| 1 | 1 | | 89R13671 KRM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bhojani H.B. No. 4442 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to an elective course on mindfulness for middle school, |
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| 10 | 10 | | junior high school, and high school students. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 28.0115 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 28.0115. ELECTIVE COURSE ON MINDFULNESS. (a) A school |
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| 15 | 15 | | district or open-enrollment charter school shall offer an elective |
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| 16 | 16 | | course on mindfulness to students in middle school, junior high |
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| 17 | 17 | | school, and high school. The course provided to high school |
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| 18 | 18 | | students must meet the requirements for an elective credit under |
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| 19 | 19 | | Section 28.025. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) A course under this section must include instruction on |
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| 21 | 21 | | techniques to: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) enhance focus and concentration; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) manage stress; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) improve emotional regulation; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (4) cultivate increased self-awareness and |
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| 26 | 26 | | compassion. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2026-2027 |
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| 28 | 28 | | school year. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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