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(a)A school district and an open-enrollment charter school shall incorporate instruction in parenting awareness into any course meeting a requirement for a health education credit, using the materials approved by the State Board of Education for this purpose in accordance with Texas Education Code (TEC), §28.002(p). Implementation of this requirement shall comply with requirements that the board of trustees of each school district establish a local school health advisory council to assist the district in ensuring that local community values are reflected in the district's health education instruction as stated in TEC, §28.004. (b)A school district may add elements at its discretion but must include the following areas of instruction: (1)parenting skills and responsibilities, including child support; (2)relationship skills, including money management, communication, and marriage preparation; and (3)skills relating to the prevention of family violence, only if the school district's high schools do not have a family violence prevention program. (c)If the required high school health education credit is earned through a course taken prior to Grade 9, the materials and parenting awareness instruction must be incorporated into that course or, at the district's discretion, may be incorporated into another course available to all students in Grades 9 - 12. (d)A school district shall use the materials approved by the State Board of Education for this purpose beginning with the 2008-2009 school year.
This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has
been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of
the agency's legal
authority.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on April 7, 2008
TRD-200801822 Cristina De La Fuente-Valadez
Director, Policy Coordination
Texas Education Agency
Effective date: April 27, 2008
Proposal publication date: February 8, 2008
For further information, please call: (512) 475-1497
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