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TX HB5100

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Terri Leo-Wilson

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the State Board of Education's parenting and paternity awareness program to include instruction on adoption, covering the differences between private adoption and foster care

  • Mandates information about the process for adopting a child either privately or through the state foster care system

  • Requires instruction on adoption as an alternative to becoming a parent and the process for placing a child for adoption

  • Allows school districts to develop or adopt research-based curriculum materials that include the required adoption-related information

  • Applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, with immediate effect if passed by two-thirds vote or September 1, 2025 otherwise

Legislative Description

Relating to instruction on adoption in the parenting and paternity awareness program in public schools.

Education

Last Action

Referred to Public Education

4/7/2025

Committee Referrals

Public Education4/7/2025

Full Bill Text

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