Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1396 Compare Versions

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1		-	By: Hall, et al. S.B. No. 1396
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	1	+	By: Hall S.B. No. 1396
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed February 19, 2025; March 6, 2025,
	3	+	read first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16;
	4	+	March 26, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	5	+	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 2; March 26, 2025,
	6	+	sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1396 By: Paxton
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6	11		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	12		AN ACT
8	13		relating to prohibiting the adoption or use of national sex
9	14		education standards in public schools.
10	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	16		SECTION 1. Sections 28.002(b-1), (b-2), and (b-4),
12	17		Education Code, are amended to read as follows:
13	18		(b-1) In this section:
14	19		(1) "Common[, "common] core state standards" means the
15	20		national curriculum standards developed by the Common Core State
16	21		Standards Initiative.
17	22		(2) "National sex education standards" means national
18	23		standards for instruction in human sexuality or sexually
19	24		transmitted diseases, including standards developed by the Future
20	25		of Sex Education Initiative.
21	26		(b-2) The State Board of Education may not adopt common core
22	27		state standards or national sex education standards to comply with
23	28		a duty imposed under this chapter.
24	29		(b-4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a
25	30		school district or open-enrollment charter school may not be
26	31		required to offer any aspect of a common core state standards
27	32		curriculum or any aspect of the national sex education standards.
28	33		SECTION 2. Section 28.004(e), Education Code, is amended to
29	34		read as follows:
30	35		(e) Any course materials and instruction relating to human
31	36		sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases, or human
32	37		immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome
33	38		shall be selected by the board of trustees with the advice of the
34	39		local school health advisory council and:
35	40		(1) must:
36	41		(A) [(1)] present abstinence from sexual
37	42		activity as the preferred choice of behavior in relationship to all
38	43		sexual activity for unmarried persons of school age;
39	44		(B) [(2)] devote more attention to abstinence
40	45		from sexual activity than to any other behavior;
41	46		(C) [(3)] emphasize that abstinence from sexual
42	47		activity, if used consistently and correctly, is the only method
43	48		that is 100 percent effective in preventing pregnancy, sexually
44	49		transmitted diseases, infection with human immunodeficiency virus
45	50		or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and the emotional trauma
46	51		associated with adolescent sexual activity;
47	52		(D) [(4)] direct adolescents to a standard of
48	53		behavior in which abstinence from sexual activity before marriage
49	54		is the most effective way to prevent pregnancy, sexually
50	55		transmitted diseases, and infection with human immunodeficiency
51	56		virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome; and
52	57		(E) [(5)] teach contraception and condom use in
53	58		terms of human use reality rates instead of theoretical laboratory
54	59		rates, if instruction on contraception and condoms is included in
55	60		curriculum content; and
56	61		(2) may not be based on national sex education
57	62		standards, as defined by Section 28.002(b-1).
58	63		SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
59	64		school year.
60	65		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
61	66		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
62	67		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
63	68		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
64	69		Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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