89R8109 AND-D
By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 4687
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of certain immunity and liability
laws to certain charter school campuses or programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.057(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) A campus or program granted a charter under Section
12.052, 12.0521(a)(1), or 12.053 is immune from liability to the
same extent as a school district, and its employees and volunteers
are immune from liability to the same extent as school district
employees and volunteers. A member of the governing body of the
campus or program is immune from liability and suit to the same
extent as a school district trustee.
SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 12, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 12.2525 to read as follows:
Sec. 12.2525. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY AND SUIT. In matters
related to the operation of an adult education program under a
charter granted under this subchapter, an eligible entity is immune
from liability and suit to the same extent as a school district, and
its employees and volunteers are immune from liability and suit to
the same extent as school district employees and volunteers. A
member of the governing body of the entity is immune from liability
and suit to the same extent as a school district trustee.
SECTION 3. 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, 2025.