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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of certain misconduct committed by a public |
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school educator. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 21, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 21.0063 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.0063. NOTICE OF CERTAIN EDUCATOR MISCONDUCT. |
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(a) If, after investigation by a school district or open-enrollment |
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charter school, there is reason to believe that a district or school |
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educator engaged in misconduct described by Section |
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21.006(b)(2)(A-1) with a student enrolled at the district or |
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school, the district or school shall provide written notice of the |
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misconduct to each parent or guardian of a student enrolled in the |
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district or school. |
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(b) The notice required by Subsection (a): |
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(1) subject to Subdivision (2), must be provided by |
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mail; and |
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(2) may be provided by e-mail if the board of trustees |
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of the school district or the governing body of the open-enrollment |
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charter school determines that providing the notice by mail would |
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be too expensive. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |