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| 1 | 1 | 85R1118 CAE-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Sanford H.B. No. 1253 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the free speech right of a member of a board of trustees | |
| 8 | 8 | of a school district. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Education Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 11.066 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 11.066. FREEDOM OF SPEECH. The commissioner, the | |
| 13 | 13 | board of trustees of a school district, a member of the board of | |
| 14 | 14 | trustees of a school district, or any administrator of a school | |
| 15 | 15 | district may not interfere or restrict the free speech right, | |
| 16 | 16 | guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States | |
| 17 | 17 | Constitution, of a member of the board of trustees of a school | |
| 18 | 18 | district to publicly express a position regarding or otherwise | |
| 19 | 19 | discuss any issue under consideration or to be considered by the | |
| 20 | 20 | board on which the person serves. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |