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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting the use of state or federal money for the |
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purpose of certain instruction at public institutions of higher |
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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 51.979 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.979. USE OF STATE OR FEDERAL MONEY PROHIBITED FOR |
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CERTAIN INSTRUCTION. (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) Notwithstanding any other law, an institution of higher |
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education may not use appropriated state or federal money to offer a |
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course, component of a course, unit of study, or other instruction |
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that directs or otherwise compels a student to personally affirm, |
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adopt, or adhere to the idea that: |
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(1) any race, sex, ethnicity, religion, color, or |
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national origin is inherently superior or inferior to another race, |
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sex, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin; |
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(2) an individual should be discriminated against or |
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receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of the |
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individual's race, sex, ethnicity, religion, color, or national |
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origin; or |
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(3) an individual, by virtue of the individual's race, |
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sex, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin, is inherently |
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responsible for actions committed in the past by other members of |
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the same race, sex, ethnicity, religion, color, or national origin. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2022 spring |
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semester. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |