HB1253 - Relating to the instruction on bullying and harassment included in the required health curriculum for public school students.

  89R3486 ANG-F     By: Zwiener H.B. No. 1253       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the instruction on bullying and harassment included 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 2025-2026   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, 2025.