Bill Text: TX HB72 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the instruction about bullying and harassment in the required health curriculum for public school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Public Education [HB72 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB72-Introduced.html
| By: Zwiener | H.B. No. 72 | |
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| relating to the instruction about bullying and harassment in the | ||
| required health curriculum for public school students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 28.002(s), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (s) In this subsection, "bullying" has the meaning assigned | ||
| by Section 37.0832 and "harassment" has the meaning assigned by | ||
| Section 37.001. In addition to any other essential knowledge and | ||
| skills the State Board of Education adopts for the health | ||
| curriculum under Subsection (a)(2)(B), the board shall adopt for | ||
| the health curriculum, in consultation with the Texas School Safety | ||
| Center, essential knowledge and skills that include evidence-based | ||
| practices that will effectively: | ||
| (1) address awareness, prevention, identification, | ||
| self-defense in response to, and resolution of and intervention in | ||
| bullying and harassment; and | ||
| (2) teach respect for another person's bodily autonomy | ||
| and confidence in protecting one's own bodily autonomy. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
