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.