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1	1	89R995 KJE-F
2	2	By: González of El Paso H.B. No. 1272
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to healthy relationships education in public schools.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
12	12	amended by adding Section 28.0041 to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 28.0041. HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS EDUCATION. (a) In
14	14	this section, "age-appropriate" means suitable to particular ages
15	15	or age groups of children or adolescents, based on developing
16	16	cognitive, emotional, and behavioral capacity typical for the age
17	17	or age group.
18	18	(b) A school district shall provide healthy relationships
19	19	education in accordance with this section at grade levels and in
20	20	courses specified by the State Board of Education.
21	21	(c) The State Board of Education by rule shall adopt the
22	22	essential knowledge and skills for curricula to be used by a school
23	23	district in providing healthy relationships education under this
24	24	section that are age-appropriate and supported by research that is
25	25	peer-reviewed, conducted in compliance with accepted scientific
26	26	methods, and recognized as accurate by leading professional
27	27	organizations and agencies with relevant experience. As
28	28	age-appropriate, the curricula must promote relationship,
29	29	communication, and decision-making skills, including strategies
30	30	to:
31	31	(1) develop healthy, age-appropriate relationships;
32	32	(2) develop healthy life skills, including critical
33	33	thinking, problem solving, effective communication, and
34	34	responsible decision making about relationships; and
35	35	(3) promote effective communication between
36	36	adolescents and their parents, legal guardians, or other family
37	37	members about relationships.
38	38	(d) A school district shall make all curriculum materials
39	39	used in the district's healthy relationships education available
40	40	for reasonable public inspection.
41	41	(e) A student shall be excused from healthy relationships
42	42	education on the written request of a parent or legal guardian
43	43	without being subjected to any disciplinary action, academic
44	44	penalty, or other sanction imposed by the school district or the
45	45	student's school.
46	46	(f) A parent or legal guardian may use the grievance
47	47	procedure adopted under Section 26.011 concerning a complaint of a
48	48	violation of this section.
49	49	(g) Before each school year, a school district shall provide
50	50	written notice to a parent or legal guardian of each student
51	51	enrolled in the district of the intent to provide healthy
52	52	relationships education under this section. The notice must
53	53	include:
54	54	(1) a summary of the basic content of the healthy
55	55	relationships education to be provided to the student;
56	56	(2) a description of the curricula requirements for
57	57	healthy relationships education under Subsection (c);
58	58	(3) a statement of the parent's or legal guardian's
59	59	right to:
60	60	(A) review curriculum materials as provided by
61	61	Subsection (d);
62	62	(B) remove the student from any part of the
63	63	district's healthy relationships education as provided by
64	64	Subsection (e); and
65	65	(C) use the grievance procedure adopted under
66	66	Section 26.011 concerning a complaint of a violation of this
67	67	section, as provided by Subsection (f); and
68	68	(4) information regarding any opportunities for the
69	69	parent or legal guardian to participate in the development of
70	70	curricula for healthy relationships education.
71	71	SECTION 2. Section 12.104(b), Education Code, is amended to
72	72	read as follows:
73	73	(b) An open-enrollment charter school is subject to:
74	74	(1) a provision of this title establishing a criminal
75	75	offense;
76	76	(2) the provisions in Chapter 554, Government Code;
77	77	and
78	78	(3) a prohibition, restriction, or requirement, as
79	79	applicable, imposed by this title or a rule adopted under this
80	80	title, relating to:
81	81	(A) the Public Education Information Management
82	82	System (PEIMS) to the extent necessary to monitor compliance with
83	83	this subchapter as determined by the commissioner;
84	84	(B) criminal history records under Subchapter C,
85	85	Chapter 22;
86	86	(C) reading instruments and accelerated reading
87	87	instruction programs under Section 28.006;
88	88	(D) accelerated instruction under Section
89	89	28.0211;
90	90	(E) high school graduation requirements under
91	91	Section 28.025;
92	92	(F) special education programs under Subchapter
93	93	A, Chapter 29;
94	94	(G) bilingual education under Subchapter B,
95	95	Chapter 29;
96	96	(H) prekindergarten programs under Subchapter E
97	97	or E-1, Chapter 29, except class size limits for prekindergarten
98	98	classes imposed under Section 25.112, which do not apply;
99	99	(I) extracurricular activities under Section
100	100	33.081;
101	101	(J) discipline management practices or behavior
102	102	management techniques under Section 37.0021;
103	103	(K) health and safety under Chapter 38;
104	104	(L) the provisions of Subchapter A, Chapter 39;
105	105	(M) public school accountability and special
106	106	investigations under Subchapters A, B, C, D, F, G, and J, Chapter
107	107	39, and Chapter 39A;
108	108	(N) the requirement under Section 21.006 to
109	109	report an educator's misconduct;
110	110	(O) intensive programs of instruction under
111	111	Section 28.0213;
112	112	(P) the right of a school employee to report a
113	113	crime, as provided by Section 37.148;
114	114	(Q) bullying prevention policies and procedures
115	115	under Section 37.0832;
116	116	(R) the right of a school under Section 37.0052
117	117	to place a student who has engaged in certain bullying behavior in a
118	118	disciplinary alternative education program or to expel the student;
119	119	(S) the right under Section 37.0151 to report to
120	120	local law enforcement certain conduct constituting assault or
121	121	harassment;
122	122	(T) a parent's right to information regarding the
123	123	provision of assistance for learning difficulties to the parent's
124	124	child as provided by Sections 26.004(b)(11) and 26.0081(c) and (d);
125	125	(U) establishment of residency under Section
126	126	25.001;
127	127	(V) school safety requirements under Sections
128	128	37.0814, 37.108, 37.1081, 37.1082, 37.1083, 37.1084, 37.1085,
129	129	37.1086, 37.109, 37.113, 37.114, 37.1141, 37.115, 37.207, and
130	130	37.2071 and Subchapter J, Chapter 37;
131	131	(W) the early childhood literacy and mathematics
132	132	proficiency plans under Section 11.185;
133	133	(X) the college, career, and military readiness
134	134	plans under Section 11.186; [and]
135	135	(Y) parental options to retain a student under
136	136	Section 28.02124; and
137	137	(Z) healthy relationships education under
138	138	Section 28.0041.
139	139	SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2026-2027
140	140	school year.
141	141	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
142	142	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
143	143	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
144	144	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
145	145	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.