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Senate Bill 370 |
Senate Author: Shapiro |
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Effective: 5-17-07 |
House Sponsor: Eissler |
Senate Bill 370 amends the Education Code to prohibit a school district from requiring a district employee to waive immunity from liability for an act for which the employee is otherwise legally immune because the act is within the scope of the employee's job duties and involves the exercise of discretion on the employee's part. The bill prohibits a district from requiring a district employee who acts in good faith to pay for or replace property belonging to a student or other person that is or was in the employee's possession because of an act as described above. The bill also prohibits a district from requiring a district employee who acts in good faith to pay for certain damaged materials, including electronic textbooks and equipment, and it prohibits a district employee from waiving this provision except by voluntarily entering into an agreement with the district, apart from the employee's employment contract, whereby the employee assumes financial responsibility for electronic textbook or technological equipment usage off school property or outside of a school‑sponsored event in return for the employee's ability to use that equipment for personal business.