HBA-JRA H.B. 1816 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1816
By: Wise
Public Education
4/20/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

H.B. 1816 requires the State Board of Education to develop a safety
education program, taking into consideration the instructional elements
recommended by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and
authorizes a school district to use the program in the required health
curriculum. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 28.002, Education Code, by adding Subsection
[sic] (1), as follows: 

(1)  Requires the State Board of Education to develop a safety education
program that a school district is authorized to use in the required health
curriculum.  Requires the board to consider the instructional elements
recommended by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in
developing the program. 

SECTION 2Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.