Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R5868 JDK-D
2	2	By: Schatzline H.B. No. 1911
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to instruction in human trafficking awareness in public
10	10	schools.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
13	13	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (u) and (u-1) to
14	14	read as follows:
15	15	(a) Each school district that offers kindergarten through
16	16	grade 12 shall offer, as a required curriculum:
17	17	(1) a foundation curriculum that includes:
18	18	(A) English language arts;
19	19	(B) mathematics;
20	20	(C) science; and
21	21	(D) social studies, consisting of Texas, United
22	22	States, and world history, government, economics, with emphasis on
23	23	the free enterprise system and its benefits, and geography; and
24	24	(2) an enrichment curriculum that includes:
25	25	(A) to the extent possible, languages other than
26	26	English;
27	27	(B) health, with emphasis on:
28	28	(i) physical health, including the
29	29	importance of proper nutrition and exercise;
30	30	(ii) mental health, including instruction
31	31	about mental health conditions, substance abuse, skills to manage
32	32	emotions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, and
33	33	responsible decision-making; and
34	34	(iii) suicide prevention, including
35	35	recognizing suicide-related risk factors and warning signs;
36	36	(C) physical education;
37	37	(D) fine arts;
38	38	(E) career and technology education;
39	39	(F) technology applications;
40	40	(G) religious literature, including the Hebrew
41	41	Scriptures (Old Testament) and New Testament, and its impact on
42	42	history and literature; [and]
43	43	(H) personal financial literacy; and
44	44	(I) human trafficking awareness.
45	45	(u) In adopting the essential knowledge and skills for the
46	46	human trafficking awareness curriculum required under Subsection
47	47	(a)(2)(I), the State Board of Education shall ensure that the
48	48	curriculum includes grade-level appropriate instruction relating
49	49	to:
50	50	(1) for students in grades six through eight:
51	51	(A) the underlying causes of human trafficking;
52	52	(B) identification of and prevention of human
53	53	trafficking for labor and sexual exploitation, with an emphasis on:
54	54	(i) understanding the signs or indicators
55	55	of human trafficking;
56	56	(ii) practicing online safety; and
57	57	(iii) understanding the methods used by
58	58	human traffickers to recruit children;
59	59	(C) methods for reporting suspected human
60	60	trafficking; and
61	61	(D) interventions and treatment provided to
62	62	survivors of human trafficking; and
63	63	(2) for students in grades 9 through 12, the topics
64	64	provided by Subdivision (1) and:
65	65	(A) the commercial sexual exploitation of and
66	66	vulnerability to human trafficking of minors;
67	67	(B) the role of gender in the selection of
68	68	targets for human trafficking;
69	69	(C) distinguishing human trafficking from other
70	70	types of offenses involving the transport or movement of
71	71	individuals by others, such as kidnapping and human smuggling; and
72	72	(D) domestic and foreign policy responses to
73	73	human trafficking.
74	74	(u-1) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
75	75	requiring students enrolled in grades six through eight to complete
76	76	a one-semester human trafficking awareness course covering the
77	77	essential knowledge and skills described by Subsection (u)(1). The
78	78	course may be required only once for the middle school grade levels.
79	79	SECTION 2. Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, is amended
80	80	to read as follows:
81	81	(b-1) The State Board of Education by rule shall require
82	82	that the curriculum requirements for the foundation high school
83	83	program under Subsection (a) include a requirement that students
84	84	successfully complete:
85	85	(1) four credits in English language arts under
86	86	Section 28.002(a)(1)(A), including one credit in English I, one
87	87	credit in English II, one credit in English III, and one credit in
88	88	an advanced English course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
89	89	(2) three credits in mathematics under Section
90	90	28.002(a)(1)(B), including one credit in Algebra I, one credit in
91	91	geometry, and one credit in any advanced mathematics course
92	92	authorized under Subsection (b-2);
93	93	(3) three credits in science under Section
94	94	28.002(a)(1)(C), including one credit in biology, one credit in any
95	95	advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2), and one
96	96	credit in integrated physics and chemistry or in an additional
97	97	advanced science course authorized under Subsection (b-2);
98	98	(4) three credits in social studies under Section
99	99	28.002(a)(1)(D), including one credit in United States history, at
100	100	least one-half credit in government and at least one-half credit in
101	101	economics or personal financial literacy & economics, and one
102	102	credit in world geography or world history;
103	103	(5) except as provided under Subsections (b-12),
104	104	(b-13), and (b-14), two credits in the same language in a language
105	105	other than English under Section 28.002(a)(2)(A);
106	106	(6) four and one-half [five] elective credits;
107	107	(7) one credit in fine arts under Section
108	108	28.002(a)(2)(D); [and]
109	109	(8) except as provided by Subsection (b-11), one
110	110	credit in physical education under Section 28.002(a)(2)(C); and
111	111	(9) one-half credit in human trafficking awareness
112	112	under Section 28.002(a)(2)(I).
113	113	SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
114	114	of this Act, the State Board of Education shall develop the
115	115	curriculum required under Section 28.002(u), Education Code, as
116	116	added by this Act.
117	117	SECTION 4. (a) Sections 28.002(u)(1) and (u-1), Education
118	118	Code, as added by this Act, apply only to the middle school
119	119	curriculum required for students entering the sixth grade during
120	120	the 2025-2026 school year or a later school year.
121	121	(b) Section 28.025(b-1), Education Code, as amended by this
122	122	Act, applies only to students entering the ninth grade during the
123	123	2025-2026 school year or a later school year. For students entering
124	124	a grade above ninth grade during the 2025-2026 school year, Section
125	125	28.025(b-1), Education Code, as that section existed before
126	126	amendment by this Act, applies, and that section is continued in
127	127	effect for that purpose.
128	128	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
129	129	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
130	130	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
131	131	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
132	132	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.