110	under Section 28.002(a)(2)(I).
111	111	SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
112	112	of this Act, the State Board of Education shall develop the
113	113	curriculum required under Section 28.002(u), Education Code, as
114	114	added by this Act.
115	115	SECTION 4. (a) Sections 28.002(u)(1) and (u-1), Education
116	116	Code, as added by this Act, apply only to the middle school
117	117	curriculum required for students entering the sixth grade during
118	118	the 2023-2024 school year or a later school year.
119	119	(b) Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as amended by this
120	120	Act, applies only to students entering the ninth grade during the
121	121	2023-2024 school year or a later school year. For students entering
122	122	a grade above ninth grade during the 2023-2024 school year, Section
123	123	28.025(b-1), Education Code, as that section existed before
124	124	amendment by this Act, applies, and that section is continued in
125	125	effect for that purpose.
126	126	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
127	127	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
128	128	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
129	129	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
130	130	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.