Texas Education Code
§ 38.040 — FENTANYL ABUSE PREVENTION AND DRUG POISONING AWARENESS EDUCATION
ED § 38.040Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part G. SAFE SCHOOLS · Ch. 38. HEALTH AND SAFETY · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)Each school district shall annually provide research-based instruction related to fentanyl abuse prevention and drug poisoning awareness to students in grades 6 through 12.
(b)The instruction required by this section must include:
(1)suicide prevention;
(2)prevention of the abuse of and addiction to fentanyl;
(3)awareness of local school and community resources and any processes involved in accessing those resources; and
(4)health education that includes information about substance use and abuse, including youth substance use and abuse.
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 917 (H.B. 3908), Sec. 4, eff. June 17, 2023.