S.B. No. 1109
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring public schools to provide instruction and
  materials and adopt policies relating to the prevention of child
  abuse, family violence, and dating violence.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  This Act may be cited as the Christine Blubaugh
  Act.
         SECTION 2.  Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (u) to read as follows:
         (u)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules requiring
  students to receive instruction on the prevention of child abuse,
  family violence, and dating violence at least once in middle or
  junior high school and at least twice in high school. The
  instruction must include information on:
               (1)  the dating violence policy adopted by the
  student's school district under Section 37.0831;
               (2)  the prevalence of dating violence and the
  recognition of abuse warning signs;
               (3)  the procedures for reporting violence or abuse;
  and
               (4)  educational materials or resources available to
  students under Section 37.0831(c).
         SECTION 3.  The heading to Section 37.0831, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 37.0831.  DATING VIOLENCE POLICIES; EDUCATIONAL
  MATERIALS AND RESOURCES.
         SECTION 4.  Section 37.0831, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  A dating violence policy must:
               (1)  include:
                     (A)  a definition of dating violence that includes
  the intentional use of physical, sexual, verbal, or emotional abuse
  by a person to harm, threaten, intimidate, or control another
  person in a dating relationship, as defined by Section 71.0021,
  Family Code;
                     (B)  a clear statement that dating violence is not
  tolerated at school;
                     (C)  reporting procedures and guidelines for
  students who are victims of dating violence; and
                     (D)  information regarding the instruction on the
  prevention of dating violence required under Section 28.002(u); and
               (2)  address safety planning, enforcement of
  protective orders, school-based alternatives to protective orders,
  training for teachers and administrators, counseling for affected
  students, and awareness education for students and parents.
         (c)  To the extent possible, a school district shall make
  available to students:
               (1)  age-appropriate educational materials that
  include information on the dangers of dating violence; and
               (2)  resources to students seeking help.
         SECTION 5.  This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
  school year.
         SECTION 6.  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.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1109 passed the Senate on
  May 4, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2; and that the
  Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2021, by the
  following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1109 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 99,
  Nays 48, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor