Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1		-	By: Paxton, et al. S.B. No. 205
2		-	(In the Senate - Filed November 12, 2024; February 3, 2025,
3		-	read first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16;
4		-	May 7, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11,
5		-	Nays 0; May 7, 2025, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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	2	+	By: Paxton S.B. No. 205
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11	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
12	8		AN ACT
13	9		relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the
14	10		public school health curriculum in certain grade levels.
15	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
16	12		SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
17	13		adding Subsection (x) to read as follows:
18	14		(x) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules requiring
19	15		students enrolled in grade levels seven and eight to receive
20	16		instruction on fetal development as part of the essential knowledge
21	17		and skills for the health curriculum required under Subsection
22	18		(a)(2)(B). The board may adopt rules requiring students enrolled
23	19		in other grade levels to receive instruction on fetal development.
24	20		The instruction must include:
25	21		(1) information on:
26	22		(A) the human reproductive process, pregnancy,
27	23		and infertility; and
28	24		(B) the prevention of birth defects, including
29	25		information on the effect of drugs, alcohol, and environmental
30	26		hazards such as lead; and
31	27		(2) a description of the growth and development of an
32	28		unborn child that occur during each trimester of pregnancy.
33	29		SECTION 2. Section 28.004(c), Education Code, is amended to
34	30		read as follows:
35	31		(c) The local school health advisory council's duties
36	32		include recommending:
37	33		(1) the number of hours of instruction to be provided
38	34		in:
39	35		(A) health education in kindergarten through
40	36		grade eight; and
41	37		(B) if the school district requires health
42	38		education for high school graduation, health education, including
43	39		physical health education and mental health education, in grades 9
44	40		through 12;
45	41		(2) policies, procedures, strategies, and curriculum
46	42		appropriate for specific grade levels designed to prevent physical
47	43		health concerns, including obesity, cardiovascular disease, Type 2
48	44		diabetes, and mental health concerns, including suicide, through
49	45		coordination of:
50	46		(A) health education, which must address
51	47		physical health concerns and mental health concerns to ensure the
52	48		integration of physical health education and mental health
53	49		education;
54	50		(B) physical education and physical activity;
55	51		(C) nutrition services;
56	52		(D) parental involvement;
57	53		(E) instruction on substance abuse prevention;
58	54		(F) school health services, including mental
59	55		health services;
60	56		(G) a comprehensive school counseling program
61	57		under Section 33.005;
62	58		(H) a safe and healthy school environment; and
63	59		(I) school employee wellness;
64	60		(3) appropriate grade levels and methods of
65	61		instruction for human sexuality instruction;
66	62		(4) strategies for integrating the curriculum
67	63		components specified by Subdivision (2) with the following elements
68	64		in a coordinated school health program for the district:
69	65		(A) school health services, including physical
70	66		health services and mental health services, if provided at a campus
71	67		by the district or by a third party under a contract with the
72	68		district;
73	69		(B) a comprehensive school counseling program
74	70		under Section 33.005;
75	71		(C) a safe and healthy school environment; and
76	72		(D) school employee wellness;
77	73		(5) if feasible, joint use agreements or strategies
78	74		for collaboration between the school district and community
79	75		organizations or agencies;
80	76		(6) strategies to increase parental awareness
81	77		regarding:
82	78		(A) risky behaviors and early warning signs of
83	79		suicide risks and behavioral health concerns, including mental
84	80		health disorders and substance use disorders; and
85	81		(B) available community programs and services
86	82		that address risky behaviors, suicide risks, and behavioral health
87	83		concerns;
88	84		(7) appropriate grade levels and curriculum for
89	85		instruction regarding the dangers of opioids, including
90	86		instruction on:
91	87		(A) opioid addiction and abuse, including
92	88		addiction to and abuse of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl; and
93	89		(B) methods of administering an opioid
94	90		antagonist, as defined by Section 483.101, Health and Safety Code;
95	91		[and]
96	92		(8) appropriate grade levels and curriculum for
97	93		instruction regarding child abuse, family violence, dating
98	94		violence, and sex trafficking, including likely warning signs that
99	95		a child may be at risk for sex trafficking, provided that the local
100	96		school health advisory council's recommendations under this
101	97		subdivision do not conflict with the essential knowledge and skills
102	98		developed by the State Board of Education under this subchapter;
103	99		and
104	100		(9) appropriate curriculum for the instruction on
105	101		fetal development described by Section 28.002(x), provided that the
106	102		local school health advisory council's recommendations under this
107	103		subdivision do not conflict with the essential knowledge and skills
108	104		developed by the State Board of Education under this subchapter.
109	105		SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
110	106		school year.
111	107		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
112	108		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
113	109		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
114	110		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
115	111		Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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