HB1390 - Relating to the requirement of a school district to notify a parent of curriculum or instructional material containing religion or religious values.

      By: Zwiener H.B. No. 1390       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   Relating to the requirement of a school district to notify a parent   of curriculum or instructional material containing religion or   religious values.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 26.010, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (c), (c-1), and (c-2) to read as follows:           (c)     Before each school year, and a week prior to any   specific instruction, a school district shall provide through   personal delivery, mail, or electronic mail, written notice to a   parent of each student enrolled in the district of any curriculum,   instructional material, or school activity providing instruction   on religion or religious values, including references to:                 (1)  religious literature or texts;                 (2)  religious policies;                 (3)  religious sects or orders;                 (4)  religious figures;                 (5)  religious beliefs;                 (6)  religious holy days;                 (7)  a particular religion's impacts on history; or                 (8)     religious institutions, partnerships,   associations, corporations, or a department, division, or section   of one of those entities.           (c-1)  A notice under this section must include:                 (1)     a statement informing the parent of the   requirements of instruction containing religion or religious   values under state law;                 (2)     a detailed description of the content of the   district's instruction containing religion or religious values and   a general schedule on which the instruction will be provided;                 (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 Section   26.006 and Section 26.0061;                       (B)     remove the student from any part of the   district's instruction containing religion or religious values   without subjecting the student to disciplinary action, academic   penalty, or other sanction imposed by the district or the student's   school; and                       (C)     use the grievances procedure as provided by   Section 26.011 concerning a complaint of a violation of this   section.           (c-2)     A parent may use the grievance procedure adopted under   Section 26.011 concerning a complaint or a violation of this   section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.