By: Zwiener H.B. No. 1390
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to the requirement of a school district to notify a parent
of curriculum or instructional material containing religion or
religious values.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 26.010, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (c), (c-1), and (c-2) to read as follows:
(c) Before each school year, and a week prior to any
specific instruction, a school district shall provide through
personal delivery, mail, or electronic mail, written notice to a
parent of each student enrolled in the district of any curriculum,
instructional material, or school activity providing instruction
on religion or religious values, including references to:
(1) religious literature or texts;
(2) religious policies;
(3) religious sects or orders;
(4) religious figures;
(5) religious beliefs;
(6) religious holy days;
(7) a particular religion's impacts on history; or
(8) religious institutions, partnerships,
associations, corporations, or a department, division, or section
of one of those entities.
(c-1) A notice under this section must include:
(1) a statement informing the parent of the
requirements of instruction containing religion or religious
values under state law;
(2) a detailed description of the content of the
district's instruction containing religion or religious values and
a general schedule on which the instruction will be provided;
(3) a statement of the parent's right to:
(A) at the parent's discretion, review or
purchase a copy of curriculum materials as provided by Section
26.006 and Section 26.0061;
(B) remove the student from any part of the
district's instruction containing religion or religious values
without subjecting the student to disciplinary action, academic
penalty, or other sanction imposed by the district or the student's
school; and
(C) use the grievances procedure as provided by
Section 26.011 concerning a complaint of a violation of this
section.
(c-2) A parent may use the grievance procedure adopted under
Section 26.011 concerning a complaint or a violation of this
section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.