Relating to fetal development instruction included as part of the public school health curriculum in certain grade levels.

SB 64 requires Texas public schools to include age-appropriate, medically accurate instruction on fetal development for students in grades 7 and 8 as part of the health curriculum. The instruction must cover the human reproductive process, pregnancy, infertility, prevention of birth defects (including effects of drugs, alcohol, and environmental hazards), and fetal growth and development by trimester. The State Board of Education may extend this requirement to other grade levels, but the bill specifically mandates it for grades 7 and 8. This policy directly affects public school students in those grades and school districts implementing the health curriculum.