81R10182 EAH-F
By: Weber H.B. No. 4014
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting school districts from requiring or coercing
teachers to make charitable contributions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 21.4071 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.4071. REQUIRING OR COERCING TEACHERS TO MAKE
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) A school district board of trustees
or school district employee may not directly or indirectly require
or coerce any teacher to:
(1) make a contribution to a charitable organization
or in response to a fund-raiser; or
(2) attend a meeting called for the purpose of
soliciting charitable contributions.
(b) A school district board of trustees or school district
employee may not directly or indirectly require or coerce any
teacher to refrain from:
(1) making a contribution to a charitable organization
or in response to a fund-raiser; or
(2) attending a meeting called for the purpose of
soliciting charitable contributions.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.