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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the applicability to private schools of laws relating |
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to the reporting to law enforcement of certain employee misconduct. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 38.0046 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 38.0046. APPLICABILITY TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS OF CERTAIN |
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MISCONDUCT REPORTING LAWS. A requirement in this code or any other |
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law for a school district or the district's administrators or |
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employees to report to law enforcement an alleged incident of |
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misconduct by a district employee, including the requirement to |
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report abuse or neglect of a child under Section 261.101, Family |
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Code, applies to a private school in the same manner as if: |
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(1) the school were a school district; and |
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(2) the school's administrators and employees were |
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administrators and employees of a school district. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |