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AN ACT
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relating to an alcohol awareness component of the health curriculum |
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used in public schools. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��This Act shall be known as the Carson Starkey |
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Alcohol Awareness and Education Act. |
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�������SECTION�2.��Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (r) to read as follows: |
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�������(r)��In adopting the essential knowledge and skills for the |
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health curriculum under Subsection (a)(2)(B), the State Board of |
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Education shall adopt essential knowledge and skills that address |
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the dangers, causes, consequences, signs, symptoms, and treatment |
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of binge drinking and alcohol poisoning. The agency shall compile a |
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list of evidence-based alcohol awareness programs from which a |
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school district shall choose a program to use in the district's |
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middle school, junior high school, and high school health |
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curriculum. In this subsection, "evidence-based alcohol awareness |
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program" means a program, practice, or strategy that has been |
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proven to effectively prevent or delay alcohol use among students, |
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as determined by evaluations that use valid and reliable measures |
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and that are published in peer-reviewed journals. |
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�������SECTION�3.��This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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school year. |
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�������SECTION�4.��This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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______________________________ |
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���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
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�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�1344 passed the Senate on |
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April�30,�2009, by the following vote:��Yeas�31, Nays�0. |
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Secretary of the Senate���� |
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�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�1344 passed the House on |
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May�26,�2009, by the following vote:��Yeas�141, Nays�0, three |
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present not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House��� |
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Approved: |
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______________________________� |
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������������Date |
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����������Governor |