| 1 | 1 | | By: Leo Wilson H.B. No. 1484 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to the protection of students from sexual grooming. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Add a new Subchapter H, Chapter 38, Education |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SUBCHAPTER H. SEXUAL GROOMING PROTECTION ACT |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 38.401. SEXUAL GOOMING PROTECTION.(a) |
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| 14 | 14 | | Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, as provided by |
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| 15 | 15 | | this subchapter a parent who determines that their child is |
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| 16 | 16 | | subjected to sexual grooming at a public school is entitled to the |
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| 17 | 17 | | right to protect their child from such sexual grooming by selecting |
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| 18 | 18 | | another school, public or private, for their child in which event |
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| 19 | 19 | | Chapter 48 funding for the education of that child shall flow with |
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| 20 | 20 | | the child to the new school selected by the parents. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Sec. 38.402. DEFINITION. Sexual Grooming is defined as any |
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| 22 | 22 | | effort to desensitize children to sexual experiences, or to |
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| 23 | 23 | | normalize sexual relationships with adults or children of the same |
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| 24 | 24 | | or opposite sex. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 38.403. ACCREDITED PRIVATE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION (a) |
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| 26 | 26 | | The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement the program, |
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| 27 | 27 | | including rules providing for maintenance and operations funding to |
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| 28 | 28 | | follow the child. Rules shall be designed to prohibit fraud and |
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| 29 | 29 | | abuse. The rules may not in any form effect or attempt to control |
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| 30 | 30 | | the programs, curricula, or other operations of private schools who |
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| 31 | 31 | | participate in the program other than rules for accredited private |
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| 32 | 32 | | schools which were in effect January 1, 2025. (b) No federal funds |
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| 33 | 33 | | or Available School Funds shall be used to fund programs under this |
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| 34 | 34 | | subsection. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025 |
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