ED #17 - Local Control For Sex Education

AS PROPOSED BY PC(S):

Be it Resolved,
that the State of Texas Republican Party should AMEND the 2022 RPT Platform Plank #126 as a Local Control For Sex Education Plank

Plank #126 - Local Control for Sex Education.  The State of Texas should remove the conflict between law and administrative code to provide clarity that a local school district may choose to NOT teach Human Sexuality Instruction.  The State of Texas should adopt changes to Texas Education Code 28.004 to require every member of the School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) to be appointed by the Board of Trustees, the majority of the SHAC to be parents of students within the District who are not related to District employees, and the majority of the parent members to be present for business to be conducted.  SHAC meetings, committees, and subcommittees must be open to the public, documents, recorded and posted on the District website  in complete, unaltered, and audibly clear form.  District must not use Chapter 12A Districts of Innovation to exempt themselves from Texas Education Code 28.004