| 1 | 1 | | By: Zwiener H.B. No. 72 |
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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 the instruction about bullying and harassment in the |
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| 7 | 7 | | required health curriculum for public school students. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 28.002(s), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 10 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (s) In this subsection, "bullying" has the meaning assigned |
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| 12 | 12 | | by Section 37.0832 and "harassment" has the meaning assigned by |
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| 13 | 13 | | Section 37.001. In addition to any other essential knowledge and |
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| 14 | 14 | | skills the State Board of Education adopts for the health |
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| 15 | 15 | | curriculum under Subsection (a)(2)(B), the board shall adopt for |
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| 16 | 16 | | the health curriculum, in consultation with the Texas School Safety |
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| 17 | 17 | | Center, essential knowledge and skills that include evidence-based |
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| 18 | 18 | | practices that will effectively: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) address awareness, prevention, identification, |
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| 20 | 20 | | self-defense in response to, and resolution of and intervention in |
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| 21 | 21 | | bullying and harassment; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) teach respect for another person's bodily autonomy |
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| 23 | 23 | | and confidence in protecting one's own bodily autonomy. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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| 25 | 25 | | school year. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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