By: Hayes H.B. No. 506
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting certain nonprofit state associations and
organizations from providing training and insurance and risk pool
contracts to public educational entities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 1, Education Code, is amended by adding
Section 1.008 to read as follows:
Sec. 1.008. RESTRICTION ON ENTITIES THAT MAY PROVIDE
CERTAIN TRAINING AND CONTRACTS TO PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
A nonprofit state association or organization that primarily
represents school boards of trustees or other public educational
institutions and adopts as part of its mission statement or
organizing principles a concept described by Section
28.0022(a)(4)(A) may not provide directly or by subsidiary or
contract with a third party to a public primary or secondary school
in this state, the Texas Education Agency, or a regional education
service center:
(1) any training or instruction; or
(2) contracts of any value for insurance or
participation in a risk pool.
SECTION 2. Section 1.008, Education Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the
effective date of this Act. A contract entered into before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the contract was entered into, and the former law is continued
in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.