By: West S.B. No. 582

(In the Senate - Filed December 13, 2024; February 3, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16; May 7, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 1; May 7, 2025, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 582 By: Paxton

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain agreements arising out of special investigations conducted by the Texas Education Agency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 39.004, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:

(m) An agreement between the agency and a school district to conclude a special investigation of the district under Section 39.003 and impose a sanction on the district:

(1) is subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code;

(2) must describe in plain language the allegations against the district that gave rise to the investigation; and

(3) must include any factual findings that are related to the allegations described by Subdivision (2) and to which the agency and the district agree.

SECTION 2. Section 39.004(m), Education Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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