89R9899 AND-F     By: Leo Wilson H.B. No. 5100       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to instruction on adoption in the parenting and paternity   awareness program in public schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 28.002(p) and (p-2), Education Code,   are amended to read as follows:          (p)  The State Board of Education, in conjunction with the   office of the attorney general, shall develop a parenting and   paternity awareness program that a school district shall use in the   district's high school health curriculum. A school district may   use the program developed under this subsection in the district's   middle or junior high school curriculum. At the discretion of the   district, a teacher may modify the suggested sequence and pace of   the program at any grade level. The program must:                (1)  address parenting skills and responsibilities,   including child support and other legal rights and responsibilities   that come with parenthood;                (2)  include information related to adoption,   including information about:                      (A)  the differences between private adoption and   foster care;                      (B)  the process for adopting a child privately or   through the state foster care system; and                      (C)  adoption as an alternative to becoming a   parent and the process for placing a child for adoption;                (3)  address relationship skills, including money   management, communication skills, and marriage preparation; and                (4) [(3)]  in district middle, junior high, or high   schools that do not have a family violence prevention program,   address skills relating to the prevention of family violence.          (p-2)  A school district may develop or adopt research-based   programs and curriculum materials for use in conjunction with the   program developed under Subsection (p). The programs and   curriculum materials may provide instruction in:                (1)  child development;                (2)  parenting skills, including child abuse and   neglect prevention; [and]                (3)  the information regarding adoption described by   Subsection (p)(2); and                (4)  assertiveness skills to prevent teenage   pregnancy, abusive relationships, and family violence.          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.