| 1 | 1 | | 89R15794 GP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Parker S.B. No. 2333 |
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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 resources for public school classroom teachers, |
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| 10 | 10 | | including liability insurance. |
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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 I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 21.417 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 21.417. RESOURCES, INCLUDING LIABILITY INSURANCE, FOR |
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| 15 | 15 | | CLASSROOM TEACHERS. (a) From funds appropriated or otherwise |
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| 16 | 16 | | available for the purpose, the agency shall contract with a third |
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| 17 | 17 | | party to provide the following services for a classroom teacher |
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| 18 | 18 | | employed under a probationary, continuing, or term contract: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) assistance in understanding the teacher's rights, |
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| 20 | 20 | | duties, and benefits; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) liability insurance to protect a teacher against |
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| 22 | 22 | | liability to a third party based on conduct that the teacher |
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| 23 | 23 | | allegedly engaged in during the course of the teacher's duties. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) A school district may not interfere with a classroom |
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| 25 | 25 | | teacher's access to services provided under this section. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) A contract entered into by the agency to provide |
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| 27 | 27 | | services under Subsection (a) must prohibit the entity with which |
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| 28 | 28 | | the agency contracts from using funds received under the contract |
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| 29 | 29 | | to engage in: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) conduct that a state agency using appropriated |
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| 31 | 31 | | money is prohibited from engaging in under Chapter 556, Government |
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| 32 | 32 | | Code; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) political activities or advocacy for issues |
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| 34 | 34 | | regarding public schools, including for boards of trustees of |
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| 35 | 35 | | school districts or school districts. |
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| 36 | 36 | | (d) This section may not be interpreted to interfere with a |
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| 37 | 37 | | classroom teacher's or other school district employee's exercise of |
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| 38 | 38 | | a right protected by the First Amendment to the United States |
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| 39 | 39 | | Constitution. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 41 | 41 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 42 | 42 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 43 | 43 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 44 | 44 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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