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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to course content requirements for human sexuality |
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instruction provided by a public school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.004(e), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) Any course materials and instruction relating to human |
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sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases, or human |
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immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
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shall be selected by the board of trustees with the advice of the |
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local school health advisory council and must: |
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(1) present abstinence from sexual activity as the |
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preferred choice of behavior in relationship to all sexual activity |
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for unmarried persons of school age; |
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(2) devote more attention to abstinence from sexual |
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activity than to any other behavior; |
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(3) emphasize that abstinence from sexual activity, if |
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used consistently and correctly, is the only method that is 100 |
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percent effective in preventing pregnancy, sexually transmitted |
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diseases, infection with human immunodeficiency virus or acquired |
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immune deficiency syndrome, and the emotional trauma associated |
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with adolescent sexual activity; |
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(4) direct adolescents to a standard of behavior in |
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which abstinence from sexual activity before marriage is the most |
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effective way to prevent pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, |
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and infection with human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune |
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deficiency syndrome; [and] |
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(5) teach contraception and condom use in terms of |
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human use reality rates instead of theoretical laboratory rates, if |
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instruction on contraception and condoms is included in curriculum |
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content; and |
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(6) instruct that life begins at conception. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |