By: Hall, et al. S.B. No. 1396     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prohibiting the adoption or use of national sex   education standards in public schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 28.002(b-1), (b-2), and (b-4),   Education Code, are amended to read as follows:          (b-1)  In this section:                (1)  "Common[, "common] core state standards" means the   national curriculum standards developed by the Common Core State   Standards Initiative.                (2)  "National sex education standards" means national   standards for instruction in human sexuality or sexually   transmitted diseases, including standards developed by the Future   of Sex Education Initiative.          (b-2)  The State Board of Education may not adopt common core   state standards or national sex education standards to comply with   a duty imposed under this chapter.          (b-4)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, a   school district or open-enrollment charter school may not be   required to offer any aspect of a common core state standards   curriculum or any aspect of the national sex education standards.          SECTION 2.  Section 28.004(e), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (e)  Any course materials and instruction relating to human   sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases, or human   immunodeficiency virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome   shall be selected by the board of trustees with the advice of the   local school health advisory council and:                (1)  must:                      (A) [(1)]  present abstinence from sexual   activity as the preferred choice of behavior in relationship to all   sexual activity for unmarried persons of school age;                      (B) [(2)]  devote more attention to abstinence   from sexual activity than to any other behavior;                      (C) [(3)]  emphasize that abstinence from sexual   activity, if used consistently and correctly, is the only method   that is 100 percent effective in preventing pregnancy, sexually   transmitted diseases, infection with human immunodeficiency virus   or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and the emotional trauma   associated with adolescent sexual activity;                      (D) [(4)]  direct adolescents to a standard of   behavior in which abstinence from sexual activity before marriage   is the most effective way to prevent pregnancy, sexually   transmitted diseases, and infection with human immunodeficiency   virus or acquired immune deficiency syndrome; and                      (E) [(5)]  teach contraception and condom use in   terms of human use reality rates instead of theoretical laboratory   rates, if instruction on contraception and condoms is included in   curriculum content; and                (2)  may not be based on national sex education   standards, as defined by Section 28.002(b-1).          SECTION 3.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 4.  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.