| 1 | 1 | | 89R15078 BCH-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Metcalf H.B. No. 3372 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to prohibiting certain personal services performed by |
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| 10 | 10 | | school district administrators; providing a civil penalty. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Education Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 11.006 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 11.006. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES BY ADMINISTRATORS. (a) |
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| 15 | 15 | | In this section, "administrator" means a person who has significant |
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| 16 | 16 | | administrative duties relating to the operation of a school |
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| 17 | 17 | | district, including the operation of a campus, program, or other |
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| 18 | 18 | | subdivision of the district. The term does not include a school |
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| 19 | 19 | | district employee whose employment contract responsibilities |
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| 20 | 20 | | primarily include the in-classroom instruction of students. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) An administrator may not perform personal services or |
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| 22 | 22 | | receive any financial benefit for the performance of personal |
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| 23 | 23 | | services for: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) any business entity that conducts or solicits |
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| 25 | 25 | | business with the school district that employs the administrator; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) an education business that provides services |
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| 27 | 27 | | regarding the curriculum or administration of any school district; |
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| 28 | 28 | | or |
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| 29 | 29 | | (3) another school district, open-enrollment charter |
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| 30 | 30 | | school, regional education service center, or public or private |
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| 31 | 31 | | institution of higher education. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c) An administrator who violates this section is liable to |
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| 33 | 33 | | the state for a civil penalty in the amount of $10,000 for each |
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| 34 | 34 | | violation. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. Section 11.201(e), Education Code, is repealed. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 37 | 37 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 38 | 38 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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