Bill Text: TX SB371 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to parental approval for a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-14 - Filed [SB371 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB371-Introduced.html
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| By: Campbell | S.B. No. 371 | |
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| relating to parental approval for a student's participation in | ||
| human sexuality instruction in public schools. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 28.004, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (i-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (i-2) Before a student may be provided with human sexuality | ||
| instruction, a school district must obtain the written consent of | ||
| the student's parent. A request for written consent under this | ||
| subsection: | ||
| (1) may not be included with any other notification or | ||
| request for written consent provided to the parent, other than the | ||
| notice provided under Subsection (i); and | ||
| (2) must be provided to the parent not later than the | ||
| 14th day before the date on which the human sexuality instruction | ||
| begins. | ||
| 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. | ||
