88R4207 MEW-D
 
  By: Manuel H.B. No. 2090
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an elective course on community safety, firearm safety,
  and mental health for certain public high school students.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 28.0121 to read as follows:
         Sec. 28.0121.  ELECTIVE COURSE ON COMMUNITY SAFETY, FIREARM
  SAFETY, AND MENTAL HEALTH.  (a)  A school district or
  open-enrollment charter school may offer to students in grade 12 an
  elective course on community safety, firearm safety, and mental
  health that meets the requirements for an elective credit under
  Section 28.025.
         (b)  A course under this section must include:
               (1)  during the first semester of the course,
  instruction relating to:
                     (A)  family violence prevention, including
  relevant family violence statistics;
                     (B)  sexual assault prevention, including
  relevant sexual assault statistics;
                     (C)  self-defense tactics; and
                     (D)  mental health; and
               (2)  during the second semester of the course:
                     (A)  instruction relating to firearm safety,
  including relevant firearm statistics;
                     (B)  information on state and federal laws
  governing the use of firearms; and
                     (C)  information contained in the classroom
  instruction portion of the handgun proficiency course described by
  Section 411.188, Government Code.
         (c)  A student may not enroll in the second semester of a
  course under this section unless the student has satisfactorily
  completed the first semester of the course.
         (d)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school may
  allow a student to earn full course credit for a course under this
  section if the student:
               (1)  satisfactorily completes the first semester of the
  course;
               (2)  not later than the beginning of the second
  semester of the course, meets the eligibility requirements for
  obtaining a license to carry a handgun under Subchapter H, Chapter
  411, Government Code; and
               (3)  instead of enrolling in the second semester of the
  course, completes the handgun proficiency course described by
  Section 411.188, Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.