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This bill requires public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools in Texas to allow unrestricted access to specific types of Internet websites that provide resources on sensitive but critical topics for students. These topics include mental health and suicide prevention, human trafficking, interpersonal or domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, substance abuse, and bullying. The bill prohibits schools from using filtering software to block websites offering information on these subjects, with the goal of ensuring students have direct access to important resources that could help them or their peers in challenging or dangerous situations. The provisions will take effect for the 2025-2026 school year, and the bill becomes law either immediately if it receives a two-thirds vote in the Texas legislature, or on September 1, 2025, if it does not receive the immediate vote threshold.

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