Texas SB 12: Relating to parental rights in public education, to certain public school requirements and prohibitions regarding instruction, diversity, equity, and inclusion duties, and social transitioning, and to student clubs at public schools.

Status: Effective on 9/1/25 (as of 2025-06-20)

State: Texas · Session: 89R · Bill: SB 12

Subjects: BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS & VOICEPRINTS (S0449), Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065), DISCRIMINATION (S0052), Disabilities, Persons with (I0380), EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS (V9941), EDUCATION, COMMISSIONER OF (V9954), EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF (V0086), EDUCATOR CERTIFICATION, STATE BOARD FOR (V0492), Education--Primary & Secondary--Charter Schools (I0245), Education--Primary & Secondary--Curriculum (I0228), Education--Primary & Secondary--Discipline (I0244), Education--Primary & Secondary--Facilities (I0241), Education--Primary & Secondary--Finance (I0250), Education--Primary & Secondary--Other School Personnel (I0246), Education--Primary & Secondary--Private (I0239), Education--Primary & Secondary--Teachers (I0242), Education--Primary & Secondary--Textbooks (I0226), Education--School Districts (I0220), Electronic Information Systems (I0311), Family--Parent & Child (I0355), GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES (S0121), Health--Privacy/Use of Information (I0389), Human Relations (I0410), LIBRARY COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT & MATERIALS (SE35P), Minors--Health & Safety (I0533), PARENTAL CONSENT (S0318), PARENTAL NOTIFICATION (S0319), PARENTAL RIGHTS (S0095), TRANSFER STUDENTS (S0251)

Sponsors: Creighton, Leach, Bettencourt, Birdwell, Campbell, Hagenbuch, Hughes, King, Kolkhorst, Middleton, Paxton, Sparks

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