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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting certain academic boycotts of foreign |
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countries by public institutions of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.987 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.987. CERTAIN ACADEMIC BOYCOTTS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES |
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PROHIBITED. (a) In this section, "institution of higher |
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education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) Subject to Subsection (c), an institution of higher |
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education may not implement an academic boycott of a foreign |
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country that would prevent a student or faculty member of the |
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institution from: |
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(1) studying or conducting research in or about the |
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country; or |
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(2) interacting with the country's scholars or |
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representatives. |
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(c) An institution of higher education may implement an |
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academic boycott described by Subsection (b) of a foreign country |
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included by the United States Department of State on a list of state |
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sponsors of terrorism. The boycott may not prevent a student |
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enrolled at the institution from studying or being educated about |
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the country. |
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(d) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1517 passed the Senate on |
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April 26, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2023, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1517 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 22, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 103, |
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Nays 26, sixteen present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |