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      By: Leo Wilson H.B. No. 1484       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the protection of students from sexual grooming.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Add a new Subchapter H, Chapter 38, Education   Code, to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER H . SEXUAL GROOMING PROTECTION ACT           Sec.   38.401.    SEXUAL GOOMING PROTECTION. (a)     Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, as provided by   this subchapter a parent who determines that their child is   subjected to sexual grooming at a public school is entitled to the   right to protect their child from such sexual grooming by selecting   another school, public or private, for their child in which event   Chapter 48 funding for the education of that child shall flow with   the child to the new school selected by the parents.           Sec.   38.402.    DEFINITION.   Sexual Grooming is defined as any   effort to desensitize children to sexual experiences, or to   normalize sexual relationships with adults or children of the same   or opposite sex.           Sec.   38.403.    ACCREDITED PRIVATE SCHOOL PARTICIPATION   (a)     The commissioner shall adopt rules to implement the program,   including rules providing for maintenance and operations funding to   follow the child. Rules shall be designed to prohibit fraud and   abuse.   The rules may not in any form effect or attempt to control   the programs, curricula, or other operations of private schools who   participate in the program other than rules for accredited private   schools which were in effect January 1, 2025. (b) No federal funds   or Available School Funds shall be used to fund programs under this   subsection.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025