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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas Bill Requires Medically Accurate Human Sexuality Education and Parent Review in Public Schools
Last action · March 10, 2025: Referred to Public EducationSponsor: Mary González
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas public school districts must provide human sexuality education based on State Board of Education rules, including instruction on consent, abstinence, contraceptives, and rights, while granting parents the right to review materials and opt their children out without penalty.
Changes curriculum requirements for public and s across Texas, mandating specific health and safety topics while establishing formal notification and opt-out procedures for parents.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Texas public school students
Parents and legal guardians
Parents receive written notice before each school year detailing the curriculum, gain the right to review materials, and can opt their children out of instruction without penalty.
School districts and open-enrollment charter schools
Districts and charter schools must implement State Board of Education curricula, make materials publicly available, adopt condom distribution and menstrual product policies, and provide annual notices to parents.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can parents remove their children from human sexuality education classes?
What topics must be covered in the human sexuality curriculum?
Are open-enrollment charter schools required to follow these rules?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 10, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Public Education
- Mar 10, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Nov 13, 2024HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Centralization of Sexuality Education Curricula
The bill shifts the governance of human sexuality education content toward mandatory State Board of Education rules rather than purely local determination.
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capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy90Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz65Current news / social attention level
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