Bill Text: TX HB2003 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to including fetal development instruction as part of the health curriculum used in public schools in certain grade levels.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Public Education [HB2003 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2003-Introduced.html
| 87R2368 MEW-D | ||
| By: Sanford | H.B. No. 2003 | |
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| relating to including fetal development instruction as part of the | ||
| health curriculum used in public schools in certain grade levels. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (x) to read as follows: | ||
| (x) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules requiring | ||
| students enrolled in grade levels seven and eight to receive | ||
| instruction on fetal development as part of the essential knowledge | ||
| and skills for the health curriculum under Subsection (a)(2)(B). | ||
| The instruction must include: | ||
| (1) information on: | ||
| (A) the human reproductive process, pregnancy, | ||
| and infertility; | ||
| (B) establishing healthy life skills; and | ||
| (C) preventing birth defects, including | ||
| information on the effect of drugs, alcohol, and environmental | ||
| hazards, including lead; and | ||
| (2) a description of the growth and development of an | ||
| unborn child that occur during each trimester of pregnancy. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
