SB 326
AN ACT relating to the procedure for determining whether a student's
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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What This Bill Does
relating to the procedure for determining whether a student's
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to the procedure for determining whether a student's violation of a public school's or public institution of higher education's student code of conduct was motivated by antisemitism. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 37.0095 to read as follows: Sec. 37.0095. ANTISEMITISM: DISCIPLINARY ACTION. In taking disciplinary action against a student for behavior that violates the student code of conduct adopted under Section 37.001 and that may reasonably be determined to have been motivated by antisemitism, a school district or open-enrollment charter school shall consider the definition of antisemitism provided by Section 448.001, Government Code, including the examples referenced in that term, as instructive in determining whether the student's behavior SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 51.9791 to read as follows: Sec. 51.9791. ANTISEMITISM: DISCIPLINARY ACTION. (a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning (b) In taking disciplinary action against a student for behavior that violates the institution's student code of conduct and that may reasonably be determined to have been motivated by antisemitism, an institution of higher education shall consider the definition of antisemitism provided by Section 448.001, Government Code, including the examples referenced in that term, as instructive in determining whether the student's behavior was SECTION 3. (a) Section 37.0095, Education Code, as added by this Act, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. (b) Section 51.9791, Education Code, as added by this Act, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year. SECTION 4. 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.
Expert Lobbyists for This Bill
These lobbyists specialize in Religion and related subject areas.
Haley Cornyn
Gavin L. Massingill
Darlene Brugnoli
Jennifer Shelley Rodriguez
Ky Ash
Nora Del Bosque
Craig Holzheauser
Jacob Smith
Elizabeth Hadley
Clayton Pope
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the procedure for determining whether a student's
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