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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the procedure for determining whether a student's |
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violation of a public school's or public institution of higher |
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education's student code of conduct was motivated by antisemitism. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 37, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 37.0095 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 37.0095. ANTISEMITISM: DISCIPLINARY ACTION. In taking |
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disciplinary action against a student for behavior that violates |
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the student code of conduct adopted under Section 37.001 and that |
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may reasonably be determined to have been motivated by |
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antisemitism, a school district or open-enrollment charter school |
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shall consider the definition of antisemitism provided by Section |
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448.001, Government Code, including the examples referenced in that |
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term, as instructive in determining whether the student's behavior |
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was motivated by antisemitism. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.9791 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.9791. ANTISEMITISM: DISCIPLINARY ACTION. (a) In |
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this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) In taking disciplinary action against a student for |
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behavior that violates the institution's student code of conduct |
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and that may reasonably be determined to have been motivated by |
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antisemitism, an institution of higher education shall consider the |
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definition of antisemitism provided by Section 448.001, Government |
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Code, including the examples referenced in that term, as |
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instructive in determining whether the student's behavior was |
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motivated by antisemitism. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Section 37.0095, Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year. |
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(b) Section 51.9791, Education Code, as added by this Act, |
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applies beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year. |
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SECTION 4. 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 September 1, 2025. |