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Parental Approval of Human Sexuality Instruction

If approved, this Texas bill will remove parental approval for a student's participation in human sexuality instruction.


 

UPDATE: Neither of these bills survived the legislative session and therefore never became law.

Should parents have the right to remove their child from human sexuality instruction in public schools? HB 78, if passed, would take it away, and more. There's also an identical companion bill, SB 59. These bills are currently pending in the Texas legislature.


Specifically, they would delete this language from 28.004 of the Texas Education Code:

(3) a statement of the parent's right to:

(A) at the parent's discretion, review or purchase a copy of curriculum materials as provided by Subsection (j);

(B) remove the student from any part of the district's human sexuality instruction without subjecting the student to any disciplinary action, academic penalty, or other sanction imposed by the district or the student's school; and

(C) use the grievance procedure as provided by Subsection (i-1) or the appeals process under Section 7.057 concerning a complaint of a violation of this section;


The formation of the ICISD School Health Advisory Council was just approved by the Board last week. Their upcoming meetings are public and hopefully will be posted on the District's website, as required by the Education Code 28.004 (d-1).


Do parents need more or less sunlight in the classroom when it comes to sexuality instruction? How do you feel about the right to file a grievance being taken away, as these bills also do?



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