2023S0203-1 02/23/23
By: Paul H.B. No. 3851
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to academic boycotts at institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.09093 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.09093. ACADEMIC BOYCOTTS. (a) The board shall
adopt rules and policies to be followed by the governing boards of
institutions of higher education prohibiting academic boycotts
that would deprive students or faculty members of the ability to
study or conduct research in or about a foreign country or to
interact with its scholars or representatives.
(b) The rules shall allow the support of an academic boycott
if the target is a foreign country that is a state sponsor of
terrorism, as defined by the United States Department of State.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.