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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting certain academic boycotts of foreign |
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countries by public institutions of higher 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 51.987 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.987. CERTAIN ACADEMIC BOYCOTTS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES |
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PROHIBITED. (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) Subject to Subsection (c), an institution of higher |
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education may not implement an academic boycott of a foreign |
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country that would prevent a student or faculty member of the |
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institution from: |
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(1) studying or conducting research in or about the |
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country; or |
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(2) interacting with the country's scholars or |
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representatives. |
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(c) An institution of higher education may implement an |
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academic boycott described by Subsection (b) of a foreign country |
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included by the United States Department of State on a list of state |
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sponsors of terrorism. |
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(d) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |