89R4991 AMF-D
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 185
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the inclusion of instruction and information about
mental health in the required curriculum for public high school
students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-6) to read as follows:
(c-6) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
requiring students to complete at least one course while in high
school that satisfies the requirements of Subsection
(a)(2)(B)(ii), which may include a health, physical education, or
career and technology education course. The course must include:
(1) instruction regarding:
(A) depression;
(B) anxiety;
(C) eating disorders;
(D) schizophrenia; and
(E) other mental health disorders; and
(2) information about cultivating coping skills and
seeking available mental health services.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.