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| 1 | 1 | 89R1043 ANG-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hall S.B. No. 87 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to parental approval for a student's participation in | |
| 10 | 10 | human sexuality instruction in public schools. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 28.004, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 13 | 13 | adding Subsection (i-2) to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (i-2) Before a student may be provided with human sexuality | |
| 15 | 15 | instruction, a school district must obtain the written consent of | |
| 16 | 16 | the student's parent. A request for written consent under this | |
| 17 | 17 | subsection: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) may not be included with any other notification or | |
| 19 | 19 | request for written consent provided to the parent, other than the | |
| 20 | 20 | notice provided under Subsection (i); and | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) must be provided to the parent not later than the | |
| 22 | 22 | 14th day before the date on which the human sexuality instruction | |
| 23 | 23 | begins. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 | |
| 25 | 25 | school year. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 27 | 27 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 28 | 28 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 30 | 30 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |