Family Champion Article: Youth Empowerment

In 2019, the Texas legislature revised its Texas Education Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) of health information that school districts are required to implement. The new TEKS applied to elementary and middle school grades, with high school being optional. It includes, but is not limited to, instruction in sexual risk avoidance, healthy relationships and marriage, preventing and recognizing abuse, and physical and mental health. The new TEKS were adopted in 2020 and put into practice in 2022.