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