System updates will be applied on February 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM. These updates will include changes to the user interface. Work is expected to take approximately 30 minutes to complete, during which the site will be unavailable.
Amend CSHB 3979 (house committee report) as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 5, strike "and (h-4)" and substitute "(h-4), and (h-5)".
(2) On page 4, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
(h-5) A school district or open-enrollment charter school may not implement, interpret, or enforce any rules or student code of conduct in a manner that would result in the punishment of a student for discussing, or have a chilling effect on student discussion of, the concepts described by Subsection (h-3)(4).