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| 1 | 1 | By: Jetton H.B. No. 5038 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to protecting a public school educator's ability to | |
| 7 | 7 | contact elected officials. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Education Code, is | |
| 10 | 10 | amended by adding Section 22.012 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 22.012. CONTACT WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS. A school | |
| 12 | 12 | district may not directly or indirectly prohibit an educator from | |
| 13 | 13 | contacting the educator's elected officials. | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |