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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
SB983Relating to local school health advisory councils and instruction regarding human sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender identity provided by public schools.
Prohibits school districts, charter schools, and employees from providing or allowing instruction, guidance, activities, or programming regarding gender identity to students in prekindergarten through 12th grade, so less school-based recognition of or instruction on gender identity.
A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or district or charter school employee may not provide or allow a third party to provide instruction, guidance, activities, or programming regarding sexual orientation or gender identity to students enrolled in prekindergarten through 12th grade.
Requires school health advisory councils to recommend policies on communication outside human sexuality courses and restricts extracurricular activities related to human sexuality, with new enforcement allowing the attorney general or district attorneys to seek injunctions, so more limits on school-
Subject to the restriction imposed by Section 28.0043 and using the procedure described by Subsection (e-1) of this section, the board of trustees shall adopt a written policy regarding communication outside of a course dedicated to human sexuality instruction between a school employee and a student enrolled in the district concerning topics included in the reproductive and sexual health curriculum.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds Section 28.0043 that directly restricts instruction and related activities on gender identity (and sexual orientation) in public schools, with limited exceptions for protected speech and health services. It also amends school health advisory council duties and adds communication policies and extracurricular restrictions that are expressly subject to the new Section 28.0043, plus new enforcement provisions; these changes substantively address transgender topics in education and other contexts but do not touch firearms, abortion, immigration enforcement, or custody-support.
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