2023S0203-1 02/23/23
 
  By: Paul H.B. No. 3851
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to academic boycotts at institutions of higher education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 61.09093 to read as follows:
         Sec. 61.09093.  ACADEMIC BOYCOTTS. (a) The board shall
  adopt rules and policies to be followed by the governing boards of
  institutions of higher education prohibiting academic boycotts
  that would deprive students or faculty members of the ability to
  study or conduct research in or about a foreign country or to
  interact with its scholars or representatives.
         (b)  The rules shall allow the support of an academic boycott
  if the target is a foreign country that is a state sponsor of
  terrorism, as defined by the United States Department of State.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.