bill requiring parent notice of lessons on religion

The text as introduced · 336 words

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.