| 1 | 1 | | By: Hayes H.B. No. 506 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to prohibiting certain nonprofit state associations and |
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| 9 | 9 | | organizations from providing training and insurance and risk pool |
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| 10 | 10 | | contracts to public educational entities. |
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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. Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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| 13 | 13 | | Section 1.008 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 1.008. RESTRICTION ON ENTITIES THAT MAY PROVIDE |
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| 15 | 15 | | CERTAIN TRAINING AND CONTRACTS TO PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. |
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| 16 | 16 | | A nonprofit state association or organization that primarily |
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| 17 | 17 | | represents school boards of trustees or other public educational |
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| 18 | 18 | | institutions and adopts as part of its mission statement or |
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| 19 | 19 | | organizing principles a concept described by Section |
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| 20 | 20 | | 28.0022(a)(4)(A) may not provide directly or by subsidiary or |
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| 21 | 21 | | contract with a third party to a public primary or secondary school |
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| 22 | 22 | | in this state, the Texas Education Agency, or a regional education |
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| 23 | 23 | | service center: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) any training or instruction; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) contracts of any value for insurance or |
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| 26 | 26 | | participation in a risk pool. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Section 1.008, Education Code, as added by this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the |
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| 29 | 29 | | effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the |
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| 30 | 30 | | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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| 31 | 31 | | date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued |
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| 32 | 32 | | in effect for that purpose. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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