Bill > HB1484

This bill introduces the Sexual Grooming Protection Act, which allows parents to transfer their child from a public school to another public or private school if the parent believes the child is being subjected to "sexual grooming." The bill defines sexual grooming as any effort to desensitize children to sexual experiences or normalize sexual relationships with adults or children of the same or opposite sex. Under the proposed law, if a parent chooses to move their child to a different school, the Chapter 48 education funding will follow the child to the new school. The Texas Commissioner of Education is required to develop rules implementing this program, ensuring that funding can be transferred while preventing fraud and abuse. Importantly, the rules cannot interfere with the operations of private schools beyond existing accreditation standards as of January 1, 2025, and the program cannot be funded using federal funds or Available School Funds. The act is set to take effect on September 1, 2025, providing parents with a new option to protect their children from what they perceive as inappropriate educational content related to sexual topics.

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